The Citizen, 1987-01-14, Page 28PAGE 28. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1987.
'Appropriate climate' vita! to education, Clark says
There is little doubt that the
student is the most important
componentofthe entire education
al system, at least in the estimation
of Art Clark, chairman of the Huron
County Board of Education,
“I feel it is our duty to create an
appropriate climate for our child
ren’s education, a task which
requires the co-operation of all
Separate Board awards salary increases
BY WILMA OKE
The Huron Perth County Roman
Catholic Separate School Board
Monday, approved a two-year
contract with its secondary
schools’ secretaries for an hourly
rate set for Year One at $8.17
minimum and $9.55 maximum in
Year 5, while in Year Two the
minimum is set at $8.70 to a
maximum of $10.06 in Year 5.
The salary of the board office
Huron County students raise
$2,428 while reading books
The fall 1986 Multiple Sclerosis
Read-a-thon has come to a close,
with students from seven school
in Huron County reading a total of
2,060 books to raise a total of
$2,428.
Throughout Ontario, more than
22,000 students read a total of
263,296 books to raise a total of
$389,559for research into multiple
sclerosis.
concerned. This is the most
importantofallourgoals,” Mr.
Clark said in his Inaugural Address
to the Board on Monday.
Mr. Clark was re-elected as
chairman at the Board’s Inaugural
Meeting December 1, and gave his
address at the first meeting of the
New Year.
He added that the proper climate
custodian has been increased five
per cent, beginning January 1, for
an annual rate of $16,300.
The board will offer for sale
Ecole Ste. Marie, located at St.
Josephon Highway 21, north of
Grand Bend, through Culligan
Real Estate. The school was closed
at the end of the 1986 school term
with the students transferred to St.
Boniface School in Zurich.
A lengthy discussion resulted
The students began the Read-a-
thon program when a multiple
sclerosis representative came to
the schools in October. Participat
ing students from Grades 1 to 8
thenreadasmanybooks as they
wished, getting pledges from
family and friends to donate money
for each book they read.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease of
the central nervous system which
requires the co-operation, first and
foremost, ofthe local education
professionals and the staff and
administration of the Board of
Education, but must also extend to
include local ratepayers and the
provincial bureaucrats “now tour
ing the province to look into
educational issues.’’
In his speech, Mr. Clark touched
from a request by Vice-Chairman
Ernest Vanderschot that the board
protest the pending increase in
postal rates.
The board is advertising for a
Religious Education and Family
Life Consultant, effective Septem
ber 1.1987. Applicants are requir
ed to hold an Ontario Teacher’s
certificate, possess a wide back
ground in leadership in Religious
and Family Life Education from the
may cause loss of co-ordination,
tremors, double vision, extreme
fatigue or even paralysis. It usually
strikes adults between the ages of
15 and 50. and for 50,000 Cana
dians there is no known cause or
cure.
Research is therefore essential.
Funds raised through the annual
Read-a-thon program are neces
sary for the ongoing discovery of
the disease.
on some of the recent bills passed
by the provincial legislature and
their impact on the educational
process in Huron County. Earlier,
he had compared the impact of Bill
30, the bill transferring all author
ity for the education of the children
of separate school supporters at
the secondary school level aw ay
from the local board, to the process
Kindergarten through C.A.C. lev
els. This is a three year term
appointment, and renewable.
Named to the committee to hire
the Consultant are three trustees -
Vince Mclnnes of Wingham, Ron
Murray of Dublin and John Devlin
of Stratford. Also on the committee
will be a priest and administrative
staff.
A proposal to delete the name
Separate from board’s title made
last December by Mr. Mclnnes
who said he has never liked it in the
title, was turned down as it must
remain for legal purposes. Howev
er, for non-legal purposes Director
of Education, William Eckert, said
Roman Catholic School Board
would be accepted.
Trustee Vince Mclnnes of Wing
ham was named to the Education
Week Organizing Committee
which will be preparing for Educa
tion Week in 1988 as Perth County
has been granted the privilege by
the Ministry of Education of being
responsible for the 1988 provincial
opening.
Chairman David Durand of
Zurich presented a gift of a gavel
plaque to past Chairman Ronald
Marcy of Stratford.
involved in any situation of griev
ing.
In lamenting the loss of two
members of the Huron Board who
became redundant when Bill 30
came into effect January 1, Mr.
Clark said that the grieving process
involves five stages: denial, anger,
bargaining, depression and accep
tance.
“We are now at the stage of
acceptance in the loss of our
members,’’ he said. “The affairs
of state must go on.’’
He said7 that the present Board
must now accept the new challenge
of providing the best possible
education for all students within
the system. Mr. Clark is a strong
supporter of pro-public education,
and had led the Huron Board for
many months in a futile attempt to
retain representation for all stu
dents in the county, regardless of
their religious affiliation.
Friday last day
for nominations
Last date for nominations for the
1987 Citizen of the Year awards is
Friday, January 16.
Nominations have been flooding
in, particularly for citizens from the
Brussels area. Nominations in the
Blyth area have so far been fewer.
The awards, inaugurated by The
Citizen last year, are a small token
of recognition for people who have
given a great deal to their
community. A citizen of the year
award will be given out to both the
Blyth district and the Brussels
district.
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