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PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2006.
New face in Brussels' principal's office
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen editor
Brussels Public School's new
principal only has to look at his own
life to determine how he should do
his job.
As the father of two young
daughters, John Carr said, "I
approach being a principal as how I
would want (my daughters')
principal to treat me as a parent.
Surely that is about working
together and if we do that as teachers
and parents there should be no
problem."
Being a dad to Michelle, who's in
Grade 8 and Natalie, who's in Grade
3, also gives him a sense of realism,
he said.
"So many things happen at home.
School's important but there are
other things going on in life.
Keeping that balance is important."
Carr, who was born and raised in
By Duane Rollins
Wingham Advance-Times
Tony Woolgar wants to make
health care understandable.
"We are guilty in the health care
system of using language that isn't
easily understood," the chair of the
southwestern Ontario Local Health
Integration Network — known as a
LHIN (pronounced Lynn) — told
about 80 people in Wingham Sept. 7.
"We want to simplify things."
The network one of 14
Ireland, came to Canada to do his
doctorate. He met his wife here and
now resides in Stratford.
His teaching career began with a
Grade 4 class in St. Marys' Arthur
Meighen school. From there he went
to Listowel Central where he was
the Grade 7/8 teacher for five years.
After three years working in
developmentally delayed at Anne
Hathaway he became the special.
education resource teacher at
Shakespeare.
The next move was as the Grade
7/8 vice-principal at Stratford
Central.
He is excited about his new
position at Brussels and said the
move to administration came when
the time was right. "I had taught 1'or
a long time and had gotten td the
stage where I wanted to make a
difference, to influence the
environment of the school, not just a
classroom."
organizations in the province that
have been established to "meet the
increasing demands on the health
care system," according to Woolgar.
He says LHINs will bring
decision-making closer to people
while creating "seamless service"
between different aspects of the
health care system.
Woolgar said it was also important
for people to realize what the LHINs
weren't.
"It isn't about privatization," he
said. "That's not on our agenda. We
Also, he said, his own children
had gotten a little older and he felt
comfortable assuming the new
responsibilities.
Carr said he brings a sense of
humour to the job, a definite asset to
keeping things in perspective.
"Without one I think life otherwise
gets you down pretty fast."
Most importantly, though, he
believes that school be a safe haven
for children. "I believe school is a
place where children have to feel
safe and that they are taken care of. I
feel that way about my own, that
even for something as insignificant
as a scraped knee, there is someone
there who will care for them."
Building relationships within the
school is imperative he said.
"For the staff it's about building a
team. The key for the students is
getting to know them. It's quite
simple really. If they like you,
they'll learn."
also aren't interested in closing
hospitals, or cutting jobs."
The meeting in Wingham was one
of several the group has held across
southwestern Ontario. Woolgar said
that the group is holding a meetings
for eight weeks, Monday to
Thursday. The purpose of the
meetings is to gather feedback
before the release of the LHIN's
health plan on Oct. 31.
At the meeting, those in
attendance were divided up into
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