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The future depends on • :•:•::i:i**§:i*i8ii:*;;;;;n:ia: 6-THE BRUSSELS POST, JULY 6, 1977 HPRCSS settles on. custodian. salaries ( jBy Wilma Oke) The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board ratified Monday a three year agreement with its custodians. The agreement, subject to the approval of the Anti-Inflation. Board, covers the period July 1, 1977, to June 30, 1980 and calls for an increase of 8 per cent in the first year and 6 per cent in each of the second and third years, All other benefits remain unchanged. Negotiations for the board's 18 custodians were conducted by a local committee of custodians under the chairmanship of Harry Hak of Seaforth and the others were Joe Burke, Goderich; Lee Regier, ' Zurich and Martin Gullikers, Stratford. Trustee David Teahen of Stratford, was chairman of the Seaforth (By Wilma Oke) The Seaforth Community Hospital will purchase an Executone - an audio-visual nurses' call system - at a cost of $7,000. This Executone, the purchase of which was authorized by the board Tuesday night, will enable a nurse from her nursing station to talk to a patient in his or her room. The board authorized the purchase of a new floor polisher at a cost of $672.95. Total patient days are up at the hospital according to the financial report by chairman John Longstaff with occupancy of 72.1 per cent for active cases, 19.2 per cent for chronic and 21.7 per cent for new born. The average length of stay is down for the month of May from 9.5 to 8.8 days. Emergency visits for May are 290 patients up from the 271 budgeted for the month. Among the statistics he gave it was revealed there were 52,972 laboiatory units processed at the hospital compared to the 52,100 budgeted to date this year. He reported that food costs per meal were $1.83 for May down board negotiating team and the other members, were; Trustess Ted Geoffrey of Zurich; Donald Crowley bf 1 El 2, Gadshill; Ronald Marcy of Stratford and William Kinahan of Lucknow. Due to declining enrolment the board owned portable classroom in Kinkora will be moved this summer to Exeter where it will have many uses. The board owned protable in Seaforth will be moved to Zurich to replace the rental portable presently in Zurich. This portable classroom will be returned to C.L. Martin from whom it was originally rented. It was revealed . that it costs approximately $750 to move a ' portable. The following teachers have been hired to begin classes on the first of September: Sherry Killby from the $1.98 as in the budget. The per diem rate for the year to date is, $94.67 down from the $99.07 in the budget. Dr. John Underwood; president of the medical staff, reported there were 518 patients admitted to the hospital in May this year up from the 456 last May and 125 operations performed compared to 125 a year ago. Among the reports given was one by Gordon Rimmer, Huron County representat ive on the board on the June 15 meeting of a recently formed committee, Huron Hospital Liaison Committee. Among the members of this committee are the county representatives on the boards of the five Huron County Hospitals, the board presidents of each hospital and the business administrator from each. At the meeting as well were some medical doctors. The members of the committee, who meet guar' terly, discuss problems common to the five hospitals and are bringing about closer co-operation and interest among the hospitals. Ken Campbell was named to complete the remaining term (for toSt. Aloysius at Strattord; Leslie Woods, itinerant oral. French; Ida Martin to Sacred Heart School, Wingham, and Larry Murray to Precious Blood, Exeter. The following transfer of teaching staff was approved by the board; Frances Craig, princiapl relief at Clinton, to St. Columban; James McQuillan at Seaforth to St. Joseph's, Stratford; Raymond Contois at Kinkora to St. Patrick's, Dublin; Edith McCarroll at Kinkora, to become teacher librarian; Marta Szczesiak, at St. Aloysius, Stratford, to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and Helen Ryan, principal's relief at Our Lady of Mount Carmel to full teaching staff. Ronald Gladding, Family Life co-ordinator, presented the board members with copies of the two years) for Robert Wilson who resigned and Mrs. Irene Bennett for the remaining one-year term for the late Mrs Alice McConnell. At an adjournment meeting of the annual meeting Clarkson and Gordon were named as auditors for 1977-78. parent concept sheets on the Grade 8 family life curriculum to be presented in the schools next term. Mr. Gladding said he will be handing out copies to the Grade 8 parents when.-he has a meeting with them in September before the program begins so that he will be able to outline it to the parents. To be successful Mr. Claddings says the church, home and school must' be working together on the program. He said in some schools the program will be taught in one period one each week, but in other schools it is possible it may be given in two shorter periods whichever suits that particular school. The board authorized the revised Grade 8 Family Life curriculum as presented at last meeting of the board. The board authorized the renewing of the contract with Sparkle Maintenance at the rate of $40 per month for cleaning each of the 11 classrooms or the equivilant at St. Michael's school, Stratford. David Teahen ,i6f the Assessment Committee reported that five new children from Tavistock will be attending separate schools in the fall and will require bus services. They are presently attending the Perth Public School system, Mr. Teahen is hopefull there will be more students tiansfering and indicated that Father Gleeson is working on it, Trustees Ronald Marcy and David Teahen both of Stratford and Arthur Haid of RR4 Listowel, gave reports on the Canadian Association of Separate School Trustees convention which they all attended in Edmonton earlier this month. They said the conference was based on adult education. Mack Woods, Stratford, supervisory officer of District Five (Waterloo) attended the meeting as an observer:- John Vintar, Director of Education, and Joseph Mills, superintendent of-Special Services, were not at the meeting as they were attending the graduating ceremonies of their children. The Board continues to meet in committee of the whole in camera discussing the hiring of a new director of education to replace John Vintar who leaves the board at the end of July to take a position with the Dufferin.Peel separate school board. Two meetings are planned for the summer--July 18 and August '15. Hospital board hears reports and visi Gle wel Her Bar Nis Mr, fan Pan coy trai Atti cerr Cat Bra] •