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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-04-06, Page 8SEAFORTO ELECTRONIC SALES 4. SERVICE • TV • RADIO • HI- Fl • STEREO 40.4652:7-1150 SPARLING STREET SEAFORTH Sales Service • 8—THE BRUSSELS POST, APRIL 6, 1977 B of E cuts admin. lobs, usin ess Directory The Huron County Board of Education has taken the unprece- dented step of declaring two major administrative positions redundant and moving the personnel back into the schools. Director of education • John Cochrane and board T chairman Herb Turkheim announced. Monday that one superinten dant's job-and the assistant to the administrator's j-or were being -dropped and the men, Ralph Smith and Gord Phillips, would be taking over positions as principals. Mr. Smith will take over as principal of Robertson Memorial Public School in Goderich in September and Mr. Phillips will take over as principal of Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. The moves were made in conjunction with the retirements Huron County Council learned through a report from the Committee of Management of Huronview last Thursday that notice has been received from the Ministry that effective February 1, 1977 the daily extended care rate co-payments had changed. The rate itself, the report noted,_ remains at $21.00 per day but the resident share, or co- payment, has been increased by 20 cents to $7.60 per day, thus 'reducing the insured portion to $13.40. Council endorsed a committee approved rate of $6.05 per hour for part time Registered Nurses, effective January 1, 1977. This represents a six per cent increase over the 1976 rate of $5.70. The service employees salaries and benefits for the years 1976 and 1977 have been approved by the Anti-inflation board it was also noted. Religious services at Huron- view will cost more as well. First Baptist. Church in Goder- Build Pay Later of the two principals now at the •• schools, garnet Harland of Robertson and Robert Homuth of Clinton. The director said he had no way of predicting what the move would do to the wages of the two men. He said Mr. Smith now earns about $39,000 and Mr. Phillips about $33,000. Mr. Smith would be guaranteed his present wage for another year before being adjusted to an elementary school principal's wage, now about $29,000. Mr. Phillips now makes the same as a secondary school principal. He said Mr. Smith would receive whatever a superintendant received as a result of this year's negotiations and in September of 1978 would be paid an elementary school principal's wage. The move was made to cut ich requested an increase in the fee paid the Church for service of Rev, McWhinney. The fee has remained at $800 per annum for several years, it was pointed out. Council agreed to increase the spending in education in Huron and to bring personnel numbers in line with declining enrolment in the county schools and is viewed as necessity by the board. Mr. Cochrane said enrolment in elementary schools has been declining in the past few years and the Huron board has had its funds from the province cut. The ministry of education offers grants to boards in the province based on a per capita ratio and the declining number of school children , reduces - that figure annually. "The board does not look on the change as a demotion but as a fact made necessary by a tight budget," said Cochrane. Mr. Cochrane said he felt the Move was perhaps indicative of situation boards will face in the future but added that was his Huronview minister's services fee $1,000 per year. It was also reported that Warren Zinn had been appointed Vice Chairman of the Committee of Management at Huronview. IMM•111. INIONINIMNIMON opinion only. He said the shuffle will save the board about $60,000 annually based on current salaries by not having to appoint, two principals to fill the vacancies. The board had fotir principal ships open in September due to three retirements and the .opening of Vanastra Public School. John Talbot is retiring as principal of Seaforth Public School and vice principal Paul Carroll was named his replace- ment. John Ross, now the vice principal of Wingham Public School, will take over as head of the new Vanastra school. The board will appoint the new vice principals later in the year. Under board policy any personnel who have their positions declared redundant automatically take the next position available which in this case is a principalship. The move was a combination of good luck and good timing according to Mr. Cochrane who said he couldn't foresee any openings at the principal level for another eight to ten years if present staff stay with the board. He said he took the proposal jor the shuffle to the board and told trustees they must act now or live .•101011;IME611.0•••••••, with present staff for at least that long. The removal of one superinten• dant's job will mean a change of geographical boundaries for the. remaining three superintendents to pick up the schools now under Smith's jurisdiction. He is responsible for the Seaforth. Clinton area and has five elemen. tary schools and two secondary schools in his area. The board will have to break the area up amongst the remaining superin• tendants and will have to return some administrative duties now handled by Mr. Phillips back to Mr. Cochrane. The move returns both men to areas they once worked in. Mt,, Smith was a supervisory principal when Goderich had three elemen• tary schools and moved to Robertson as principal when the supervisory job was eliminated with the closing of Victor Lauds. ton School. 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