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some ofthe project's cost, since it involves
both roadways and private lands.
Edmunds also complained that the
citizens group lacks representation at
meetings during the study. Cranston' said
there had been none, and would benne un-
til McBride'sproposall . s complete in March.
At that time, the engineer said, the pro-
ject would be reviewed ata public meeting.
Following discussion, the municipality must
give those who wish to remove their names
from the petition an opportunity to do so.
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The pros and cons of having a 12 month
school year were discussed at the February
meeting of the Huron County Board of
Education.
The issue of a 12 month school year has
arisen as a result of the need for crowded
metropolitan Toronto schools to get 100 per
cent use out of their buildings. A select com-
mittee on education is currently looking at a
variety of education topics such as
semestering, curriculum and hours of in-
struction. In its first report, the Select Com-
mittee on Education corhmented :
"The scheduling and length of the school
year seems to be based more on the tradi-
---tional-needs_of-an ..aga-miety-thara on
any pedagogical rationale. In .addition, the
increasing curriculum demands placed on
the school system .by .a rapidly changing
society -.have railed :into question the ap-
propriateness of the current length of the
school day."
The HCBE-was invited to comment to the
Ontario Public School ,,Board's Association
(OPSBA) on the need for changes to the
length of the Current school year and .day.
Comment from the board was needed by
February 8, 1989.
Many trustees had immediate concerns
about the 12 month -opening of schools.
"I think kids do a lot of growing outside of
school. There's a lot of growing and matur-
ing that takes place when a child is working
during the summer," commented trustee
Tony McQuail.
Another trustee, Norman Wilson, noted
his son had just finished Grade 13 and was
looking forward to the months leading to
September to raise money for university.
Questions of the current quality of educa-
tion, the financial implications of having
schools open year-round, effects on tourism
and agriculture industries, and the con-
siderable social change and affect on social
patterns such a move would have would all
have to be looked at before such a move
were made.
Smaller issues, including that of
maintenance, were also brought up. Now
school building maintenance is done during
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Similarly, others may add there names.
If the petition has a majority, or if the
road superintendent's name remains, effec-
tively indicating council's support, the pro-
ject proceeds and all affected property
owners p- y a share, even if they .did not
sign.
"The majority rules ry-nd everybody
pays," explains McBride.
If the project does not proceed, those who
signed the petition in the first place still
must pay the preliminary engineering fees.
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the summer while students are on holidays.
When would there be time for maintenance
during a 12 month school year?
Heat was another issue: The cost to air
condition schools during the sununer would
drive energy costs as high as the cost to heat
them during the winter.
Don McDonald suggested making better
use of the current year would be a more ac-
ceptable alternative, and noted there have
been more PD days added than have been
taken away.
The board's discussion represented the
enormous complexity of the issue, and no
consensus of opinion among the trustees
could be reached.
The board came up with no comments to
send to the OPSBA by the February 8
deadline, but instead passed a motion re-
questing the OPSBA develop a model to
show .the effects a 12 month school year
would have on the education system and on
society.
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