HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-11-09, Page 17THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988. PAGE 17.
HCBE candidates question effectiveness of education
DON ALTON
Candidate for HCBE
VICKY CULBERT
East and West Wawanosh and
Ashfieid Townships
Don Alton is perhaps one of the
most colourful candidates running
for municipal office in the November
14 election, a reputation that does
not bother him a bit. “At least people
know what I stand for,’’ says the
outspoken West Wawanosh farmer.
He is making his second bid for a
seat on the Huron County Board of
Education because he feels there are
Candidate for HCBE
East and West Wawanosh and
Ashfield Townships
With three children in elementary
school, Vicky Culbert says that she
decided to make her first bid for a
seat on the Huron County Board of
Education because she is very
concerned with the quality of
education that many children seem
to be getting, especially at the
elementary level.
“A lot of kids can barely read, and
their spelling is atrocious - this has
been building for a long time now,
and I’m sure there must be
something local (boards of educa
tion) can do to upgrade the
standards," she explained. “The
present system is just not meeting
the needs of many of our kids."
Mrs. Culbert also feels the board
of education should press vigorously
for better capital funding: “Almost
all of our schools need repairs and
renovations - it’s getting critical in
some cases," she said. She would
also like to see the HCBE take a firm
stand in retaining the Lord’s Prayer
as part of the opening exercises in
the classroom. “It works for the
majority - and I’ve never heard any
complaints," she said.
Mrs. Culbertand her husband,
Charles, operate a back-hoe busi
ness in the Nile, where the family
lives. Mrs. Culbert is also a steward
of the Nile United Church, and is
secretary-treasurer of the Maitland
Golf and Country Club in Goderich.
TONY McQUAIL
Candidate for HCBE
East and West Wawanosh and
Ashfield Township
Despite the hectic schedule im
posed on him as he seeks to
represent the riding of Huron-Bruce
in the upcomingfederal election,
Tony McQuail of RR 1, Lucknow,
says he was persuaded to seek a third
some “rather large discrepencies’’
between the quality of education and
the amount of money spent on it.
“The local board should have more
input into the (provincial) standards
ofeducation,’’ Mr. Alton maintains.
“Trustees should be able to work
with parents at a level that rattles a
few chains wherever they need to be
rattled to achieve the desired
results.’’
Mr. Alton is also concerned that
children with learning difficulties
are not being recognized or helped
early enough in the county; that only
trustees with children in the school
system should be elected; that
trustees should never serve for more
than two terms; that teachers should
not be paid for non-teaching days;
and the municipalities should put a
ceiling on local education costs.
“The people who pay these taxes
are running out of money - it’s as
simple as that,’’ Mr. Alton said.
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Education at the request of a number
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As a parent himself, Mr. McQuail
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tion in order to prepare them for the
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