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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-12-12, Page 2Page 2,—Lucl now •Sentinel, Wednesday, December 12, 1979 Set class size.... *from page 1 He told theboard ef- forts had been made in recent collective agreements between the board and its teachers to establish maximum class. sizes. He said . declining enrolment and elective courses being offered students now made it necessary for the board to set minimums. • Cochrane said a workload committee consisting of teachers, principals, ad- ministrative staff and trustees had -tackled the problem of minimum enrolments • and recommended some figures for board policy. He said the figures were based on econotnitS and educational principles. He said under the. suggested policy the. minimum class enrolmentsfor technical credits would be .20 students, remedial credits 20, special education credits in academic subjects 20 while special education credits sn practical courses would be students. , He said minimum class sizes would be 12 students for advanced credits, 10', for general credits, eight for technical, remedial :. and academic special education• classes and six for practical special education classes. . The director said the minimum classsizes would not be adhered •to at all costs under the - recommended board policy. He said the, workload committee had several alternatives that. could be used if the'class size was under . the minumunis. He • said those alter- natives': included com- bining two grades into one class, combining two classes at the same grade level, teachers ` volun- teering spare time to teach the course, a night school course, combining the needs of two schools to,„offer'the course in•one of those t*o, paying tuition fees to another board offering the course and sending students to schools operated by that board or having students take •ministry. of education correspon- dence courses. The director pointed out that some of the ,alternatives may bring the wrath ' of parents down on trustees. He said if trustees succumbed to that pressure and gave. parents what they wanted the trustees should make it clear to the parents the board should "not receive any nasty letters at budget time",... • He told the board the policy was not an un- weildy thing to work with. He said : it : would -en- courage school principals. and teachers ' to work together and "be . , in- novative" with timetabling. He added that if 'a student really wanted to takea specific course they may have to get to- another school to get it....• "We (the board) can't tie up a;teacher 'for a year for three or four students ' pit's just too costly," said Cochrane. He.,, also warned the board that there ' were some pitfalls in the new policy. He said ` small Grade 13 classes may be eliminated,' students will be reluctant to travel to ether ` •schools, "- the "smorgasbord" of courses offered will have to be drastical.lyreduced, board members will: be subjected to local' pressures if classes in "their 'school" - are cur- tailed or eliminated and a viable Grade 13 program may well mean changes. in transportation policy and philosophy.' "It doesn't take too much imagination to realize that some Grade 13 courses and even some classes will be wiped out altogether," warned Cochrane. But he added ' the policy is the first step i` toward • handling problems of . declining enrolment and it "has to be taken". Can drink but can't watch .beer a BY JEFF SEDDON •The Huron. county board of education in- dicated Monday it 'was fine for :19. year .olds to drink alcoholic beverages but not so fine for them to watch others drinking. Theboard supported 'a resolution.from the Elgin County board.. of education,to write a letter to Ontario's • Attorney • General. expressing. concern over ad- vertisements of alcoholic beverages on television. The • board .would. not. ..support a resolution from. the Elgin board to raise. the legal drinking, age to 21 years of age ' The intent of the board's decision l9 year Turn to page 4' Styrofoam Supplies 1" to 3" Baa, Cones and Rings Felt .::Squares 4 pl �.�.. and 9 ply Macrame. Cord ; Dowels Sepoy - e'ee •' sa � Ceramics c Crafts'/ Lucknow Phone 528 36% These familiar faces were recognizable behind the cos of the Peep Hole Show presented by the junior and intermediate classes of Trinity Church Sunday School at their Christmas concert Friday; night. 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