The Citizen, 1992-04-08, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8,1992. PAGE 23.
HCBE embarks on campaign to oppose JK
BY LISA BOONSTOPPEL-POT
The Huron County Board of Edu
cation will begin a letter-writing
campaign to express their opposi
tion to Junior Kindergarten (JK).
Board trustees have asked Direc
tor of Education Bob Allan to draft
the letter and send it to Ontario Pre
mier Bob Rae, Education Minister
Tony Silipo and local MPP Paul
Klopp.
Blyth trustee John Jewitt suggest
ed letters also be sent to all the
local municipalities in Huron
County asking them to make their
views known on the JK issue.
Junior Kindergarten is a program
which the provincial government is
mandating be in place by Septem
ber 1994.
As a whole, HCBE is opposed to
JK because they don't feel it's nec
essary and because of the cost
implications.
They (the board) shared this view
with 15 other school boards at a
Junior Kindergarten Workshop
held April 2 in Etobicoke.
In a report to the board, the
trustees who attended the meeting
(John Jewitt and Doug Gamiss)
indicated the joint position of the
board's at the meeting was that JK
cannot be implemented by Sept.
1994, first and foremost because of
cost and also because of time con
straints.
The report stated some of the
common issues discussed at the
meeting were how and if three and
four-year-olds could be properly
educated in a classroom setting;
School trustee calls govt, document asinine
BY LISA BOONSTOPPEL-POT
The Huron County Board of Edu
cation is the latest in a growing
number of local boards to oppose
the provincial government's Open
Local Government Document.
Most municipalities, including
Brussels and Blyth councils, have
already voiced their objection to
ideas within the document.
According to the provincial gov
ernment, the Open Local Govern
ment proposal is designed to
"enhance accountability and open
ness of local government."
But the HCBE stated "the docu
ment does not support the concepts
that the title would suggest."
Township of Hullett and Blyth
trustee John Jewitt along with
what constitutes a qualified teacher
for JK and how much the local
boards would have to pay to fund
the program.
Other important questions raised
at the meeting were how will the
Ministry punish board's which don't
implement JK by 1994 and what
trustees Norman Pickell and Joan
Van Den Broeck studied the docu
ment in detail and. they say there
are two big items they have prob
lems with-the proposed establish
ment of a municipal Conflict of
Interest Commission and the con
cept of disclosing personal assets.
They feel that a new level of
bureaucracy is "unnecessary."
They also believe disclosure of
assets is "unduly bureaucratic and
restrictive for municipal representa
tives."
The document proposes that
trustees and councillors will have
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are the boards', the directors' and
the trustees' legal liability for law
suits initiated if a board refuses to
implement the legislated program?
In response to the report,
Goderich and Colborne trustee
Joan Van Den Broeck made a
motion that an Ad Hoc committee
be formed to develop information
to disclose all assets and liabilities
over $1,000.
"I find the idea of disclosing my
credit card balance pretty far
fetched," said Mr. Jewitt. "This
document says I'd have to reveal
when my feed bill gets over $1,000
but who's business is that? That's
really nobody's business."
HCBE to hold special budget meeting
A special meeting was called for
April 13 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the
1992 budget estimates.
The estimates were to be dis
and recommendations about JK.
"The committee would take the
lime to look at the whole issue,"
she said.
The motion was carried with 10
trustees in favour and five opposed.
The Ad Hoc committee will be
formed as trustees volunteer to sit
on it.
Trustee Bob Burton said at the
board's Monday meeting "it bog
gles the mind that the government
could come up with such an asinine
document."
The board has sent the Ministry
of Municipal Affairs a letter con
taining its objections.
cussed at HCBE's Monday meeting
but because the board still hasn’t
received its equalization factor
from the Ministry of Education,
could not do so.
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