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The Citizen, 1988-07-06, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1988. Local teachers on the move for new school year Staff adjustments at local schools have been announced by the Huron County Board of Education, to take effect next September in most cases. Blyth Public School may lose a half-position come September de­ pending on the final enrollment in kindergarten. Mary Buffinga had been a full-time kindergarten teacher last year because of the large enrollment in her class. For 1988-89 enrollment is teetering on the size where it could mean either a full-time or a half-time position. Brussels Public School’s teach­ ing staff strength will be up by one half-time teacher, and there will be a number of other changes at the school in September. Resource teacher Phil Parsons has been named president of the Ontario Public School Teachers' Federa­ tion - Huron Division for 1988-89. and his duties there mean that he will only be able to teach half-time at Brussels. Kindergarten teacher Lynne Henry will go from her present half-time position to the full-time position of Kindergarten teacher, owing to the rise in the class enrollment. Brussels Public School’s French teacher Gabrielle Boettcher will resign at the end of June, to be replaced by Margriet Knetsch from Brookside School, who will teach French half-time and aGrade 4class half-time. Miss Knetsch will be married over the summer, and will be Mrs. Mason by next September. Brussels school secretary Isobel Prior said thatthe school has still to hire an additional half-time teach­ er, although nobody has been named to the position yet. The largest number of changes will take place at East Wawanosh Public School, where staff size will increase by two full-time teachers; there are a number of other changes in teaching staff as well. Grade 6-7 teacher Al Harrison has been promoted and will be going to Howick Central Public School as acting vice-principal. Full-time teacher Sandra Simpson will also be moving to Howick P.S.; half­ time teacher Brent Boyer is transferring to Wingham Public School; and Kindergarten teacher Jane Wilson will go from half-time tofull time, to accommodate the 29 youngsters registered for Kinder­ garten in September. Kim Dodds from Clinton Public School will be coming to East Wawanosh, as will Dave Bartlett from Seaforth Public School; each will teach Grade 7-8 on a half-time basis, sharing the position of resource teacher for the other half time. In addition, former teacher Nancy Daer will be returning to a full-time position after a year’s leave of absence; and a teacher just out of London teacher’s college, Elizabeth Thorpe, will be coming on staff full-time. Grey Central Public School’s teaching staff will also increase by one, with Melody Bailey coming in from Howick Central to teach a combined Grade 4-5 class. In addition, half-time teacher Freda Crawford will retire at the end of June, while Marie Parsons, who has been on staff half-time over the past year while she served as president of the Ontario Public School Women Teachers’ Federa­ tion - Huron Division, will be returning to a full-time position as the school’s resource teacher. At HullettCentral Public School, Grade 6 teacher Rosemarie Weise will be leaving to go to Hensall Public School, and Kindergarten teacher Brenda Pincombe has been transferred to Wingham Public School. A spokesmanfor the school said that one or more teachers will be coming on staff in September, although no appoint­ ments had been confirmed at press time. AlsoatHullett, music and library teacher Peter Snell has completed his probationary peri­ od, and has been granted a permanent contract by the Huron County Board of Education. At Walton Public School, Vice­ Principal Al Sygrove will be moving to the same position at Seaforth Public School, to be replaced by Louise Wilson, who moves into the vice-principal’s chair from Wingham Public School. As well, teaching assistant Sharon Nivins leaves Walton for a similar position at Victoria Public School in Goderich, with no replacement yet named for Wal­ ton. Not to be outdone by all the Kindergarten and Grade 8 graduations taking place at the local schools recently, the top dogs of Huron County got in on the act. Well, not all of them actually graduated, but they all finished their 10-week Basic Obedience course at the Blyth Arena on June 21, then posed for a group portrait. From left are: Maddie and Hugh Hanly of Brussels; Sasha and Gloria Westerhout of RR 1, Clinton; Rags and Judy Carter of Blyth; Rylie and Diane Wasson of Blyth; Shandy and Fran Cook of Blyth; Jackie and Gina Wyss of Benmiller; Sally and Dorelene Flowers of RR 5, Clinton; Tieman and Fran Talbot of Bayfield; Cruller and Judi Thomas of Goderich; Star and Bill Smith of Bayfield; Dana and Sylvia Warr of Goderich; Kelly and Sandy Steep of Bayfield; Mac and Janet Smith of Bayfield; Nikki and Anne Smith of Goderich; Candy and Linda Stainforth of Goderich; Red and Gordon Fullan of Seaforth; Mymy and Janet Lobb of Bracefield. Instructors for the course were Lynn Flowers of Benmiller and Joe Lobb of Bracefield. Twenty-six students graduated from Kindergarten at Blyth Public School on June 22, after presenting a short program for their families and friends gathered in the school auditorium. The graduates are: [front row, from left] Shawn Hopkins, David Ansley, Charles Urquhart, Dean Wilson, Cody Fidom, Ross Clark, Ryan Montgomery, Jason Fidom and Karin Schroeker; [middle row] Nathan Shannon, Matthew Clark, Jeremy VanAmersfoort, Elisha Courtney, Anthony Sanderson, Darrell McDougall, Russell Bromley-Bowes, Michelle McNichol, Jennifer Godfrey and Ashley Howson; [back row] Jeffrey Lewis, Richard Baechler, Shawn Bromley, Julie Ritchie, Chauncey Carter, Bryce Toll and Tyler Stewart. With the children is their teacher, Mary Buffinga. Major transfers within the area’s secondary schools are as follows: CHSS department head Keith Allen will serve as acting principal at GDCI for 1988-89; while F.E. Madill vice-principal Ralph Wareham will transfer to CHSS, to replace Vice-principal Rob Parr, who in turn will fill the vice-principal position at SDHS. FEMSS department head Murray Hunter will serve as acting vice­ principal at his school for 1988-89. CHSS teacher Heather Henke has been promoted to the position of acting chairman of Modern Languages at SHDHS in Exeter; and Harry Dougherty will transfer from his post as Director of Business at SDHS to the same position at the Exeter high school. Teacher Judy Cairncross will move from CHSS to F.E. Madill; and GDCI teachers John Hindley and Geraldine Zurbrigg will both transfer toSHDHS. Nancy Stafford will go from a half-time teaching position to a full-time position at FEMSS; as will CHSS teachers Roba Lobb and Anne Newington. CHSS teacher Judy Stuart has been granted a part-time leave of absence for the upcoming school year; and FEMSS teachers Maureen Lisle and Betty Shaw will enter into a time-sharing agree­ ment" at their school. The staff changes were propos­ ed at a closed session of the Huron County Board of Education’s Personnel Committee in May and approved at the board’s June 6 session, but could be subject to further changes prior to the beginning of the next school year, September 6.