HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-07-05, Page 6Page 6-4.,zielmow Sentinel, Wednesday, =July '5„ 1989
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Former:Exeter principal Bruce Shaw has
told thelluron County Board of'Education
'that:he Wil1begong to TGoderieh F'A et
Collegiate Institute next year, and will be
doinghia best.
The Board 'opened its Monday, July 26
special :meeting with a private session .at-
tended by Mr. IShaw, his lawyer
McLean, and the Board's lawyer Dan
MurPhY.
"Brucerequestedlocomeandspeakto-us
asadelegation soweallowedhim to come,"
said Board Chairman John Jewitt. 'Bruce
has stated he will be going to rwoderich
secondary school as principal, and we are
pleased with thatdecision. "Weare looking
forward to. goodthingsin Goderich."
Mr. Jewitt clarifiedthat Mr. Shaw hadnot
dropped his objection to the move from
South Enron to 'MCI, but has decided he
will notfightthe move.
'The .chairman would not comment on
whataffectlidr.Shavv's decisionvill have on
the transfer of Central Huron Secondary
_Schoorsprincipal Joe Wooden.
MATIFYCONTRACT
TheNCBEldso ratified:a collective.agree-
ment with its secretaries' union. The two
year agreement with the approximately 100
members of the union is effective July 1,
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1989.11wagreementgivessalary Increases
of .5 per cent per year, with_a further possi-
ble cost of &big protection inerease,in the
second year, as wellassome improvements
in benefits.
The Board now has =agreements in 'place
with its :secretaries, elementary teathers,
and secondary occasional teachers for the
corning year. It has yet to Agn with its
secondary teachers, custodian's union, or
occasional elementary teachers.
1111RONESPEECSI
Thepurpoeeofthespecia1meethg being
called was fortrustees todiscusstheprovin-
dal goverrunent'sthronespeechand budget
initiatives. There was a of of talk about
various issues, but only on the 'issue of
JuniorRindergarten =did trustees opt to take
any action.
Trustee Norman Pickell of Goderich
echoed most trustees when he suggested
that the board sees the following problems
with providingbalfeday *nor Idndergarten
for four year olds oas well as thalklay senior
kindergarten -for five-yeavokls:
• Lack of teaching.space.
I.Problems-with,busingaggry.
.Lack of teachers - due to the teacher's
shortage.
.Financing problems - "Experience has
shown es that the government likes to start
programs then leave funding to local tax-
payers," said 11r.
Tolhese Objections were added the pro-
2blems of the government &veiling funds
from the existing -daycare system to the
education system to accomodate junior
,kindergarten. :Vice-6133dr Joan Van den
Bros& raised this lastpoint.
"I think small -children would be :better
served in quality daycare than In our
schools," said Mrs. Van den Bromic. "This
(jtudor kindergarten) is a government
answer to day-care problems, and it's not a
.good answer.'
One trustee noted that from the Speech
.from the Throne it would appear that the
Board will have no choice but to provide
junior kindergarten.
Mr. Pickell replied that oncetheproposal
is in the form of a bill in the provincial
legislature school boaniswill hemming out
of options. "Iiut perhaps warm stop it from
getting into a bill form if enough .people
declare their opposition," he suggested.
In thediscussion it was noted that .ordy 26
boards in the province don't offer junior
kindergarten, .but Bruce -Grey is the only
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rural area that does. It was also noted that
about '20 additional classrooms will be need-
ed across the system if junior kindergarten
is added, and that estimate was said to be
quite conservative.
I3rian Jeffraysaid he too has reservations
about sending very young children toschool,
"but in my community there is demand for
it. T think at -some point we're goingto have
to address this, and we might as well be
positive from the start, rather than being
dragged into it."
After nearly an hour of discussion the
board passed a motion forwarded by Nor-
man Wilson that the Buren board objects to
junior kindergarten based on the above
mentionned problems, and will be sending a
brief outlining this objection to the Ministry
of Education and MPP Jack Riddell.
throne speech items the trustees
discussed were the elimination of streaming
(putting students in basic, general level and
academic classes) in Grade 9, and
specialization in grades 10 and 12, but no ac-
tion was taken on these issues.
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honours
vo un eers
On Wednesday, Junell, 1989, the Bruce
County .Public Library Board honoured
the many volunteers who contributed
their time and talents to the provision of
library service in Bruce County. The
volunteers, along with library staff and
Library 33oard xnember, were invited to
the Bruce Nuclear Power Development
Information Centre to share a meal, a
tour of the Development, and to listen to
an entertaining guest speaker, one of
Bruce County's own authors - Gisele
Ireland.
The volunteers were thanked by the
Director Marto Apolloni, in his welcome
and -opening remarks. Darlene Bobnert, a
member Of the Bruce County Public
Library Board also recognized the
volunteers contributions and thanked
them on behalf of the board.
Patricia Symons, also a member of the
Library Board, had the pleasure of
presenting the 1988 Applause Award, an
award to recognize outstanding achieve-
ment in the Branch 'abrades, to Lion's
Head and :District Branch Library. This
library, with its enthusiastic supervisor's
efforts and its :new facilities, circulated
'38% more library materials in :1988 than
in 1987. 'The Supervisor in 1988 was Mary
K. White. .
Tile biblight of the evening WAS bon-
ing to Disele Ireland's -description of the
everlasting struggle between men and
women, and to her comments regarding
currently popular self-help tips for
becoming more succesSful. 'To the con-
sternation of Oisele, ber romarks were
Punctuated once Or twice with imprmp-
tu mutes' mccononument uring sthigh
ache ilemanstrated her sibility "UV Vie
light fantastic". Mrs. Jicland is 'the
author oflloulls in Your Voveralia, Tbe
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