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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006. PAGE 21
AMDSB alters monthly meeting format
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
In an attempt to ensure trustees
aren't overly fatigued when faced
with voting on pressing topics, the
Avon Maitland District School
Board has altered the formats of its
traditional two meetings per month
(on the second and fourth Tuesdays).
"The way it has been sometimes
recently, we'll start with committee
meetings at 5 o'clock (on a Tuesday
afternoon) and still be meeting and
making decisions at 10:30 in the
evening," commented board chair
Meg Westley, following a much-
abridged first meeting under the new
format, Tuesday, April I I.
From now on, the fourth Tuesday
of each month will remain hectic for
Avon Maitland trustees, with a
format similar to the existing
schedule.
But, according to Westley, trustees
hope much of the discussion on
weighty issues will take place during
the afternoon and early evening on
the second Tuesday of the month —
between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. On that
day, committee meetings will be
replaced by a session called
committee of the whole, open
session, with no votes taken but
trustees welcome to speak about
issues in a less formal setting.
Trustees will continue to meet
behind closed doors from 7-8 p.m.,
for committee of the whole, closed
session. The public is welcome at
both committee meetings and
committee of the whole, open
session, however, as well as during
the regular 8 p.m. public board
meeting.
Votes will only be held during the
8 p.m. session, but Westley hopes
those meetings will be shortened by
the fact trustees have had an earlier
chance to discuss some issues.
Students now allowed 2 co-op education credits
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
Ontario students will now be
allowed to include a maximum of
two co-operative education courses
in their list of 18 compulsory credits,
as they work towards a secondary
school diploma.
It's part of the provincial
government's so-called Student
Success Strategy, which is expected
to eventually allow the inclusion of
even more non-conventional
learning environments among high
school credits.
Education superintendent Dan
Parr provided information about the
developments during a regular
meeting of the Huron-Perth Catholic
District School Board on Monday,
March 27. He explained the so-
called "new curriculum," which was
written in 1999, must now be
rewritten due to the changes being
. brought forward by the ruling
Liberal government."
This is a very exciting time for
education in Ontario," Parr
commented.
Effective for students beginning
secondary school in Septembef,
Continued from page 9
that Christians. must not let the
unfortunate or difficult
circumstances of their lives prevent
them from Sharing the good news or
our own faith story.
The Londesborough sanctuary
was beautifully decorated with
flower tributes for Easter. Flowers in
memory of members of their family
were donated by Bert and Joanne
Lyon, Don and Joan Goodall, the
Duizer family. Betty Fisher and
family, Allan and Barb Bosman and
Bruce and Harriett Shillinglaw.
2005 or later, a diploma can now be
achieved through amassing 18
compulsory credits and 12 optional
credits, along with the provincially-
standardized Grade 10 literacy test
and 40 hours of community
volunteering.
Of those 18 credits, four must be
in English, three in math, two in
science, and one each in Canadian
history, Canadian geography, the
arts, health and phys-ed, and French.
There .must be a half credit each in
career studies and civics.
That leaves three compulsory
credits, any two of which could
possibly be in co-operative
education. Co-op programs
generally involve some class time
and significant time spent away from
the school at a work placement.
Co-operative education itself isn't
compulsory, however; students may
choose to fill those three additional
compulsory credits with other
classes, ranging from traditional
core subjects to things like a third
language, business, or world.
studies.
Parr also showed trustees_
information from the education
ministry about "the new specialist
The UCW had presented the
Easter lilies as is their custom. From
the sadness of Easter and death
comes the joy of resurrection.
The youth who participated in the
World Vision 30 Hour Famine raised
$950 to help children in Africa
suffering from the ravages of
AIDS.
The Blyth/Londesborough
Foodgrains Project is looking for
volunteers to help with the planting
of corn. If you can help get this
worthwhile project started, call Ben
Driscoll at 527-2937.
high-skills major." This diploma will
come with a different set of
compulsory and optional courses,
and the superintendent suggested
recent or upcoming expansions to
the technological education facilities
at Catholic high schools in Stratford
and Clinton will put the board "in a
really good position to be ready for
some of the changes that are
coming."
Among the options for the high-
skills major include the possibility
of earning credit for workplace
training certificates or 4-H clubs —
perhaps in the form of "bundling"
several such adtievements into 'a
single credit or half credit.
UCW presents lilies The winners
Blyth Legion Branch 420 youth education chairman Gwen Papple and PRO officer Ric
McBurney presented certificates to the Blyth Public School public speaking winners, from left:
Hannah Uyl, second place, intermediate; Maaike Vanhittersum, third_ intermediate and
Kathryn Peach, second, junior. (Photo submitted)
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