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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL,. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO • WIEDNESDAY,.,401,Y 7, 1976 PAGM'TINO
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Bruce County.Schook.Trustees Serving.
'Area State Positions, Wolco4Comment 'FITZGERALD - Joe and Donna of
Ripley are proud to• announce the
birth' of their .6 lb, 3 1/4 oz. son;
Joseph Thomas, on, July 5, 1976 at
Kincardine Hospital, a baby broth-
er for Danielle. Proud grandpar-
ents are Tom and Marie Fitzgerald
and Rose Cecile, all Of Nindsor..
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store Dear Don,
Ai the loCal members pf, the
Bruce County Board of Education:
represOting the Townships of
Culross,. Huron and Kinloss and
the villages, of Lucknbw, Ripley and
Teeswater,,, we would like 'to
address some 'comments. to the
•Tatepayers and your readers. The
recent news stories appearing in
the daily papers and in your
columns concerning increasing ed-
ucation taxes and the reported
comments by some members of the
County Council. deserve a reply;
There is not much we can say
about the Provincial Governments
new approach to grants except to
explain it btiefly. The Government
of Ontario has decided to 'put a,
greater share of the costs of local
services ,on local taxpayers. By
reducing the percentage rate of
grants 'to Boards of Edication, the
government has effectively served
notice to taipayers across the
: province that local services had,
better pull up their sox and do a
better job 'of controlling costs.
Considering the way costs and
services spiralled in• the , last
decade, the present squeeze is past
due, although' as two education
trustees caught in the local
squeeze,.we rather plaintively wish
we could see more evidence of
similar efforts at the Provincial.and
Federal levels.
However:, as your School Trust-
ees, we accept the necessity of a
genuine effort to control costs
wherever 'feasible. ,We • are not
proud nor' happy with, current
education tax rates, but because of
factors facing school 'boards every-
where, and in particular because of
nucle,ar development factors facing
Bruce County,' we Stand behind the
necessity of this year's budget.
Increasingly, there are people
who challenge the maintaining of
school programs as they now exist.
Since we cannot locally fight nation
wide inflation and provincial wide
salary rates, the only real savings
possible would:be in the reduction
of programs. As trustees we.have
had many suggestions from tax-
payers such as: close the outdoor
education centre, provide bus
transportation only on main artery
roads, 'close schools for the
mentally retarded, eliminate Kin-
dergarten, eliminate all bus trips,
eliminate inter school • sports,
eliminate French in elementary
schools, eliminate school cafeter-
ias, eliminate.Grade XIII, - yes, and
eliminate the School Board..
We do not list these suggestions
lightly as we.know that in these and '
other suggestions there is a
concern by the public to. cut out the
so called "frills" in 'education. As,
rustees, we must reflect the
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JAMES to Mr. and Mrs. ,Almer
James of R. R. 2 Wingharn at
Wingham and District HOspital on
WedneSdaY, June, 30th, 1976, a
son, Renny Edward.
HAYES - ,to Mr. and Mrs. ;Jack
Hayes, of R. R. 3 Lucknow on
Monday, June 21st, 1976 s' at
Goclerich General Hospital, a son,
Arthur John.
public's view and protect the public
interest. We, are therefore open to
your views and invite your suggeS7
tions. However as ratepayers
ourselves; sitting in a privileged
position, we find if difficult to really
know what is a frill. Like many of
the conveniences in our homes, and
on
.
our farms, we haVe all grown
accustomed to the level's of
programs our schools now provide.
Also it has taken a long time to
reach these levels, and it would
seem tragic to turn back the clock
in a particular tight financial period
without a thorough examination of
the' long term •implications Of
rechicing educational services.
So we feel a public dialogue
would be useful. If the public wish
to express theinselves ,we invite
them to write to 'us or to their
newspapers. If public meetings are
required we. will assist and give'
leadership.
Perhaps we should briefly com-
ment on the charges,that have been
publicly aired by a few meMbers of
County Council. It • is not
uncommon for personality., clashes
to take place. between elected
bodies, .but we don't feel the.
County. of Bruce can afford such
nonsense. The , shotgun marriages
of local school districts into County
School 'Boards., 1 and the greatly
reduced role . of County Councils,.
have brought concern. to the public
as to where "Big Daddy" govern-
Ment is leading us. It :is quite
possible that in • ten years time
there will be no County...Councikor
County School Board to dicker and
fret unless , we the elected officials
and the public at largel pull
together to ensure that government
is the servant of people and not
the reverse.
One last comment - in spite of
some published charges' to the
contrary, the offiCes and accounts
of the Bruce County School Board
are open to any serious ratepayers
or group of ratepayers. This means
access to the Boards minutegoand
all business accounts. Recently
there was some misunderstanding
of this "open invitation". To plit
simply, we 'provide the information
we have but we cannot provide
information we 'don't have. For '
examples, if a •ratepayer asked how
much it cost to operate Grade IV in
Kinloss Central School, •or how
much it 'costs to maintain all the
Windows in all our schools, we
would' not and could not provide
such* an analysis. In other words
we will provide specific accounts
and costs but dfaw the line in
compiling analysis which we do not
have or need, and in providing
private information from personnel
records.' If any pers6n or group
wishes to have, inforination they
should contact their local trustee
and we' will "go to bat" on their
behalf.
We hope that this letter will
stimulate sonic interest. We refuse
to throw Jbud balls and quite
frankly we don't like getting hit
with them either. So we are taking
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