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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-12-13, Page 9It Bruce County WA t1 N—David Inglis, a Brant Township .dairy .farmer, is the new chair- man man :off the 'Bruce County Board off Education. Inglis won the post by acclamation when the outgoing chairman, Alvin Thompson, declined a second -termm at the board's speeidR meeting at Walkerton District Secondary School on Tuesday, Dec. 5. Inglis has been on the board since 1985, representing Mildmay, Brant and Carrick townships He steps up from .the vice - chairman's position, with experience on the finance, lot levy and accommodation coznudttees. He said that in 1990 the board will have to look at building projects, contract negotiations and pay equity among other issues. "One of my goals is equality educa- tion," Inglis said. "I think we should have the same opportunities and quality of education in Bruce County as in urban areas We do a good job in the county, but there are some advantages they have that we don't." ducation Quality New &.'Rebuilt Pianos Expert Tuning & Repairs Sarlick Pianos Rowland & Lowrey Keyboards (5 l9) 881-1383 Walkerton He also warned trustees they will have to deal with changes caused by continued student growth, and lobby to let the Ministry of Education know how its deci- sions affect Bruce County. One of Ingis' often -repeated themes is two-way communication He brought up the issue again in his inaugural address, saying he wants the board to practise teamwork, with good flow of information between trustees, administration, staff and the public. He also called for smooth and efficient working of the board's com- mittee system. Meanwhile, straws had to be drawn to elect the board's vice-chairman for 1990. Nominated for the position were Don Tedford of Amabel, Frank Eagleson of Southampton and Gerald Hatt of Fern- dale. Tedford was -eliminated on the first ballot, :then Hatt and Eagleson tied twice in the next two ballots. The tie was broken when Iiatt's name was selected : in a drawing of lots. Hatt represents Lions Head, St. Ed- munds, Eastnor and Lindsay townships. He has served on -a number of commit- tees since he was elected to the board in 1965. "I can support what the chairman sees for the board in 1990, but I don't always agree with him about everything," Hatt said. The new vice-chairman predicted the board will have at least one meeting in the northern half of the county when the new St. Edmunds Public School_ gets its official opening. School For Sauble WAIXEKi,TOl-A parents' group from Sauble Beach has succeeded in its efforts to get a new school to serve their grow- ing community. A capital forecast adopted by the Bruce Board of Education last Tuesday, Dec. 5 in Walkerton gives Sauble $1 1 million for what trustees call a `limited school." It will have four classrooms, a library, multipurpose room, resource area, health room and offiee. Original plans were for the money to be spent at Amabel-Hepworth Central School, where an addition would replace portables that now dot the playground. ' Controversy erupted when a parents' group from the Allenford area, south of Hepworth, lobbied against the Sauble Beach school proposal, saying it wouldn't solve crowding problems at the Amabel- Hepworth and Tara schools their children attend. After a public meeting last month, and budget discussions by trustees, the new, limited school was approved. Also ap- proved were 9,000 worth of renovations that will add two classrooms each at the Hepworth and Tara schools. That remedy, along with school boundary changes, is expected to -relieve crowding at both schools. It will also answer Allen- ford parents' concerns that friendships among children in the village are hampered because they attend different schools Allenford is currently on the boundary between two school zones set by the board. An earlier draft of capital projects presented . by the .director of education last month called for a $900,004 school in Amabel Township and -$600;000 for a total of eight new classrooms at Hepworth and Tara. "More students are calling Sauble Beach .home;" said Don Tedford, trustee, in congratulating the Sauble :group on their lobby efforts. Parents' spokesman, Joan Braun said the group will support the board if fund raising for the new school is needed. Alvin Thompson, outgoing chairman, was more cautious in his assessment of the new school proposal. "There's good and bad to it. You can't provided full services at a smaller school that doesn't have the teacher numbers," he said. Chairman David Inglis said construc- tion on .all three projects will begin in 1991 if provincial grants are approved. "And at this point it looks like they will be," he said. Building Forecast Trustees with -the Bruce County Board of Education have approved what they call a "conservative" capital forecast for $15.3 million worth of construction over the next five years. The list of building projects and priorities is similar to one presented last month by Paul Martindale, director of education. Among the changes are an ex- tra $2 million that has been calculated as the impact off projected inflation rates for projects scheduled in 1993 to 1995. One of the major items on the five-year wish list is $3.125 million to implement Junior Kindergarten in 25 classrooms across the county. That item caused some debate when it appeared in the director's forecast last month, but was in- cluded with little comment this time around even though the board is still stu- dying how and when the provincially - ordered program will be set up in Bruce. Other projects are almost $2 miTion for building maintenance including brick replacement at Lucknow and Port Elgin central schools, and roof repairs at Walkerton and Kincardine high schools, Southampton, Chesley and Bruce Penin- sula schools. Walkerton District will also get renovations to its heating system, windows and science labs. Those projects are slated between 1990 and 1995, with most set for the next -two years. The board has also agreed with the director's suggestion it set up a $1.5 million fund over the next five years to buy land for school expansion projects, and has doubled its estimate of spending on new technical shop equipment from aow to 1995. The forecast calls for $1,126,360 to be spent on equipment in- cluding computerized drafting, robotics and computer assisted machining for the board's technical education programs. By far the biggest share of the capital forecast goes to construction of small ad- ditions and new schools to replace por- tables and make space for new students. A total of $7,485,000 will be spent at 14 schools over the next five years. In all, the forecast yields 46 new classrooms, though trustees were warned that predic- tions are hard to make and funding is even harder to guarantee for projects in the later years of the forecast. David Inglis, finance chairman, said it's a "no frills" forecast based on a con- servative growth estimate of 200 new pupils in each of the next five years. "Growth has been well over that in the past two years," said Martindale. 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