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Lucknow Sentinel, Wed*etayy F'ebrnau
oup for quaeducation expands
by ]1h W�ktnson ` "Parents and teachers,big task", end would need
The province :might separate andpublic, work- Many people working
have wort the battle when ing together towards quail-. together
it comes to Bill 160, bttt ty educationand the future Some members of the
o ne parents and teachers . of our !rids,". he -quoted as group questioned whether
across Huron County ,are the coalition's mandate. or not. this. project would
.working together to let .the '."A group like this could be a waste of time since
government :know that the give voice to the concerns ovena if the. legislation was
vvarWar from over:, . that teachers have...that .Passed, there's no, guaran-
The Huron Coalition parents have." • tee whether Or 'not the
for <Quality Educ.atiort '. McQuail also :poke tt . Ontario Government
(HCQE); a' group that was• the .new group about the ,. would ,honor their pert-
. originally Organized far idea at•the HCQB working trans.
concerned parents during; on the petition, campaign However. 'Mary Ann.
the'teachers' strike last, that was started during the Crytekshank, president of
fall,has now expanded to 'teachers' ptolitical protest,
include educators, students. '. The purpose of this, he
and any other conununity continued, is that with
members who are worried . these signatures the Citi-
about *Chi future:'of,edttca. zens of Ontario might be
tion.able to force the province. "We did' somethingto• hold a refterendt;m on
remarkable last fall," Tony:: Bill 160.
• McQratl; HCQE's eotai.� " I.f we ,can. cnlleet
municattons officer, stated . 700,000 'signatures, then
• to about a dozen people•at we can push .the .govern,
the group's first .official: , rent to hold a binding ref
meeting Thursday night, " erendum,"-:McQa ail'stat--'
"A reap political awaken- ed,. adding that first the
:^ing.has. happened." government would have to
This Stoup, McQuail 'pass the referendum legis-
added, can. continue to ••latiott that would allow. •
buil;it on last October's this to happen.;
protest while working:: • :He added that if the
towards,presserving edura-. legislation went through,
tion.. 'fit is sotnething.that is a.
District:: 45 Ontario
Secondary ' School ' .
Teachers' Federation, stat-
ed that. no matter what.
becomes of the. petitions,,
getting 700,000 signatures
.means that 700,000 people
would be gcttina involved
in their tight.
"lt keeps Bill 160 in the
public eye,' she said.
thin!,' it's going. to be a ,
positive thing."
Chair of the HCQE
Nancy Fisher-Vossen
agreed, totting that the
'more people know about
the issues the better.
As well as, the petition
campaign, the idea of.
looking into legal action
.over locallyraised tax dol-
g y
• lots leairitt Huron `Count
Modelsshould, be was also suggested" during
• the_; nneeting .as something
dlop d firstcentral Huron
• frompage 1 • Another strategic planning, . Secondary School (CHSS)
cli not to look at various day. Would: equate to "spin-' the thecher stm Barnes raised
he
models for restructuring ning.our tires here one -question of whetther
the HCQE
but added those:models- more time,", he said. ass t. on able
to !since ciass action suits
should be developed by a The council defeated ` against the province over
committee ..first. Then, McBurney's motion for the issue of locally 'raised
after the `background.another meeting and will, .tax dollars saved;in Huron
work" was done, the., now wait until the County during the teach
County Council' could rip Admintstratioh, .,Finance. ars' strike going back 10 thenio els. apart, he sold.; and Personnel Com mittee: Torointo:
Reeve. Bruce Mahan returns with options for"L,iboa,.Easton;,aearent:
of, . Wingham was most consideration.
outspoken against further. Members of ' the
discussion of options hy' Administration, Finance
RC -sat'd the 'stratet is include Warden " lack.
panning' clay iii January Coleman, Cecil Pepper,:
alrestiy,,provided' a useful Norman Fairies,. Carol;
cross -section of opinions Mitchell, Bruce Machan,..;
aitci'oleat direction Co'the . Bill . Carnochan and;
Donald Schultz.
committee developing.tJte:. County, Council's,
option4
To., return o the table involvement in •restructur
before a committee deter- ing comes' more than 'a'
mineswhut options sould�, : -eat. Aftez, tnd wtdual;
work best •H mnrnicipalittcs tried .on
County would be of little their own to: reach restruc
benefit,. said Machan.' turing agreements.
the1• and i'ersonnel committee
The, Lucknow Midgets won the' A side on
Sunday in a tournament for alternate entries •
sponsored .by Met ` Life,. They defeated ' Listowel
3 to '1. Bob Gunter, Met " Life district : manager,
presented the hardware to Lucknow Captain
Daryl Aitchlsdn, MVP medallion to goalie Justin
Brown, and runnerup trophy to Listowei's
Captain Mike Aieralnder. (Livingston photo)
from Gaderieh, also noted
that daring the•strike, :them;
wasn't a lot of information
available to the public
about Ontario's education
system. 'Tberefore, she
suggested that this: group
could gather some enslave
information about -their
local schools,
"It's called, PR, and
we're- not good at. it,'
Easton -stated...
She noted that things
like positive statistics and
information on local stu-
dents .and schools could be
sent out to principals, with
°the suggestion that the
facts be printed on the Trot-
-tom of newsletters,
Therefore. parents and!
communtty tnetitkers
would be able -:to see that
the`current school system
in Ontario does work.
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