HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-05-18, Page 5Town of Seaforth
oppose J -K, other
board programs
Seaforth Council's Finance and
General Government Committee
recently passed a motion for
Seaforth to support the Town of
Exeter's recent letters to the Huron
County Board of Education (HCBE)
and the Minister of Education. The
Town of Exeter wants the board to:
• Take a stand against the province
dictating local policy.
• Cancel Junior Kindergarten pro-
grams as this new service is not
affordable.
• Find innovative solutions to
reducing expenditures including the
amalgamation of school boards;
increased use of technology in
teaching; forging partnerships with
the private sector and other
agencies; finding operational effi-
ciencies and consolidations in
school facilities and transportation;
and implementing user -pay pro-
grams.
Seaforth to add
auxiliary police
The Seaforth Police Services
Board told the town police chief
to appoint new auxiliary con-
stables in the numbers needed.
There is currently only one
active member of the Police
auxiliary. The auxiliary officers
are used once or twice a month,
said Hal Claus, Seaforth Police
Chief.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, May 15, 1994--5
Local Town sets blue box policy
TIM CUMMJNO PHOTO
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES - Work progressed last week on the new parkette which is being
constructed near the post office in Seaforth. Here, the coloured cement is smoothed before being
stamped.
Carroll laments wayevents transpiredsome of ours got into it too," he
said. "Maybe if the adults had let
the kids settle it, the problems
would have evaporated."
The two boards were supposed to
share the school for three years, but
it stretched into five. The govern-
ment caved in and promised to
build new schools - but new prob-
lems arose as opponents to that plan
objected to one site after another.
One opposition went to an Ontario
Municipal Board hearing.
Finally, after a year and a half,
sites were approved, and two new
schools were built for the separate
school board.
BY Mona Irwin
' Signal -Star Staff
An attempt to share school facil-
ities between the Essex County
Catholic and public school boards
failed miserably because neither
board wanted to try the experiment
in the first place, says Essex
County Roman Catholic Separate
School Board education director
Ron Reddam.
Reddam talked in a telephone
interview about an attempt in the
early 1990s at sharing an
Amherstburg public secondary
school building with the Essex
County separate school board.
A similar proposal for Central
Huron Secondary School, in
Clinton, has already floundered
after an acrimonious public meeting
and a reactionary vote by the
Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separ-
ate School Board.
Representatives of the
Amherstburg public school system.. all their -(current) pace when their
were invited to the April 19 meet- kids leave," he sa, adding that the
ing, held at CHSS, but Reddam said ministry apparently believed many
nobody from the Essex County of the students would switch to the
Roman Catholic Separate School separate school system.
Board was invited. That belief is not without some
The proposal to split CHSS into foundation, because both Essex
two distinct schools, CHSS and an County as a whole and its largest
as -yet -unnamed Catholic secondary municipality, the City of Windsor,
school, was mentioned in February. are 50 per cent Catholic, Reddam
About 550 Catholic secondary explained. That's a higher percen-
students currently attend public tage than anywhere else in the
secondary schools throughout province, except perhaps in the
Huron Counry. Their parents pay northern communities, he added.
taxes to the separate school board, "The public school system had
which in turn pays the HCBE for eight secondary schools plus a
the use of its services and facilities. vocational school. We had one
About 105 more Catholic students secondary school, and it was boom -
are bused to St. Michael's, in ing." That school still functions,
Stratford. with the aid of 25 portable class -
James Brown, education director rooms, said Reddam.
for the Huron -Perth separate school "We tried negotiations, but they
board, aid Catholic students who fell through." The ministry kept
are currently attending either a saying there was no money for a
public school or St. Michael's completely new building. "They
would not be expected to change said statistics showed General
schools. Amherst (the public secondary
The Huron -Perth Roman Catholic school) to be half empty, and told
Separate School Board decided, us to use that school."
after its April 25 public meeting, So the separate board went ahead
that it would prefer its own separate and opened Villanova.
school building. But the attempt was doomed from
Reddam said the Amherstburg the start, Reddam said, as both
debacle resulted from the fact that sides found it increasingly difficult
neither board had ever wanted to to adjust to space limitations.
share a single building. "Our numbers were growing and
The Ministry of Education we needed more space," he said.
rejected the separate school board's Education Minister Marion Boyd
request for a new school, Reddam brought the four board chairmen
said, and ordered them instead to together (Essex public and separate
negotiate with the local public and Windsor public and separate)
school board. and ordered them to iron the situ -
"They (the ministry) told us the anon out, said Reddam.
public school board wouldn't need The next suggestion was that the
public board turn three.schools over,
to the separate board. Essex County
was to give two, and Windsor was
to give one.
"When that went public, the
whole thing broke apart," Reddam
said. "There were some very hot
meetings."
Whenever a recommendation was
made to turn a particular public
school over to the separate board,
rallies would be organized to save
that particular school.
More often than not, the students
were calmer than the adults, he
added.
"It was parents from both sides -
"And now comes the problem,"
he said. The new schools have
beuer facilities than the existing
ones, so a lot of students - includ-
ing non-Catholic families - are
moving to the Catholic secondary
schools - emptying the public
schools.
Blocking a proposal to share a
school may satisfy a few people,
who feel they've won, Reddam
said.
"But they've won nothing. They
don't see five years down the
road." Fewer parents are likely to
change which board they support if
there's a shared facility, he said.
Would Reddam try to share a
building again?
"No," he said. "There are too
many prejudices left here. We'd
pressure the government to give us
a new building, or we'd do without
if we had to."
Mixed views on shared schools
What's disappointing about the
almost -certain loss of a shared
Roman-Catholic/public secondary
school in Huron County is the way
it happened, says Huron County
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Queensway
Residents of
Queensway
enjoy Mother's
Day Tea
Last week started with a bang and
a celebration for all the Mother's at
Queensway Nursing Home. Family
and friends honored mothers at the
annual. Mother's Day Tea.
Once again friends from the
Hensall United Church Ladies'
group sponsor our Monday
afternoon bingo program.
Reverend Mark Gaskin performed
the weekly church service on
Tuesday afternoon. Volunteer Joyce
Pepper' provided the musical
accompaniment. On Tuesday
evening, The. Fellowship Singers
visited with a new program of
spiritual music.
Residents have participated in
various Fun and Fitness activities
throughout the week. Friday at
lunch a number of residents got
together for lunch club. They made
grilled cheese and stewed tomatoes
and had delicious apple crisp for
dessert. Following this and some
walks outside in the nice warm
weather, we watched a movie in the
afternoon. The matinee was Cool
Runnings and everyone had a good
laugh watching this movie.
director of education Paul Carroll.
The Iluron-Perth Rohan Catholic
Separate School board recently
voted to build its own secondary
school in Huron County, regardless
of whether it negotiates a sharing
agreement with the Huron County
Board of Education. Negotiations
for the shared facility have been
going on for several months.
Carroll said the separate school
board's decision was not surprising.
"If I were the parent of a child in
Grade 5 or 6, who had thc pos-
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sibility of being brought into an
environment that was an absolute
hornet's nest, I would be rather
reluctant to let my trustees makc a
decision that would cause that to
happen," Carroll said.
Seaforth Council's Transportation
and Environment Committee recent-
ly established a policy regarding
blue box use in town:
• A maximum of two blue boxes
will be provided free of charge,
upon request, to each commercial
or industrial business in the Town
of Seaforth.
• Additional blue boxes will be
provided upon request, and wilt be
invoiced to the business ($5 per box
plus $23 per box annual charge).
• If a business requests a depot cart
or smaller OMMRI barrel, the
Town will invoice them the capital
and servicing cost of the larger unit,
less the cost of two blue boxes. The
end result is that a depot cart will
have a capital cost of $90 and
annual cost of $184. The OMMRI
barrel has a free capital charge and
an annual cost of $69.
The town of Seaforth has planted'
1,400 cedar seedlings on the west-
erly boundary between Brantford
and Railway streets. "Hopefully this
will act as a snow and wind brake
in the future," said Road Superin-
tendent Forrest in his report. The
Works Department has planted 20
maple trees around town to replace
trees that have been removed.
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OF THE NEW ADDITION
ST DAMES SCHOOL
and
ST JAMES ES CHU Rcpt
'The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic
Separate School. Board,
Father Henry Cassano,
and the St. _games Parish Advisory Board
cordially invite you to join
His Excellency, Bishopyohn Sherlock,
Students, Staff
Local Clergy
Parents, Parishioners, Ratepayers, and guests
at the
Official Opening of the new additions to St. James School.
and to St. James Church
Sunday, 7vfay 29, 1994
Mass 10:30 a.rn. - St. games Church
followed by Blessing of the Church and School- Additions
Refreshments in the School Gym
***ST. JAMES CEMETERY SUNDAY
Sunday, May 29th at 2:00 P.M.
Paraliturgical Service and Blessing of
Graves....invite former Parishioners and former
students to attend our celebrations on this
special occasion.
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