The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-01-22, Page 3•
• tocai decisions may pharte
•from page 1 • Wolfe agrees. with the employees.
not have local autonomy boardthat artlalgama:tion But he also said the
in• resolving some (prct* will not yield the $1 biI. .minister's statements have
gram) differences," lion in education cuts that left the public with an
• •Yenssen said. the minister has targeted. unfair impression of
Depending on the many .Be said it's more likely the school board spending,.•
date of .a soon-to-be estab- bulk of those savings will
fished provincial commis- • come frcim teacher safari "Statements in the last
sion, Yenssen said "there cuts,, larger class sizes and IeW days of the-extrava-
may be very little that is job losses. Wolfe predicted- =gance of School spending
decided on a local basis," ' those changes will be' are unfair and not charas
Trustee Carolyn Day made by removing teach- teristic ofthis board,"•.
sad she hopes . the ers' right to strike and Martindale said. This
province did its homework implementing regional or ,board still spends less per
before cuttingthe number • province -wide contract pupil than provincial` aver -
of school boards in half. • negotiation. • age.'r-
"They: have tried this Education director. Paut Until details of the
same idea of cutting back :Maxtindale said questions : amalgamation procedure
on the boards in New raised by the amalgama- • are released, Yenssen said
Zealand -- and England, and tion order' have created an it will be "business as
in both cases they have unsettling atmosphere for ` • usual" in the coming year.
found that it just hasn't
worked. It has been more „
• expensive rather than less
expensive, ,and .the quality
of education delivered ,to
the children has suffered,"
-Day said;. adding that local,
input on education also
decreased with. .fewer
• School boards."
"My concern is how
• effective you could be as a.
trustee," Day. said about
the. prospect of a handful •
Of trustees covering a two -
county area:
She predicted it will:be
more.difficult, for parents
to have input if trustees, •
become •a.,voice on the
phone rather that a..person
in theconiniunity.
• At the carne tune;.; Day:
•• agrees with the board's
determination to make
forced amalgamation.
work
"W"e have a responsbil
ity . to the •children and the,
county "
, =she said,
Rather than fight the
law, Day says: the board ..
has to ""work the., heels to'
40 its best for; students..
Meeting for the. first
'' time since the •amalgams
tion order was announced,
several`'trustees showed
signs of frustration,.with
the province's decision.
"We hope for expedient.
facts on how this marriage
•isgoing to occur," -said
'vice-chair"Frank'Eagleson:
"Rural : boards . have
been lumped in with' the
;..rest of O"ntario : to solve a;'
big;•clty: problem," :said
trustee Dennis Posthumus,
"We're_ going to ,lose local'
elected representatives.
"Y drin't think we.got
heard downin Toronto,"
former chair Don Stobo •
said, referring to efforts:
the board has has made to. pre--
• sent :its• vie'ws • to the
Ministry: of Education.
Meanwhile., the. presi-
dent.
resi
dent of Bruce district
Ontario Public. School.'
Teacher's Federation says.
the "province's .plan •to save
money by slashing the
number of :school boards
•is: "smoke and mirrors."
Barry Wolfe. called •:
forced amalgamation a tax
grab that will disrupt• local,
education for 'What .works
Out . to be a savings of
about $72 pupil.
Lutknow f"enthnet, Wethmsdo, 1ainruary 264 1997, ]Page 3
e 1 services will improve
'by Pat Living'sta
Businesses and residents in Lucknow
wilt finally be able to access a fully -rood -
ern digital phone network bythe end .of
June, The changes .mean customers: will
be able to take advantage' of improved . .
modem and fax services,: electronic bank-
.ing and access call display, call waiting
and call return, • ,
• . Gebrge Brophy, a Lucknow lawyer,
has been corresponding with Bell for
about two Years, regarding the antiquated;
linen in the village,"T'm pleased'• to hear -
that Bell' has. 'finally seen the light and•
realizes that people living in'the, global
village also live in Lucknow,"' said
Brophy,' when.he was, told about the
upgrading. •
Joe Gallant and Cheryl Tyson, of
Gallant Communications, also .wrote to
Bell last August,'after athree-pagead, vete
tisement appeared in the Toronto Star
claiming that Bell had been "calling
many of our customers as often as four
times a year...to Make sure they're satis4''
fled with the service they're gettingand
find :out what else we could be doing for•
them."
Gallant and Tyson.wrote, "`Lucknow
business and residential customers have.
• been paying the price of technology *e
don't have for years." They asked to be
advised as to when they,: asoperators of a
high reel'. business, would be able to tell.
their customers When the upgrades could
be expected. •
They received. a reply in November
stating that the changes would be corning
andwould. be advertised in November.
Well, it is January,: but the advertise-
ment finally_ arrived and can be found in .,.
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