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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2002. PAGE 7.
AMDSB to update schools' heating
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
A toughening of provincial fuel
storage and handling regulations
means heating systems will be
updated over the summer at three
elementary schools within the Avon
Maitland District School Board.
Under the legislation, which
comes into effect this year,
underground storage tanks for
heating oil must meet strict new
standards, and must be removed
altogether if they're over 20 years
old. As a result, fuel tanks will be
removed at Downie Central Public
School near Stratford, Sprucedale
Public School in Shakespeare, and
Brookside Public School at RR7
Lucknow.
At a regular hoard meeting
Tuesday. May 14, trustees approved
a tendering process for all three
projects, with low bids from
Culliton Brothers Limited gaining
approval in each case. Also included
in the work will be the replacement
of boilers at each school because,
according to information provided at
the meeting, "the boilers at the three
locations are in excess of 36 years
old and are incurring high ongoing
maintenance costs."
Costs at Brookside and Downie
Central will be just over $56,000 at
each school, while the work at
Sprucedale will cost about $43,000.
According to business
superintendent Janet Baird-Jackson,
the work was included in last
spring's budget, and the Culliton
tenders came in lower than what had
originally been allotted.
Baird-Jackson also said the
replacement heating systems will
run on propane, but will be installed
to allow for conversion to natural
gas if that option becomes available
and is deemed more economical.
Also at the May 14 meeting,
Culliton Brothers Limited was
awarded the contract for the
continued conversion from
electrical to natural gas heating at
Listowel Central Public School.
After submitting a bid of just over
$53,000, the company will move
ahead with what Baird-Jackson
called "the next phase" in a gradual
conversion at the school — the
installation of a roof-top, gas-fired
heating and air conditioning unit for
the school's gymnasium, along with
other work in the vicinity.
According to information
submitted at the meeting, "the last
phase of this project will he
(conversion in) the primary wing,
anticipated to be in the next fiscal
year."
Board goes south
to recruit teachers
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
For the first time, the Avon
Maitland District School Board
ventured into the United States last
December to recruit potential
teachers.
Speaking after a regular board
meeting Tuesday, May 14, education
superintendent Geoff Williams
explained Avon Maitland
representatives attended a recruiting
fair hosted jointly by a small number
of 'Buffalo, New York-area
universities offering teachers'
education programs.
"We've always sent teams to some
of the Ontario universities but more
and more students are now getting
trained in the Buffalo area,"
Williams explained.
He says Ontario school boards
attending the recruitment fair were
generally only interested in Ontario
residents who crossed the border to
study in New York. Many of those
students, he suggested, were drawn
by admission standards in terms of
academic achievement that are
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to the many possible avenues in
agriculture."
The OAFE has produced over 30
teacher's guides, videos and lesson
plans. A number of these resources
are available free or at minimal cost.
Further information can be obtained
by phoning 905-878-1510 or via the
internet at www.oafe.org.
below those required by Ontario
institutions.
Williams was quick to add that
doesn't mean the recruiting trip
could turn up lesser-quality teachers.
He stresses the Avon Maitland board
didn't attend the fair to offer jobs,
but only to encourage potential
candidates to apply for openings. He
also says the types of students who
have difficulty qualifying for tough
admission standards still often make
the best teachers.
Graduates of U.S.-based schools
must also have their teaching
credentials approved by Ontario
authorities, he added.
Williams says Avon Maitland was
"by no means the only Ontario
school board (at the Buffalo
recruiting fair). Several of the other
boards, especially the larger ones,
also had people there."
The superintendent mentioned the
recruiting fair during a presentation
at the May 14 meeting, regarding
implementation of the board's
system-wide goals. The second of
three main goals is "to attract and
retain quality staff in all positions."
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