The Brussels Post, 1981-06-10, Page 13Taiwan. The head of the
church' is serving a seven
year prison sentence im-
posed by Communist
elements.
Twenty-one calls on sick
and shut-ins were reported.
The devotional period was
in charge of Elsie Evans who
read the scripture lesson
from. Luke, Amy Speir who
gave a meditation on
Stewardship, and Mrs. Ger-
ald Gibson who offered pray-
er.
Two films were shown by
Mrs. Ken Innes, one entitled
"The Lord's Prayer" and
the other, "The Golden
Rule".
Mrs. Mair thanked Mrs.
Innes and all ladies who had
taken part in the meeting.
A pot luck supper followed
the close of the meeting and
a social hour was enjoyed.
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BY JASON AINSLIE
Human biases were the essence of dispute among
members of the Huron County Board of Education on
Thursday afternoon, when the board met for its final
regular meeting of this school year.
The discussion was over the establishing of a
citizen review committee to oversee school closures
and course cuts, and Director of Education, D.J.
Cochrane, conceded that it is a sensitive issue.
He reminded board members that "each board
must adopt a policy which follows certain. Ministry of
Education guidelines and which, after receiving
public input, may or may not lead to a decision to
close a school" or classroom.
In his policy proposal to the board, Mr. Cochrane
suggested that voting members of a school ac-
commodation review committee would include two
members of a Home and School Association or two
parents of children attending the school in question,
these to be elected at a public meeting; two citizens of
the area served by the school in question, also elected
at a public meeting; one school board trustee, ap-
pointed by the board chairman, to represent the
public school electors of the area served by the
school; and one trustee, appointed by the board
chairman, from another area.
It was this last provision which caused concern
among some board members.
Board Trustee Frank Falconer opened the debate
saying "this committee would be useless", unless the
final provision allows for three trustees to be ap-
pointed by the chairman of the board.
He suggested the committee should have an equal
number of board trustees as outside members
because "we'd never get a recommendation from
that sort of a committee (two trustees and four
citizens) that a school be closed."
"The top brass (board) doesn't have any say in that
sort of system," he said. "What is our purpose of
being here?"
Board Trustee Jean Adams agreed. "If a parent
has a child in that system, you can't explain closures
or course cuts to him. Parents are biased. People who
come to the public meeting - and you know who they
are going to be - are completely biased. We have to
educate them."
But Trustee Eugene Frayne said "somewhere,
we've got carried away with the power of this review
committee. What we have is the public presenting its
side, its feelings, and bringing recommendations to
the board. The committee has no authority."
"We want the public to be biased," he said, "to
prevent the board from making hasty decisions."
Director Cochrane elaborated on the power of the
committee. He said there are two safety valves on the
route to a school closure: first, there must be ap-
proval from the reviewing committee for any
recommendations to be presented to the board; then
the entire board must approve the recommendations.
"I weighted the representation specifically to give
the citizenry more say at the committee stage," he
said. "The memo from the ministry requires that the
public have input."
"If we load the committee with trustees, we'll lose
that input," Trustee John Jewitt said.
Board Vice-chairman Bert Morin said, after
considering the needs of the students and community,
the purpose of the review is to examine details of cost.
He said if outside citizens understand the costs of
courses or schools, then they can be directly involved
with the solutions to problems. "It's more than fair
THE BRUSSELS POST, JUNE 10,, 1981 — A13
B of E decides on school review
with the community."
Board Chairman Don McDonald reasoned that
where the public elects two people to sit on the
committee, those elected members will be informed
and rational.
Trustee Marion Zinn added some perspective on
the discussion, saying that in the past decade only one
school was closed and it was closed by the parents
who wished their children to go to schools that had
more to offer.
At the end of the discussion, the board voted to
change the wording of the committee membership
requirements to read that all of the trustees serving
the area of a proposed school closing will sit on the
committee (be it one trustee or three) as well as one
other trustee not serving that area.
The county's secondary schools were not included
in the discussions because with only five schools
serving the county, chances of a high school closure
are minimal.
Melville WMS hears about Taiwan
Melville W.M.S. met at
the home of president Mrs.
James Mair who opened the
June meeting with a short
poem "Little Things."
The secretary read parts of
a letter, telling of the condi-
tions under which Presyter-
ian workers are living in
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