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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1996-05-08, Page 1ftiol. 12 No 19 Keeping the heart jumping Jordin Rutledge and Rob Archambault of Hullett Central Public School, were just two of the children who took part in the Jump Rope for Heart Day, May 3. Though the day started out wet and rainy, the quest for health persisted and the gymnasium soon filled with enthusiastic jumpers. Half way through the two hour event, the sun broke through, allowing the children to get some fresh air as well as exercise, at least for a while. Wednesday, May 8, 1996 704 + Sit GST750 Feature `The Citizen's' spring home & garden section See page 13J Education Meeting held to discuss concept of community ed. See page 35 News Forum takes different look at family violence See page 37 Entertainment Madill Drama Guild's 'Guys & Dolls', a hit See page 39 The North Huron Education •ti Team approach zen sees fast action i By Janice Becker Only days after announcing that the Huron County Board of Educa- tion (HCBE), in agreement with secondary school teachers, was tak- ing steps to restructure positions of responsibility in the schools, the secondary schools have replied with plans for their new team approach. "I am quite impressed with the speed and manner in which the school teams were put together," said Director of Education Paul Carroll, at the May 6 meeting of the board. In ratifying a new collective agreement, provisions were made for the reduction of supervisory positions, such as department heads, to five team leaders in each school. Each facility was given the authority to develop a team struc- ture whiCh meets the needs of the local community and the size of the school. Instead of department heads by subject, many schools organized around a "student services team". It is interesting to see how each school designed their own plan, as each is very different from the oth- ers, says Carroll. All the secondary schools in the county devised five teams, except Central Huron Secondary School Clinton which opted for seven. At CHSS, the new structure is set out as follows. A Curriculum Team (Transition Years, Grade 9) will deal with Grade 8 liaison, curricu- lum development for destreamed Grade 9, the destreamed program and integration co-ordination, Grade 10 curriculum co-ordination, Grade 9 home room program, Grade 9 report cards, parent liaison and Grade 8 orientation. The Curriculum Team (Special- ization Years) will deal with cur- riculum development and co-ordination for Grades 10-OAC as well as Grade 10-OAC home rooms and report cards. Student Services will cover guid- ance matters; Student Organiza- tions will have jurisdiction over extracurricular and athletic endeav- ors and Community and Informa- tion Services will deal with library, computer and lab services, public relations, newsletters, volunteers, school advisory council, special events, announcements and the home page. Administration, led by the vice- principal or principal, will handle discipline and attendance matters, liaison with HCBE, school timeta- bles, student assemblies and any tasks not listed. An executive team will co-ordi- nate all teams and be responsible for budget and financial issues. At F.E. Madill Secondary School, Wingham, the structure was more subject-based. The teams are: Math and Science - math, sci- ence, business, computer science, school fundraising and related school clubs; Communications - English, French, visual arts, music, drama, yearbook, newsletter, stu- dents' council and related clubs and Self and Society - history, geogra- phy, family studies (personal life management), law, physical educa- tion, sports programs and related clubs. The World of Work team will oversee business, technology, fami- ly studies (food and clothing), stu- dent council finances, business office, school store and cafeteria, yearbook production and related clubs and Student Services will handle guidance, co-op, special education, challenging learning needs, information services, adult education, alternate education, peer services, school volunteers and related clubs. Seaforth District High School developed teams similar to FEMSS, with the focus on course content. Student and Community Services will take over the duties of cuid Continued on page 6 Belgrave woman hurt in accident Literary thief hits Book Shop Hours after the participants of the minimal damage to the sliding mystery dinner had left the Blyth door. Relieved to see that the Memorial building, a real mystery second door seemed intact, he saw was happening at The Book Shop. later that the thief had found a way Sometime between Friday evening, to get through somehow to pluck May 3 and the morning of several books by his favourite Saturday, May 4, someone broke authors. into the bookstore through the back When the OPP officers came to and selected nearly 20 books of the store to look at the situation, science fiction and fantasy. they found out from neighbours Lloyd Allen, one of the that they were awakened around booktWa Novres,UtictgatyAtad-44 4,;:30 ,Litt,, be,pging no,ises„bnt the noises quickly stopped. Charlotte Allen said, she was, of course, disappointed about the theft, but she admitted that at least no one was injured and the burglar was "neat in his dirty business." Mr. Allen repaired the minor damage to the door, added more locking and blocking devices. The OPP officers provided useful information for increased security.. A Belgrave woman was taken to Seaforth hospital with major injuries following an accident on County Road 2.5, just east of Wal- ton on Monday night. A spokesperson from the Wing- ham OPP said that Susan Chatten, 33, was travelling east when her 1987 Ford Mustang skidded and left the road, then struck a concrete abutment before coming to rest in the north ditch. Blyth firefighters were called to the scene. Chatten was taken to hospital by arpholawo The accident, which occurred at 8:10 p.m., occurred just 10 minutes after police received a call regard- ing another minor accident in Brus- sels, which police believe to have been Chatten as well. The spokesperson said that someone had reported a 1987 Ford Mustang, had been spotted at the intersection of Elizabeth and Flora St. The car, which was travelling north, had gone through the stop sign and struck the stop sign on the north- east corner. No further details were available a,t