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Education
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, November 27, 191114-1S
Special meeting
Carroll ill, on temporary leave
BY AMY NEILANDS
SSP News Staff
The Huron County Board of
Education appointed Chuck
Rowland acting director of•
education at a special board
meeting ..in Clinton on
Monday night.
Rowland, superintendent of,
schools, temporarily replaces
Director Paul Carroll who has
taken a leave of absence -due
to illness.
"This is very, much a sur-
prise." said Rowland follow-
ing • the meeting. adding.
though, that -he was not sur-
prised with the action taken
by the hoard. He also added
.that he remains loyal to
Carroll and• is only a "place
holder" until he returns. "We
don't know how long that will
be." -
"We want him to get better
before he comes back," said
Board ('hair'Roxanne Brown.
"i will do my hest to main-
tain the directions set . with
Paul and the executive teams
and_ will make sure we contin-
ue to protect the interests of
BY AMY NEILANDS
SSP News Staff
After lengthy discussions at
' special meeting of the
=Huron County Board of
Education (HCBE), both
board members and members
of a newly established Huron
County Coalition of Private
Business 'agreed to strike a
committee to establish para-
meters between till I 0 sec -
and staff to provide a source
of income, the coalition
would viewthis as clearly
competitive in nature."
"We arc concerned with the .
direction the hoard is taking,"
said another member a the
coalition, adding that they
would like to see a clear defi-
nition of what 'the board is
pursuing. "As long as we are
not stepping on each others
toes we can all co,exist.".
"This is a great opportunity
ton. for us to move forward
. A special meeting was held together," said Trustee Joan
to discuss area private Nisi- Van den'Broeck. "I am confi-
nesses' concerns with the dent that we will he able to
hoard's actions of selling work through those issues
computers and internet time that arc troublesome for all of
through the Huron ,County , us...It is important that every-
Education Foundation. in the one is clear on which dircc-,
tion_ we want 'tci go and that
we can, support each other in
the direction we do go. We
have to work out the things
that can bc.,grcat for Huron
County. That's our aim,"
When the board entered
into internet agreements, said
Trustee Doug Garniss,. they
looked for the lowest, cost of
providing internet in their
schools.
Wagner stated that when
they received a request for a
proposal for intemet services
from the'board, the board had
already purchased equipment
past nutttbcr of weeks, letters
from the private sector have
been circulated accusing the
, hoard of competing with the
private, 'sector.
"We are not only here to
focus on a short term goal hut'
on long term potential that
can be created for everyone in ,
this room," said hoard Vicc-
Chair Allan Carter in opening
the meeting.
The ' Huron County
Coalition of Private Business
, was created "out of necessity
to protect private business in
Huron County, from publicly
funded competition," stated
Bill Wagner, secretary -trea-
surer of Hay Communications
and a member from the coali-
tion. But specifically, said
Wagner. the . coalition was
' formed to react to the
HCBE's "insurgence into
business activities currently
provided by private enterprise
in the county...We have a lot.
of support in our association:"
While the coalition sees,
nothing wrong with schools
fundraising for the school
band, bus trips and school
uniforms or even with stu-
dents selling their projects
such as garden shcds made in
class, Wagner said "...howev-
er. if these garden sheds were
mass produced by students
for internet. "It was all fait
accomplis," said Wagner.
"We had to play hall under
their terms. We thought we
could offer considerable sav-
ings for the hoard.
"We arc, aware of your con-
cerns," said Garniss. "We as
trustees arc responsible for
what happened. We wanted to
get the cheapest access! for
our School system. This is
new technology to almost all
of us. Maybe we made mis-
takes, hut- you should tell us
what our mistakes were.'
Mark McDougall from
Microtech in Clinton made
note of the fact that technolo-
gy changes very quickly.
."This technology is very
young,", he said, referring to
internet.."i don't see why
you're throwing huge
amounts of dollars into it."
He also asked' why, the' board
felt it had to offer internes to
everybody. "You're basically
giving it away with your com-
puter sales."
Director Of, Education Paul
, Carroll responded by 'stating
that through such technology
' as video conferencing and the
internet, they can save money.
He made reference to , a
Goderich high school teacher
who was turned down for a
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Station manager Steve Rae
. and his wife Carolyn arc buy-
ing StFatford radio station
CJCS frorh Montreal-based
Telemedia- inc, which put it
on the , market early in
October. The deal must still
he approved by the ('RTC.
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HULLETT TOWNSHIP
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on Township Roads during the winter months in order
not to hinder snowplowing operations.
Council will not be responsible for damages to any
vehicles parked on the roads.
It is also requested that residents of Hullett Township do
not push or dump snow on the Township -roads for, those
who do will be held responsible fdr any damages caused
to any vehicles because of this.
James F. Johnston
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the children," said Rowland.
"I will be doing that with the
trustees and all of theplayers
who make up the Huron
Public Education System."
Senior administration will
move up to fill vacancies on a
temporarily basis, including a
position ' left , empty by
Superintendent of 'Schools
Gino Giannandrea.
Giannandrea recently left.his
position at the hoard after 12
years to take a position as the
director of education in
Lanark County. 'We will fill
.those - positions with place.
holders until we see what's
happening" with regards to
the possible restructuring of
provincial school boards, said
Rowland. •
C4th group rates
lower than Huron's
Seaforth's group premium
benefit rates "are still 6:8 per
cent lower than the county's
rates," Administrator Jim
Crocker reported to town
council at a meeting last
month. responding to" a.n
enquiry at September's coun-
cil meeting "where it was
reported the county's rate had
decreased while the Town of
Seaforth's rate increased.
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