Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2002-08-28, Page 13The Main Rules of the Bus: I. THE BUS DRIVER IS ALWAYS IN CHARGE! 2. Arrive at your pick UP Point on time. Bus scheduling is such that the drivers cannot wait for pupils who are late. 3. Take your seat as directed by the driver and remain in your seat throughout the trip. 4. You must follow the driver's directions the first time they are given. 5. The aisle. front door, and emergency door must be kept clear at all times. 6. Unnecessary disturbances f oPening of windows, wrestling. eating. smoking, obscene language or any other form of misbe- havior) will not be tolerated at any time. 7. Stay seated at all times. keeping your hands, feet and nasty or abusive comments to yourself. 8. Keep the noise level down to a level where the driver can hear his/her two way radio. 9. Never leave the bus at any stop other than that Predeter- mined by school or parental permission. 10. Riding a school bus is a privilege! This privilege can be with- drawn. Notice to all Bused Students from • • When you meet a stopped school bus that has its red signal-lights flashing and stop arm extended, you MUST stop 20 metres before reaching the school bus. and shall not proceed until the school bus moves or the signal-lights have stopped flashing. THAT'S THE LAW! Also, when you are following a school bus that is approaching a railway crossing, the bus is required by law to STOP. Be prepared. Remember. by slowing down and STOPPING, you could save the life of someone You love or the life that someone else loves. What cost do You Put on a late arrival to work? Gordon T. Montgomery Limited Serving Your Community with a Full Line of School and Chartered Buses Lucknow 519-528-2813 Toll Free 1-800-567-2012 NOTE TO ALL DRIVERS O THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2002. PAGE 13. Chlorine comes to schools' on-site wells By Stew Slater Special to The Citizen Students at five elementary schools within the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board may notice a chlorine taste to their school's water when classes resume next week. That's because a deadline has arrived for all schools served by on-site wells to come into compliance with Ontario's new drinking water protection regulations. Officials By Stew Slater Special to The. Citizen Catholic elementary schools in Clinton and Wingham will be examined by officials of Ontario's ministry of education this year, as part of a new system for deciding when schools have deteriorated to the point that it makes more financial sense to tear them down than it does to fix them. But Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board Management Superintendent Gerry Thuss stresses that the planned visits are, in no way, suggestions the schools could face demolition. According to a report delivered by Thuss at a regular meeting Monday, Aug. 26, information about the state of repair of all schools in the province will be collected in one specialized computer software program called RECAPP. He says the program has the potential to provide a consistent set of criteria for the entire province, thereby eliminating the frustrating series of roadblocks faced by the Huron-Perth board before it was finally able to convince the government last spring that St. 4-Hers meet at Seaforth ag-plex By Ben Caldwell Meeting five of the Be!grave Brussels 4-H Club was held at the Seaforth Agriculture Building on Aug. 13. This was the annual 4-H judging competition. Members from all over Huron County came to judge different categories. Once registered they listened to a brief speech about what they're judging and they were divided into groups. They then judge everything from résumés to cattle, milking goats market goats, hay, etc. Once this is complete they have to talk to a judge and tell him why they placed the different things the way they did. Each group now anxiously awaits the results. The next meeting is Wednesday, Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. at Corey Rintoul's. Members are to bring their calves trained. Help protect the environment Reduce, reuse and recycle Well-fed water systems at schools in Kinkora, Hesson, Dublin, St. Columban and Kingsbridge will all have primary treatment by ultraviolet radiation and secondary chlorination, in time for the September, 2002 deadline. Trustees were informed of the board's compliance with the province's "Regulation for Smaller Water Works Serving Designated Facilities" at a regular board meeting Monday, Aug, 26. "There's no difference in the Marys school in Hesson needs to be replaced. Information from the Hesson school will not be included within the board's submission to the new RECAPP program, since the government has now established a means for funding its replacement. But all other schools will be included. aquifer that we're pulling the water from, but what has changed in our delivery system is that the water in all cases is now being treated," explained Management Superintendent Gerry Thuss. "(Students) may notice a chlorine taste in the water but people notice that in any municipality. We do have to meet the standards." Also at the meeting, Thuss presented the first of what will become annual Drinking Water Reports for each of the five schools. And the government has required that each board provide two schools for examination by ministry officials, so they can compare their own notes with the data submitted by ,he board. According to Thuss, the two Huron-Perth schools are St. Joseph's in Clinton and Sacred Heart in Wingham. "The ministry will then send in a Like the treatment systems, the reports are required under the province's strengthened regulations. The rest of the board's schools are served by municipal water systems, which are subject to a different set of regulations. Thuss credited Anne Marie Nicholson, the board's manager of assessment and plant, for doing much of the work on the reports. Nicholson worked with Goderich- based engineering firm B.M. Ross. Each report details the age and team to see if the information that's being submitted is being submitted correctly," he explained. He conceded, however, that Huron-Perth officials did consider some deterioration factors when deciding on the two schools. He noted that the roof in Wingham may need repair in the foreseeable future, while the situation at the Clinton condition of the well, location of the school relative to its surroundings, extent of the water treatment system, and schedule of testing for various potential contaminants. The reports also highlight any abnormal test results and the actions taken in response. In particular, incidences of elevated total coliform in the water at the schools in Dublin, Kinkora and St. Columban are outlined. Each school spent a small number of days under a boil water advisory during the spring of 2001. school could be complicated by the existence of separate additions, constructed at different times. "Our schools are generally in good shape," he said. "The question will be the cost to provide things like roofing or heating plants or electrical facilities or windows. Those are the things that could get to us sometime down the line. to examine area Catholic schools