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BRUSSELS DECEMBER 141916
Board hears plea for kindergarten for bo
Huron. County Board of Educa-
tion heard a delegation on
Monday seeking admittance to
Kindergarten of a four year old,
Steve Martene. His mother, Mrs.
June Martene of R.R. 4, Seaforth,
and day care teacher Karen
McEwing, both told the meeting
that they felt the Board's reluct-
ance to admit the youngster due.
to his age was unjustified.
In a letter read into the minutes
of the meeting, Mrs. Martene
said she was appealing to 'the
Board to "consider Steve's readi-
ness for admission to kindergar-
ten on a par with the child
attending kindergarten at Clinton
Public School now."
"I am under the impression
that his admission was considered
because he had attended a junior
kindergarten ,in Woodstock last
year and he will not be five until
March of 1977," she said.
Steve will not turn five until
February of 1977.
"As Steve's mother I see him
indicating great interest in what
his sister in Grade One is
learning," she told the meeting,
"and he has absorbed consider-
ably what she has taught him."
Karen McEwing of the Tucker-
smith. Day Care Centre told the
Board that it was her feeling that
Steve was ready to start kinder-
garten last September, even
though he will not be five until.
February.
"He has been enrolled at our
Day Care Centre since October of
1975," she explained. "During
that time, he has shown that he is
very mature, physically,
mentally, socially, emotionally
and creatively."
She said Steve knows the
alphabet, how to write and spell
his name, the basic shapes,
colors, counting and number,
concepts. "His attention span is
quite long compared to others of
this age," she said.
Trustee Dorothy Wallace asked
Mrs. Martene if she had
considered the age at which Steve
would be trying to enter
University if he were accepted
into kindergarten now.
Director of Education
Cochrane pointed out that while
there was no minimum age limit
set for admission to University or
College, Steve's ability to get
along there socially because he
would be younger than his peers
might prove a problem.
Referring to the case of the
child of five enrolled at Clinton,
Mr. Cochrane explained that he
had been a student in junior-
kindergarten at Woodstock and
once enrolled was subject to the
compulsory attendance' rules of
the Ministry of Education.
Others had been admitted at an
early age he noted, but those had
been eases considered on medical
grounds or recommendations
from the Robarts School in
London.
On a motion by Molly Kunder
the matter was fin
back to the Education
for study •at its Janu
The motion stipu
consideration would
changing the age for
admissions.
May His Star, that guided the Wise Men on
their way to the Manger, lead us
toward greater love, peace and fulfillment.
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