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because committee of the whole is He added that four misconstrued. He said certain
trustees,
m
sectors of the community Nei that committee,
bes ofdr
drive
e the
to
C lintn executive for
the board is dealing with a lot of the committee of the whole items behind the curtain of session and have no business
committee of the whole and is after that and the board pays the
really operating the education cost- filar !them to be tlere. He
system in that manner. Mr. Hill suggested that by revertlingto the said that is not the case, pointing
old system of meeting in private,
out that in 'most cases sensitive
issues are handled in private
before the regular board meeting
°' the board may save money.
the benefit of trustees who want 1
to ask certain questions or
Board chairman R. J. Eliott
provide conversation they feel been made public.
would be difficult to do in public. Mr. Elliott reminded the board
'It might be advisable for the that a motion had been passed
board to identify the subjects that committee of the whole
being dealt with in committee of. session begin at 7:00 p.m. sharp '
the whole before the board goes and not go longer than an hour
into committee," said Mr. Hill. and a half. He said combined with
the executive committee's
screening of committee of the
whole agenda this may solve the
problem.
He added that to permit
committees meeting after the
private session of the board to
plan their agendas the board may
endeavor to outline what will be The chairman said the board
done in the Committee of the may have to start on the
whole and keep subjects as committee of the whole agenda
"confined as possible". and handle what business it can
Mr. Turkheim said the lengthy within that time frame. What
committee of the whole sessions business isn't taken care of will
were not giving board committees have to be done in public at the
enough time to handle their regular board meeting that
business after the board session. month.
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THE BRUSSELS POST,FEBRUARY 15,1978
Trustees want doors oen
Some trustees on the Huron
County Board of Education feel
that too much business is being
done by the board behind closed
doors and that the policy is
clouding the board's public
image. The board asked its
executive committee to check into
items handled in committee of the
whole to see if more can be
brought, into the public forum.
Herb,Turkheim, Zurich trustee,
said he was concerned that the
board was dealing with too many
items in committee of the whole.
He said the last private session
the board had took three hours
which he said was three times
longer than the board normally
spends at its monthly sessions.
The committee of the whole
sessions allow the board to deal
with specific matters, and the
policy excludes members of the
media and the public from the
meeting room. Normally
personnel matters or legal
situations which could be
adversely affected by public
attention are handled' in
committee of the whole.
The , board changed its
meeting policy in 1977 and now
sets aside a special night to
the mattress was a grade 12 male.
She said she advised the parent to
take the matter to the director of
education and was mereley
brining the matter to the board to
find out when and how the board
could act on the subject of novels,
opposed by parents.
handle committee of the whole,
matters. In the past the board met
on its regular meeting date and
set. aside one hour to handle
committee of the whole affairs.
Under the new system it meets on
a specified night, and after the
committee of the whole meeting
the trustees hold board
committee meetings.
Goderieh Trustee Cayley Hill
said he shared some fo the
suggested that the ., executive
committee could meet as well as
the other board committees which
would, permit the board to take
full advantage of the time of the
executive committee members.
Shirley Hazlitt, trustee for
Colborne, reminded the board
that the new system of
committees and meetings was
adopted by the board on a
one-year trial basis. She said that
if the board only tries the system
once ;it isn't "Being fair to the
system".
She added that already some
things are being taken out of
committee of the whole referring
to one. item on the agenda that
last year she felt would not have
concerns of " Mr. Turkheim
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The Diviners is back
haunting trustees of the Huron
County Board of Education. The
board learned Monday that
several complaints over the
Canadian novel by Margaret
Laurence have been made by
parents of senior students in the
Huron County system.
Clinton trustee Dorothy )
Wallace asked the board when
trustees. would have an
opportunity to decide if the novel
is acceptable for English
literature instruction in county
secondary .schools. She said she
had received a complaint from a
parent who found' the book I
stuffed under her child's mattress
along with copies of Penthouse
`and Playboy. •
'Education director John
Cochrane told the board that
had received similar complaints
about novels being used, in ;
English programs. He said the
controversy last summer about
the novels used in classes was
still a topic of concern to some
parents. Mr Cochrane said the
novel is a board approved book
for use in senior secondary school
English classes.
Superintendent of education
Jim Coulter told the board that
the novel had been approved by
the board in August and that the
board would get all; opportunity to
review the situation this summer.
He said a list of instructional
books will be brought to the board.
in August of 1978 for approval for
use in the new school year.
Mrs. Williams said the student
who had the book hidden under
Diviners criticized
at board meeting
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