HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-06-25, Page 1`VOL.1 4 , , 26.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25;1997.
65' INCLUDES G.S.T.:
Restructuring news
Kinloss says county
process was flawed
Kinlosscouncil is supporting a resolu-
tion from Amabel township regarding the
Bruce County Restructuring -Report of''.
May 20: .
Council will, .via letter„ advise Barb
Fisher; MP?, Minister • of the Municipal
Affairs. and the County of Bruce, that
"We agree that the process was flawed,
and does not represent. a fair, public or
• equitable solution." •
The county proposal for amalgamation,
would. combine :Kinloss .with the .village
of Lu.cknow; Huron and Kincardine
townships, andithe town of Kincardine'
The . new . Municipality would ` have three'
votes at the county level using a weighted
• voting system: County.council would
consist of the heads of . each : of the new
eight municipalities.
• Council also agreed that. the joint
meeting of the five scheduled.forJune 25
be canceI.led. Lucknow"s reeve, Stuart
Reavie, confirmed.:On Monday; that the .
meeting had indeed been cancelled.
Kinloss council instructed the clerk to
arrange for a joint meeting with the vil-
lage of Lucknow:' Reavie con€irmed a
meeting had been'set for June 30
Representatives of the two municipali=
ties have been Meeting for at least a year
trying to workout some agreement for
restructuring and it .looked hke ,sharing
administration services could have been
the first step, until the county's restructur-
ing
estructur ing proposal was introduced to May
Approve SulIy a7
for official plan azriendment
ication
Ashfield., . township.
•.council hed `_a..public
meeting last week to deal
with two matters.
Mike and Robbin; Sully's •
application;• for an, official •'
.plan amendment,(OPAX on
part of 'Lot . 1;" Front
Concession, NTP., pro
pposed to• add a policy to
the AshfieldSecondary
Plan permitting "one recre-
:att'onal'residence, in the
natural environment desig•
nation below the topxof-
bank, on each of two lots:
In background informa-
tion, Scott Tousaw, county
planner, explained that. an
Ontario Municipal Board.
ruling had' directed • the
applicants to proceed with
OPA application prior to a
request.; for a zoning
'amendment on the proper- •
ty. No. objections to the.
• application 'Were filed.
Council originally
deferred its dec.ision for
further discussion,. but as
the inarwrr was dealt with
further: the deferral . was
cescipded and council` rec-
ommended county council
adopt the OPA. •
Kaczikowski
Council•approved; an
applicationto change the ,
zoning on part of lot 3.3,
Front Concession NTP
from general agriculture to
agriculture small holding.
The application was
made by Enirna , and
.Siegfried Kaczikowski to
permit one residence and.
•
accessory buildings on the
4;5 hectare lot:
Council .discussed the.
position of ..the proposed
building site with.: respect
to the neighbor's barn; to
the north; Tousaw' request-
ed that the bylaw contain
the required separation
-distance from that barn..
A resolution circulated ..
by the -town of Rockland,
• received council`s. support
• That. resolution, requests
•please turn to page:2
by Andy Sande,
On June 21, the.
Minister of Education,, the
Honorable John Snobelen,
accepted local MPP'
Barb:
Fisher's invitation to
address representatives of
Bruce Cou'nty's School
' Community Advisory
Committee .(SCA.C)as
well as ,the'school princi
.pals . 'and $"oard of
Education administrative.,
staff.
•Mr.. Snobelen used the
occasionto•elaborate on
the week's announcements
regarding th{e changes
• coming : • to Ontario's
schools this fall.
•'Representing .Lucknow
Central Public School
SCAC, 1 pass on my
observations.
Mr. Snobelen
announced that this
September the elementary•
schools in Ontario will
begin to jmplement a new
• curriculum.
Stephan. Williams' and. Megan Trachsel enjoyed fishing for rainbow trout
at the Wingham Sportsmen 'Club'$'annual fishing day for special kids
last week. Marlene Campbell, a teacher at I.:CP.S,' accompanied the kids
and tried to help out .with, any' casting problems: The event has• been
ongoing forabout 28 years (Lavingston photo)
mkt,* oudinedfor
arellt
:Who did not meet the 'stan,-
dards his;reply was that'
exceptions would not be
-
.made .:. «•. .made ;and that students
under " ` rteml� educ il�iih l e '.would just have . to
progress as far as :they
Tuts` Curticulutn., is
described ;as' .being more
detailed than the old one::
Standards are being 'out-
lined for each grade
whereas the previous
riculum' outlined the stan-
dards to be met by the end
of •Grade . 3.6 and •9. The
standards' • ,are also
designed to be more.
demanding and Specifical-
ly defined thanthe old
ones. This•was done to
enable Ontario children to
emerge as the best educat-
ed in Canada as well as to
allow parents and teachers
to more easily measure
whether the children are
progressing as expected.
The curriculum guide-
lines for the Math and
Language programs' were
-distribifted to tli*ose in.
attendance:
The objectives, .froth a
.parent's point of view,
:seem to be ambitious but.
likely achievable for •most
• students. For others :it is
going to pose significant
obstacles. ,
Unfortiinately. . Mr:
Snobelen did not have any
'details on not
the.
irnproved program was
;going •tt be implemented;
anddid notindicate which
activities from the old cur-
riculum would be dropped
.., to make tithe for these.
new initiatives,• or whether
• the teachers would just
have to "teach faster" in
order to meet. objectives.
• When . asked' what
would happen to children
cpuld i -tile zteW system-
He ;was asked if alter: -
native curricula would be
designed for students
already struggling with the
present system, and he
;indicated thatit had been
:discussed and , no devia-`
dons from the standards is:
to be acceptable., •
Mr. Stiobelen was inter-:
ested in, discussing,; the role
of the' SCACs in the newly-::
reformed education sys
tem. NeP ointed -out that .•
there .was only going to be
four trustees„ representing
Bruce County in the future
so that he ;would be rely- ;
tag heavily on, SCACs for
grassroots. input' on school
•please turn to page;,2
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