The Citizen, 2001-11-07, Page 14NORTH HURON TOWNSHIP
BLYTH WARD
NOTICE
ALL NIGHT STREET PARKING
Due to municipal snow removal operations, the parking of cars
on Blyth streets and municipal parking lots during the winter
months (November 1 to May 1) will be strictly prohibited.
All vehicles must be removed from Blyth streets and roadways
of the municipality between the hours of 2 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Violators will be prosecuted or will be required to bear the cost
of having their vehicle towed away. The owner of any such
parked vehicle will be liable for any damage to the said vehicle
or to snow plow equipment.
John Stewart
Clerk-Administrator
PARKING NOTICE
TO ALL RESIDENTS OF
THE MUNICIPALITY OF
HURON EAST
The Council of the Municipality of Huron
East requests the cooperation of the
ratepayers regarding the parking of cars
and other vehicles, and the depositing of
snow on municipal roads during the period
in which snow clearing operations are nec-
essary.
It is an offense under the Highway Traffic
Act, Section 170(12) to: "Park or stand a
vehicle on a highway in such a manner as
to interfere with the movement of traffic or
the clearing of snow from the highway".
Also, Section 18 states: "No person shall
deposit snow or ice on a roadway without
permission in writing to do so from the
Ministry or the road Authority responsible
for the Maintenance of the Road."
Parking is not permitted on any street with-
in the built up urban areas of the
Municipality of Huron East between the
hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., from November
1 to April 15. Violators will be ticketed and
may have their vehicles towed and
impounded.
Neither the Municipality of Huron East nor
the "Snow Plow Operators" will be held
responsible for damage done to vehicles or
mailboxes on the Municipal Road
Allowance. Your cooperation in this matter
is greatly appreciated.
John Forrest
Huron East Public Works Coordinator
PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2001.
Board adds Goderich schools to study list
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
Two facilities in Goderich —
Robertson and Victoria elementary
schools '— were added to the list of
schools to be studied for possible clo-
sure as trustees of the Avon, Maitland
District School Board passed a series
of amendments before approving rec-
ommendations from a staff report,
Tuesday, Oct. 30.
In the conclusion of a meeting
which began one week earlier, but
was cut short due to the length of time
taken for the presentation of the report
and the ensuing trustee questions,
trustees approved the amended list of
recommendations by a 7-2 vote.
Central Huron trustee Charles Smith
and East/South Perth counterpart
Carol Bennewies opposed the
list.
School councils from each of the 46
facilities mentioned — including
those suggested for possible non-clo-
sure changes such as border adjust-
ments and congregation of Grades 7
and 8 students — must now submit
reports to the board by late
November. A smaller list of schools to
be studied for possible changes will
be recommended by staff on Dec. 11,
with a final vote on closure expected
in February, 2002.
The addition of the two Goderich
schools came after North Huron
Trustee Butch Desjardins argued that
not all possible options had been ade-
quately considered for students in and
around Goderich.
Under a possible scenario included
in the staff report, two nearby rural
elementary schools, Colborne Central
and Holmesville, would be closed,
with Robertson being converted to a
kindergarten to Grade 3 school and
Victoria becoming a Grades 4-8 facil-
ity. Students from Colborne Central
would all relocate to the Goderich
schools, while Holmesville students
would attend schools in either
Goderich or Clinton.
Desjardins wondered about closing
one rural school and one town school,
then asked Education Superintendent
Bill Gerth if the Board has an unstat-
ed goal of eliminating the so-called
"central" rural schools in order to
keep town schools open. Gerth
responded that no such goal existed,
then added that amalgamating stu-
dents into either Colborne or
Holmesville "would require a signifi-
cant addition of a scale which we did-
n t belie' .e would be prudent."
The North Huron trustee received
support, however, from Stratford
counterpart Rod Brown, who noted he
had spoken to several parents of
Holmesville students about the issue.
It was Brown who made the motions
to amend the report's recommenda-
tions regarding each of the four
Goderich-area schools, with
Desjardins acting to second the
motions. •
Each received support from all
trustees except Smith. Smith had ear-
lier unsuccessfully sought amend-
ments to the entire list, so that each
school listed could be studied for
every possible change, ranging from
closure to additional space. North
Huron Trustee Colleen Schenk called
Smith's idea "a big step backwards"
in the board's process for tackling its
ongoing problem of declining enrol-
ment and shrinking provincial grant
money.
Other school-by-school amend-
ments were passed by trustees, how-
ever. South Huron representative
Randy Wagler succeeded in asking
that Usbome. Central Public School
outside Exeter be studied for possible
construction of additional pupil
spaces, after arguing that the facility's
existing buildings might not be ade-
quate if it becomes home to all of the
region's Grades 7 and 8 students.
In accordance with an amendment
brought forward by Trustee Meg
Westley of Stratford, that city's
Romeo Public School will now be
studied for possible program changes,
instead of only being studied for pos-
sible closure.
And Downie Central Public School,
between St. Marys and Stratford, will
now be studied for possible border
adjustments, in addition to being stud-
ied for possible program changes and
possible closure, due to an amend-
ment brought forward by Brown.
The Stratford trustee argued the
school may be necessary to serve stu-
dents from other schools which could
be closed, either in the surrounding
rural area or within Stratford.
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