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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-05-19, Page 3• Forums on education Continued from front page In concluding the meeting, Reg Shadbolt said the Huron Board of Education should be commended in looking at themselves. He added, "They have shown a fair and responsible approach to the evaluation." About 30 people attended the meeting held at South Huron District High School, It was jointly chaired by project co- ordinator Jay Lockerby and Murray Juffs, principal of Grey Ilighlands Secondary School. Lockerby said that the external team had been chosen from areas which are representative of the geography of Huron County and said each brought a high degree of expertise to the team. He commended the board and staff of Huron for having un- dertaken the evaluation, noting that it was a difficult process to examine yourself. "A lot of systems don't have that courage," he advised. It was explained that the aim of the evaluation was to come up with resolutions which hopefully would prove beneficial to the education system in the area. The discussion between the evaluation team and the parents and teachers in attendance waged on for some time and Juffs finally had to suggest that a time limit be placed on the meeting. It was finally adjourned shortly after 10:00 p.m., but the team and the people in attendance stayed to discuss the educational system for some time after in private conversations. Several areas of concern were expressed by the audience. These related to budget, the aims of educations, communication between the schools and the parents, educational skills, discipline within the schools, vocational guidance, special education. Lockerby and Juffs said at the conclusion of the meeting that the topics covered were the ones they had hoped would be dealt with at the meeting and they had compared with the topics they had listed prior to the meeting themselves, Many of those in attendance had served on varioug com- mittees in the internal evaluation which had been supervised by Exeter Public School principal Jim Chapman, There were suggestions presented that some of the questionnaires were vague and written in jargon that was used only by professional educators and therefore difficult to understand by laymen. Some parents also pointed out that they had difficulty an- swering questions on the system because they had children at both the public and secondary school level and the answers they would have given would differ between those two panels, There were also complaints registered by individuals that their children had been placed in special educational programs without their knowledge or that the children had been subjected to tests which the parents felt should only have been un- dertaken with their consent. At the conclusion of the meeting, team member Beverly Brooks, vice-principal of John A Macdonald School in Hastings County, commended the audience for the frankness and concere about education. She said she wished she could sit in on a similar discussion for her own school. When asked by Jim Chapman for an initial reaction to the South Huron education system, Mrs. Brooks said it certainly had some obvious strong points, although she noted there were areas the team had spotted where some improvements should be made. Juffs, who had conducted in- terviews with some of the students at the high school earlier in the day, said he found them to be excellent young people. "If the rest of the students are the same as those 60, you don't have any worries," he advised. • Debate water costs Continued from front page did not have a canning factory for which one and a half million gallons of water a day had to be pumped. When Simmons asked the Commissioners if they would be agreeable to the same rate as last year, Greene replied in the negative and said if council would only pay that amount, he should only pay the same amount of taxes as he did last year. Councillor Ted Wright then entered the debate to say that he disagreed with Simmons, noting that as a fireman he realized the need for larger mains to provide water for the pumpers. He explained that low water pressure could result in the firemen reaching a vacuum situation on a line while fighting a fire and this could result in them collapsing all the water services on that particular main. Wright said that while fighting the recent fire on Huron St. West, the firemen did hit a vacuum and it was just lucky that no lines were collapsed. He also told council that it was embarrassing to be on a hose and not have enough water to spray, any on a fire that may only be 10 feet away. "Fire protection must be worth something to the residents of Exeter," he concluded. Simmons said he agreed, but didn't think it should cost three times as much. "It costs us three times as much to get water," Davis in- terjected. The PUC manager also noted that council had increased their sewer surcharge from $17 to $53 and this too was a hefty increase. He said this indicated council has had to do the same as the PUC to meet increased costs. Commissioner Chan Livingstone said the situation boiled down to a point of getting the necessary money through the 35 percent increase to everyone, or leaving the council rate the same and levying an even greater increase to every other citizen, He explained that unlike council, the PUC couldn't put projects off when they felt they didn't have the money to pay for them. "When we need water, we have to get it," he said. At the end of the debate the Commissioners said they didn't expect any more sizeable in- creases for some time. When council re-opened the discussion later in the meeting, Councillor Steve Pfaff presented the motion to pay the increased bill. He said he felt the PUC had presented their argument very well. "They certainly have a major expenditure," Councillor Lossy Fuller said in reference to the new wells and pipeline. Councillor Ken Ottewell said council would have to pay sooner or later as there was no way they could change the situation. He said a hydrant was just the same as a tap. "It's there if you need the water," • Two get jail terms Two men were sentenced to 60 days in jail by His Honour Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter court, Tuesday. They were Kenneth Joseph Laframboise, Huron Park on a charge of break, enter and theft and Robert Ward McNaughton, Lucan who was convicted of a theft of currency, Laframboise was charged after Carl's Gas Bar at Crediton was broken into January 15, 1977 and $850 in cash and merchan- dise was taken. Merchandise valued at $200 was recovered and the portion of restitution by Laframboise was $325 as another person was in- volved, After the imprisonment he will be on probation for lg months and will be given six months to make complete restitution. McNaughton, who has had previous convictions was found guilty, of taking a coin collection valued at $92 during a party. He will also be forced to make restitution and will be placed on probation for one year. A 20 year-old Huron Park man Kenneth Jones was fined $200 on a charge of obstructing a police officer. Jones was stopped by Constables Bill Lewis and Larry Tomasik of the Exeter OPP detachment in the early morning hours of 2:45 a.m. after his vehi- cle travelled at high speeds. When Constable Lewis found a violation of the Liquor Licences Act he was jumped on by three passengers. Constable TOrnasik got out of the cruiser to assist but w,as hindered by Jones, Franklin Paul Ducharme, Hen- sall was convicted on a narcotics possession charge and was fined $150. He has 15 days to pay. Value of the narcotic material seized by police was set at $100. When police entered a residence Ducharme willingly led them to a bedroom where they found a tool box containing the narcotics. Ross Beverley Hunter, St. Thomas, formerly of RR 3, Ex- eter was found guilty of uttering a cheque in the amount of $20. He was put over to June 21 for sentencing, Donald Edward Smith, Sarnia was fined $300 and had his driv- ing licence suspended for six months after being convicted on an impaired driving charge. He had a previous conviction, John B. Lillycrop, aged 16 of London was found guilty but not convicted on a charge of posses- sion of a 1977 pickup truck taken from Goderich. He was given a conditional discharge, put on probation for 12 months and ordered to reside at home with his mother. Ronald David Bowers, Huron Park and Joseph Gregory Regier, RR 8 Parkhill were fined $50 and $100, respectively on a mischief charge. The two were charged with wilful damage to public property by driving a car over the playing field and damaging goal posts at the Mount Carmel Separate School. Times-Advocate, May 19, 1977 Page 3. 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