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rage 6- Lueltnew Sentinel, Wednesday, April 2301997
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No lay off for secondary teachers
by Pat Halpin
The Bruce County
BOardi.of Education 'pre-
dicts it won't have to lay
off any full-time secondary
school teachers this year.
At- the board's April 8
meting, personnel super-
intendent John Lennon
said three. part-time con-
.4raet positions have been
• declared surplus, but at
this point none of the full-
time secondary teaching
staff have been affected.,
• Amalgamation: of boa.rds tQo big
to do by January deadline
- by Pat Halpin. • •.. the proVince ' on. the P malgarnation
4amating the 'Bruce and Grey process.
y school boards, is too big a job to • '"We don't have the guidelines, -We're
oy the province's January*.deadline; not even sure what the rules are,"
Bruce board chair Jennifer Yenssen at the • • • Martindale told trustees. • -
Bniee County Board of Education's Yenssen said another 'frustration is.
April 8 meeting.. . that the province has limited the commit-
Yenssen is on a transition committee tee to an advisory role. The new district
set up to recommend amalgamation'pro- board is not obliged to follow up on any
cedura for the two boards, Thattonunit- recommendations from the existing
• tee has taken its first look at the "ntonu- • boards.
mental" task of harmonizing contracts, "We're here because we care about
policies and administrative procedures our students and our system of educa-
between the two boards. Yenssen said when asked" about, the
"1 certainly do not see how that can be lack of teeth in the 'committee's recom-
accomplished by January 1. The timeline rnendations. - -
is far too short," Yenssen said in an inter- "We feel the one last legacy we can
view. . leave.behind is to work -through ,some of
"It took a significant portion' of that the difficulties and make recornmenda-
first meeting just to work throu•gh our dons. - • , • . " . •
terms of reference," she said. " "If the new trustees don't want to' take
, "The one thing that both sides agreed those intoconsideration, that's their pre -
to 'quite 'quickly is that students come rogative,"
' she said. . ..•
first, and that in all things we're goingto
"But at least we Can Wallcaway know -
keep
l)irtilecattofr°ocfuEs'dueation Paul Martindale ing that we did the very best We could for
.
Said the bOardi have little directiOn from our students"
"All the teachers who
were on staff in September
'06 •are still on staff,"
Lennon told trustees,
adding the chances that the
three part-titrie staff will be
recalled are "pretty good".
Lennon expects leaves
of absence and retirements
will allow "some move-
• ment". of staff and help
avoid layoffs.
"As I predicted back in
1995 and in '94, there are a
number of teachers who
will reach their retirement
factor by the years '97, '98
and '99 in Bruce Connty,
and We're starting to see
it," • Lennon said in an
interview.
At •the elementary
school" level, Lennon said
"seven to nine" teachers
have been declared sur-
plus', but he's 'hopeful attri-:
On rates- will allow those .
teachers to be recAlled
before the new school
•year. "There's" less movement
inielethentary than there is
in seeondary, so we'll jiist,
have to see if theyget
recalled fully ,or partially, -
•
but I'm really hopeful,".
Lennon said. . •
•
Huron CoMity-. •. - . ••-• • • ••.-: •
Iucation taxes up about
; • by Trish -Wilkinson .
.Area taxpayers Can expect about, a three per cent .
increase in education taxes with the finalization Of the
Huron County 'Board of ucation's 1997 budget esti-
mates last week. , •• ,
The increase, which will translate nate; about $26 on a
$100,000 ,assessrrient,,-was-explairied.by Superintendent-,
of Business anet Baird-lackson as' being portly a result ..
:of provincial grants dropping some 48 per pent for 1997.
She .said this is on top of the board reducing this year's.
estimated expenditures- by just 'ander .$1 Million from ..
• 1996 estimates.
"In a perfect world, as We decrease these expenditures,
. we would expect our mill rate ro go down," Baird -
Jackson said. "But this isn't the ease." • • -
. •
• SheContinued by explaining that increases in 'the.stane,
dard (Ontario) Mill rate, of about 33 per cent, and'prop-
erty , assessment values, of about two. per cent, were:
"haunting" the board and causing their, spending cuts to
havelittle effect on the, mill rate, • - ". ' "
However, there was good news at the meeting;as orig-
inally "figures had predicted abonka five cent increase
in Mill:rates and grant losses totalling Over 51.5 million.
Baird -Jackson said Since last week, the board had "finned
up their enrollment figures", resulting in moresevenuein
the board's per -pupil grant than Originally eXpeeted.
The result is that the mill .rate has dropped to a 3.05 per
cent increak, and government reductions are closer to,
• $1.3 milli
The lar portion. of funds the boardtliis year will " •
conic from the municipAties,..which include total requj
sitiOn, 'suppleinentary taxes and reserves funds, at over'
$20 million, Other sources include the provincial grants
at almost $26 Million, and the board's revenues through
things like minim fees at about t4,560,
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