HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-09-04, Page 3Page Luckuuw Sentinel, Wednesday, September 4,1996
" ur n,Perth Roman Catholic Se
rate School Board
Parents irate because of walking distance for students
by .Michele Greene
Two. parents swore at
trustees and, :stormed out
.of Monday .night's meet-
ingof the Huron,Perth
Roman Catholic 'Separate
School Board upset about
a the board's decision to
increase the in -town.
walking distance for dill
.g
drren4
In ord
el to..., cot
busing
:costs, trustees voted to
increase the distance
._.a, ' e
tra�re 1edTfrean hal f rain
to three-quarters of a
Mile Children living out -
ie •i
out-
side this radius s w�.it l be
bused tosch+ol usual,
r
axnd" the polic + 'only
applies to. towns \with a
separate school. Mitchell
and area students will
continue to be bused to
St. o u. �►
r St.
l .n�ban
Patrick's in Dublin.
- Barb
; a_. ,,
Eugeneand.� ,
Nolan, of Seaforth, left
telling the board it would
.be hearing from them.
t and
la er�,-
o
t
:
sue if �� child was
killedR ,
tau are putting dollar..
igns. befOrrre the safety of
our children," they said.
The reduction i>i;bus
ru,�� is
'iex1)eto',save
.
. p cted
.$159.28. Parents. were
notified of the- change in
late June and since: that
time, ;..t board- has
received 23 complaints
from parents in Seaforth,
St. Marys, Zurich,
Wingham and Stratford.
-
There w4V also O
rR
pl tnts from four trustees
would wnot approve who u �, :t o app a
motion that would not
consider , exemptions
xem _tions
� P. .9_
from the policy, Seaforth. especial-
ly ly in
• The change' in Walking
• distance will. requirechit-
u
,titin to -:walir~;.thrrcr< .gl� an
:industrial •area; in
Seaforth, cross tree rrail-
• r -busy-
,
tracks and a .,.u.sy
. highway to get to school.
of ducat oral
Director � �
Dr James,Brown said the
. .PP .
and therailway
company were consulted
and said the area is safe.
The, oderich-zetet
Railway Co. said the
three tracks are marked
with double. lights.
• -"We don't feel we
' ��� the e to"a�a
ha h expertise �
that' Cites safe] so we tum
.to the: people who have
the expertise, If we turn
down the experts"advice,
do-
,
de we become thc.
.experts?," x rrt asked ed Trustee
ps, k � rue
Louise Martin.*
These children
are
our responsibility," :added
Trustee Gerry. Ryan, of
Seaforth.
nth
Trustee Michael Ryan
h
wanted tea know how
much it would, cost to
transport thosehandful of
students. However, the
hoards administration
-. didn't have that .calcula-
' tion, Superintendent of
-Finance Gerry'Muss said
the bus carrying 69 . stu-
dents
tu dents` to : St. Coluruban.
n- Dublin cos
and l is about
.$34,000 per year.
`Thubottom line is we:
are asking three, four and
five -year-olds . walk
to
through �n'
industrial
area, trra
l
are� c oss railway tracICS
and cross the.
road: .said
,
Trustee Dennis O'Reilly,
of Mitchell. "T intend to
vote against; the recom-
rnendation. f. wouldn't
•
• want my kids walking.
through" that and they are
older than ;that This area .:.
• should be exempted.",
Trustee , Adolphe
• Spatela said the ;board:
' has to save money, won
doing if there is another ..
alternative. lie suggested
the .1ee , inendations
:ul de ley'S
a tMarys s. par-
ents
. �a y
ents Gould- be considered
by other communities.
• In St. Marys, the local�.
school council will orga-
nize after
nize a before' . ' and a rr
e
school. program where 4
c:h'ildre 't : b.... rn can wait to be
picked up by their par-
ents.
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The sunt teams irmprovcrl"greatly over the course of
the 'surnrt'k ertl Although small in size, they were big in
spirit.
A dedicatedfew spruced up their sunirner by par-
tiCipating in the Polar dip and aquafit
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Adella Andrew, Tyler Brooks, Trevor Moffat and
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