The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-10-08, Page 17time tax 'bills are issued.
This program is being carried
out under the Department of
Agriculture and Food and will
be administered by the
Department of Municipal
Affairs.
The Ontario Federation of
Agriculture has tried to stir a tax
revolt down on the farm in
recent weeks, urging farmers to
withhold the education portion
of their taxes.
Municipal Affairs Minister
Darcy McKeough said the
legislation wasn't intended to
wipe out education taxes but
conceded it could have this
effect, in general terms.
The T-A attempted to
contact Ontario Federation of
Agriculture president Gordon
Hill in Toronto Wednesday
afternoon but he was in a
conference and. unavailable for
comment.
His office did say no
comments would be released
until after a director's meeting is
held to-day, Thursday.
ANOTHER SAFETY WINNER — The second bicycle safe driving award to children in Exeter was
handed out last week. Above, Constable George Robertson of the Exeter police department is presenting
grade five student, Cindy Horn with her certificate. Looking on is Exeter public school principal Arthur
Idle. T-A photo
Board controls limited
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child in the first few months of
the new term.
"That's unfair to the child,"
noted John Broadfoot,
Brucefield, "and I mean the
child in school."
"Six weeks is three months,"
said Robert Elliott, "That's
getting on to half the school
year."
Many members agreed that if
a teacher was delivered towards
the end of the school term, it
could be concluded that she may
not have been aware of her
condition when she renewed her
contract.
They agreed to ask the
Board comes close
to financial forecast
At its regular meeting on
Monday night, the Middlesex
County Board of Education
received from its auditors its
1969 financial statemen:,. In the
nine million dollar budget ol its
first year of operation, the
Board came within one tenth of
one percent of its financial
forecast. The margin consisted
of a $9,000 overlevy.
Local taxation in the
County's twenty-two
municipalities provided 38.5
percent of revenue while
provincial grants accounted for
58.3 percent.
Expenditures included 52.2
percent for instruction; 13.6
percent for tuition fees or
purchase of education from
other Boards, mainly London;
11.4 percent for transporation
of some 8,700 students; 10.8
percent for debt charges on
debenture payments; 6.8 percent
for plant maintenance and '
operation of the Board'S, 'forty
•
schools; and 3.5 percent for
business administration.
All details of the report will
be published, as required by
legislation, in next week's
edition of this paper.
In other business, the Board
approved an integration
experiment for thirteen Grade 8
pupils of Centennial School in
London Township to take
ping classes at Medway High
School.
And while the Board
previously approved a dental
health program for elementary
school pupils, at Monday s
meeting it turned down a
request for permission to use
instructional material judged to
be commercial advertising.
Board policy prohibits
advertising and distribution in
schools by outside organizations.
Among reports received by
the 'Board was one showing that
a ,,Ocitning demand for adult
education night school courses
'resulted in all but two of 58
courses being cancelled this year
due to lack of registrations. Only
272 persons registered last
month as compared to 477 at
the same time last year. The two
courses going ahead are those in
sewing and physical education
being held at Glencoe District
High School. By regulation the
Board is unable to proceed with
courses having fewer than fifteen
registrations.
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Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Cooper
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Harry Murch of Petawawa.
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Murch,
Darrin and Todd of Toronto,
visited with Mr. & Mrs. Ross
Skinner, Saturday.
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FARMERS GET TAX RELIEF
"There are some things the
board controls and some things it
doesn't," observed Robert
Elliott, vice-chairman of the
Huron County Board of
Education at a meeting Monday
evening in Clinton.
Elliott was referring to the
policy which was approved by
the board regarding maternity
leave for female teachers.
The board had learned it had
no choice but to approve the
policy which became law during
the summer when the Ontario
government passed legislation
inaugurated by the department
of labor regarding pregnancy
leave.
The legislation gives female
employees six weeks leave of
absence prior "to the birth of a
child and six weeks leave of
absence after the delivery.
Where female teachers are
concerned, this makes it possible
for a teacher to remain in the
classroom until six weeks before
she is delivered. It also makes it
impossible for a female teacher
to lose her job during pregnancy
if she so chooses to retain it.
Some board members were
particularly perturbed by the
fact that a female teacher may
renew a contract at the end of
the school year knowing full
well that she will be having a
Ontario farmers received
news Tuesday night of some,
relief from the heavy burden of
property taxes.
The announcement that the
provincial government will make
a direct payment to all owners
of land " assessed for farming
equal to 25. per cent of their net
1970 property taxes was made
by Provincial Secretary Robert
Welch on behalf of Premier ..John
Robarts.
Robarts was in London at the
time attending the funeral of Rt.
Rev. G. N, Luxton, Bishop of
_Huron.
The office.. of Provincial
Treasurer Charles S.
MacNaughton told the T-A
Wednesday afternoon that the
shelter grant rebate that has
been. in effect for a couple of
years will be deducted from the
gross taxbills of farmers and the
25 per cent rebate will be
applied to, the net figure.
While this new program for
tax relief to farmers will be dealt
with on a special basis this year,
in future- years, the - tax
reductions will be made at the
Students plan
own lounge
A well-prepared proposal
from the Student Council at
North Middlesex District High
School in Parkhill for permission
to build and operate a student
lounge on school property was
endorsed by the Middlesex
County Board of Education at
its regular meeting on Monday
night.
Use of existing facilities at
the school for a lounge area is
not possible because all space is
required for classes and other
activities. Therefore, the
students have come up with an
offer to finance, build and
supervise the operation of a
small 560-square-foot building as
a lounge.
Estimated cost would be
approximately $2,000; there
would be no cost to the Board as
the project would be totally paid
for by the Students' Council.
Maintenance costs including
insurance would also be part of
the responsibility assumed by
the students.
In a letter to the Board
supporting the students' request,
Principal Gray Knapp pointed
out that the students would
provide the labour for
construction and the agriculture
students would use the site for
landscaping study.
In their proposal to the
Board, the students included five
brief rules covering all aspects of
the use of the lounge. The
Trustees unanimously approved
the proposal.
director of education to draft a
brief for presentation to the
OPSTA, Trustees Council and
the local members of parliament
advocating that teachers be
made exempt from this
legislation.