HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-11-06, Page 25Using funds from a provincial
Education Ministry program aimed
at providing services for students
under long-term suspension or
expulsion, half-time employment
positions have been created in each
of the Huron-Perth Catholic District
School Board’s two secondary
schools.
“Our suspension and expulsion
rates are traditionally small,” states a
report provided to trustees during a
regular meeting Monday, Oct. 27.
“Consequently, the funds provided
enabled us to do more.”
According to education
superintendent Dan Parr, the Oct. 27
report came in response to a request
from trustees for an update, at the
time of the announcement of the
provincial program in June, 2007.
Bill, 212, “the Progressive
Discipline and Student ConductBill,” requires that school boardsprovide some form of programming
for students who are prevented from
attending school for disciplinary
reasons.
In the Huron-Perth board, the
number of students facing such
sanctions is small enough that the
money accompanying the provincial
announcement could be used for
other measures.
So the teachers hired in the two
schools – St. Anne’s in Clinton and
St. Michael in Stratford – are also
mandated to intervene before
disciplinary issues progress to
suspension or expulsion, and to
work with students displaying
chronic truancy.
“We have teaching staff assigned
to those purposes,” Parr reported.
“This person works in collaboration
with the school’s guidance
department to achieve these goals.”
Included in the Oct. 27 reportwere 2007-08 semester-by-semestersuspension and expulsion statistics
for the two high schools. The
number of students suspended per
semester ranged between a low of 18
in the first semester at St. Mikes to a
high of 32 in the second semester at
St. Anne’s (although there is no
indication how many were “long-
term” suspensions). There were no
expulsions from either school during
2007-08.
Parr, however, advised against
using those statistics to gauge the
effectiveness of the board’s new
approach.
“We need to get into it for at least
a couple more semesters before we
can try to draw any conclusions from
the numbers,” he said.
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2008. PAGE 25.
Friday, Oct. 24 was a special
outdoor assembly for the teachers,
staff and special guests at Grey
Central Public School.
Recently retired principal Rob
Snell, returned to school at 11:25
a.m. to be honoured in an outdoor
ceremony.
Everyone gathered outside as
Alicia Deitner, school council chair,
spoke about the many great and
wonderful things Mr. Snell did for
Grey Central during his four years as
principal at Grey. Mr. Snell worked
diligently at promoting the
environmental school grounds and at
teaching students how to take care of
their earth, said Deitner.
In honour of his dedication to the
students, staff and school grounds, a
special king crimson maple tree was
planted in the front yard. Beside the
tree is a plaque with Mr. Snell’s
name.
Planted
Friday, Oct. 24 students, staff and guests at Grey Central
Public School in Ethel, honoured recently-retired principal
Rob Snell, right by planting a tree on the school grounds.
Former teacher David Perrie, left and school council chair
Alicia Deitner did the honours. (Photo submitted)
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