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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2002. PAGE 19.
Area teachers among AMDSB retirees
7 .
Over 19,000 Avon Maitland
students ,will soon be leaving for
their summer vacations. Along with
them 89 teachers and principals will
be saying goodbye to the system.
The Avon Maitland District
School Board honoured retiring staff
on June 18 at a reception held at the
Seaforth and District Community
Centre. The reception was to
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
Student trustees of the Avon
Maitland District School Board now
have the right to cast a vote on issues
of concern to students. That vote,
however, will not be binding.
At a regular meeting Tuesday,
June 11, voting trustees
unanimously supported a series of
policy changes brought forward
from the Students' Advisory
Committee, which comprises
student trustees from each of the
board's 10 secondary schools, along
with west/south Perth trustee Carol
Bennewies and representatives from
administration. Students from each
school choose their representative
through their own process, and that
student trustee is expected to report
back to the student body about
activities of the board.
According to Ontario's Education
Act, school boards must allow at
least one student trustee to sit in on
all regular meetings, though they're
not allowed to vote. Unlike many
boards, Avon Maitland welcomes
two student trustees to the table and,
following the June 11 meeting, will
now also allow them a reduced form
of voting rights.
The June 11 changes all involved
Board Policy No. 04, entitled
"Students' Advisory Committee and
Student Trustees (Pupil
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
The mother who successfully
spearheaded the fight to have
Holmesville Public School removed
from the Avon Maitland District
School Board's most recent list of
school closure possibilities is now
urging parents from across Huron
and Perth Counties to join forces.
Shelley Kaastra addressed the
board through a public delegation at
a regular meeting Tuesday, June 11.
She informed them of the formation
of Parents' Voice of Avon Maitland,
with herself and Stratford resident
Elaine McLaren as co-chairs. -
"We hope to ensure that parents
can have meaningful input into our
children's education," Kaastra
explained, adding that the group
might be seen as the "silver lining"
that arose from the "cloud" of
potential and real school closures.
Kaastra said the group will ask
parents and other community
members to compose hand-written
letters expressing the educational
needs of children which aren't being
met by the Ontario government's
current funding formula. These
letters will be forwarded to
Education Minister Elizabeth
Witmer.
She also said the group recognizes
the strong possibility that further
school closures will still occur in the
Avon Maitland board. She cited
comments to that effect made by
recognize the years of service given
by staff who retired during the 2001-
2002 school year.
The local area has several
educators retiring this year from
both the elementary and secondary
levels.
Vice-principal Barbara Hood of
Listowel District Secondary School
has left, as have teachers Carol
Representation on Boards)." Among
the changes were a clarification
about the number of student trustees
necessary to achieve quorum at
Advisory Committee meetings, and
a broadening of the opportunity for
each student trustee to take turns
participating in regular board
meetings.
But the most significant change, in
terms of the operation of the full
Avon Maitland board, was the
granting to student trustees of non-
binding voting rights at the regular
board table.
"Basically, it will be our little
opinion that we're expressing on the
board, on issues that affect
students," explained Mitchell
District High School representative
John Nater, who occupied one of the
student trustee seats at the June 11
meeting, and has been the most
frequent student attendee at the
meetings all year. Nater added that
student trustees will only vote if it
has already been determined that a
majority of the students on the
Advisory Committee agree.
In an interview following the
meeting, Nater explained that
student trustees of the Greater Essex
District School Board can already
cast a non-binding vote on issues
affecting students. He said that
formed part of the impetus for
suggesting the change.
Director of Education Lorne
Stratford trustee Meg Westley in
February. At the time, Westley
surprised many by voting against
Holmesville's closure, but she also
warned that further examination and
possible closure within the entire
Goderich-area cluster of schools is
still likely.
At that same February meeting,
Kaastra. pledged to find ways of
bringing together community and
parent groups from across the
region, to work together with the
board and fight for changes in the
funding formula.
Following Kaastra's June 11
delegation, Westley praised her
efforts. She related to Kaastra news
of a recent demonstration by the
province-wide group People For
Education. Westley said
representatives of that group
gathered at Toronto's Queen's Park
carrying magnifying glasses,
supposedly looking for, the
educational task force that was
announced many weeks ago by
Premier Ernie Eves in his inaugural
Throne Speech, but has not yet
conducted meaningful discussions.
Oriold, C. Kitty Poelstra from that
school. F. E. Madill has lost Mary
Henry, a vice-principal, and teachers
Larry Lane, Carolyn Schofield and
Edward Brewster. _
Central Huron Secondary School
has lost four familiar faces as Alan
Beattie, William Fink, Richard
Hillier and Allan Mullin have
retired. Goderich Collegiate Institute
Rachlis praised this year's student
trustees for examining their role and
working to achieve their goals.
will also have said goodbye to three
teachers as Robert Dick, Linda
Donnelly and Christine Ritchie will
not be returning for the next year.
Seaforth Public School is bidding
fairwell to vice-principal David
Bonner and teachers, Roy
Gingerich, Carol Henderson, Allan
Lutgendorf and William Reid.
East Wawanosh Central
Elementary School is losing three
teachers to retirement — Cheryl
Hesse's, Karen Webster and Jane
Wilson. Mary Buffinga will be
leaving Blyth Public School.
Principal Paul Dyck and teacher
Karen Uhler will not be returning to
Brussels for another year and Laura
Scott has retired from Grey Central
Elementary School.
Judy Morton of the Belgrave area
and Patricia Barnes of the Brussels
area are also retiring from the board.
Larry and Peter Snell, formerly of
the Londesboro area have also said
goodbye to their schools.
According to Steve Howe, a
spokesman for the board, slightly
fewer principals and teachers are
retiring this year than last. The 2000
- 2001 years saw 109 staff members
taking their leave.
Parents form
Parents' Voice
Student trustees get vote