Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-03-05, Page 5Four 'shurtin • educatjonDearEor.Sta tentent to Helen Johns, respectively reduced comPutert, and techrtctktgy infoolish. To target these Hovel WIPP: y in our schools. lases eliminated ;and our classrooms as an exam- employees Programs like music, phyci plc. The intensity and fre- thir servicesarearegnot an We. the teachers and educe- cal education and junior Masers of tionul •.workers of Huron kin Y recent changes and ire County .are here to express Cuts hae hurtetheundss u k. chaos. ro important factor in ensuring s those proposed will lead to positive learning environ - our :deep concerns for the into rit The Minister early in his MPP Johns, ! omni g y of our Huron pease tell the MPP a in this as our mere- integrity schools, for public mandate promised to erects a Minister of Education that a crisis in Ontano's public edu- classroom is not just four se ca I Oii government, education in general and for canon system. Sad to as that our we call on you to intensify on profession. The focus of this is one promise that the walls with a teacher, students. your efforts and education should be the three Minister has kept. books, paper, advocacy on R's. Mr. Snobelen, Minister P Pe pencils and a behalf of Huron Public of Education and Training, Minister Snobelen has snits- Ibe computer. The minister tells kation for education b ated unprecedented change in later soutpublic that forclassroom, every �!_ finance reform chat mutt has refocused education with order to provoke his crisis. pont in the classroom, 80 favor a low s the four C's - Cuts, Crisisco pends • The onslaught of change classroom". tNs a spent outside of the board like Huron. Per rural Change and Classroom. This is misre s pupil !t is includes the Secondary septation pre Pending and teacher com- a obvious that the School Reform Initiative, the He is neglecting to letter "C"qis indeed a favored include in his calculations p provincial are well below letter with in Minister. His new elementary curriculum things like the school near theil averages, andfare most often used expression t refer' province wide guidance, teacher )Fibra assets- library, near bottom of the public debate is "Let me menus through the EQAO, Preparation province. We education time, school resource P further make this perfect) clear!" governance h implore you [10th clear about With all due respect. we are changes within Bill 104, and pals. a arts, sports, , custodial Cutsur messageec ti the must stop. here today to make some threatened changes to teacher P°rts, custodial W education must stop. things perfectly clear our- collective bargaining rights services, the school secretary, The crisis that the Minister selves. and means. 1~ducators are transportation and busing. A created is leading to chaos. used to educational reform classroom does not stand on Change which is politically Cuts have hurt the class- used the pastc150 yearsof its own. Snobelen's definition room. Cuts have hurt the. stn- Ontario's education histor . of classroom devalues all of motivated is hurting our stu- dents in our churt the. Educators welcome worth the programs, educational dents. A classroom cannot Tents aremore students in while tested mechangesr ►- 'personnel and services that to stand on its own. of ask him each are students am and and education hatto not lose sight word the most more s with Thereeeds in curriculum progressive and education support the "real" To classroom important e c inin our our classrooms. with Teacherin is our students. Teachers are inx a "real" school. replace tion the children our • existing employees who pro- classrooms librarians and •s •• d retia cents- in fact agents of change. We support services with low - vi a custochal tion resource teachers have have embraced the use of wage, casual employees oyees is Paul Dyck, President, OPSTF - Huron Teacher's message came loud Dear Editor: take heed before � clear On behalf of the Huron over -any lines into forbidden our children. Our message crossing may be more advantageous to needy children each. day at Women Teachers' territory such as outsourcing, Friday came out loud and from Association. I wish to messin • ' g on school; they chose to act ! with fair collective clear, that we need to know help toeth sir e who providing evm st the 350 Huron teachers and cipals out of the bargaining express my sincere thanks tb local bargaining. taking piss- exactly how much will be affected by this government's education workers who sup_ unit and spent on each child in Huron making any more that the government defini ported our rally. in their free cuts to education. time, on a Friday evening to We thank Mrs. Johns for on of "classroom" needs to visually demonstrate that. if coming out to address the be more loosely defined, and push comes to shove, and if that reduced restrictions on the government goes too far federations and unions pre- outsourcing and standards in its cuts and job legislation, sent: it was certainly a diffi- should not be tolerated. then there will -he supportcult thing fur her to do, but 1 Our thanks to the folks in behind our federations- nd know she will take. our mes- Exeter. • We know we incon- unions. sage back to the government. venienced your traffic and The attendance of workers In defense of Mrs. Johns, 1 • businesses fora half hour on and teachers .from CUPS. would say that she 'has Friday, and we thank you for SERI. FWTAO, OSSTF, attempted to help the kids of your understanding: Teachers • OESTF and OECTA did send Huron County by fighting for and education employees a clear message, that this a two -county amalgamation attending the rally each •at a time of year when the food banks are especially in need of resources. Most of all thanks to the Union and -Federation leaders in the Huron Education - Coalition for their organiza- tion pf the event, and for you, .the members, for standing op behind us, for marching along beside. us, for support- ing us with your messages. We're thankful to know such caring friends and colleagues government has already dam - , as opposed to a four -county donated non-perishable items afe ready to' fight 'this battle. union. Her fight in defense of to the Exeter and Clinton, aged kids and workers in our together. systems, and that it had better education finance reform has, Food Banks. Because they Wilhelmina Laurie. culminated. -in a system that sec the affects of the cuts to President , Huron Women Teachers' Students Association called absent for at CONTINUED from page 4 tending funeral one whom it seemed only a few hours before, had been identified with the,business and young Iifc of the town, had been called away, • seemed,•when the announce- ment was made, to be too sad, too sudden and too impossible of realization to be true," stated his memorial in the newspaper. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at First Presbyterian Church, where Vince had been a member of the Young Men's Not involved in burning truck CONTINUED from page 3 Keddy and others had a 1991 Ford pick-up truck stolen from the Parkhill area. The vehicle was also burned, Keddy was not involved. , On Dec. 16, Keddy and another person were seen moving a 1988 Dodge which belonged to someone else. When one of the observers questioned the person with Keddy about their actions. the person said they were moving the vehicle for the owner. These activities violated the condition of his Sept. 9 probation to keep the peace and be of good behavior. Keddy was sentenced to six months in jail for break, enter and theft; two months in jail, served consecutively, for theft under 55,000; two months in jail, served consec- utively, for- possession of stolen poverty under 55,000; two months in jail, served consecutively, for possession of stolen property exceeding $5,000; two months in jail, served concurrently, for attempted theft ,and -one m+> lin jpil, Aertiacl t gncur- for,breauh ,ef,poeba- Association. Hec Hays, a friend of Vince's. wanted to attend the funeral along with his fellow students but this would mean missing afternoon classes at school. He approached the principal to ask his permis- • sion. "Hes; thought it'd be nice if they all went to the funeral. So he asked the principal and he said, `No; you'll all be HA called absent.' So they all went anyway. They were all called absent. They filled the back of the Presbyterian church," remembers Pat. A teenager at the time, she remembers the day in intri- , cats detail including the horse-drawn glass hearse which had a difficult time making it through the deep snow to Maitlandbank Cemetery. • PERSONAL TAX RETURN 9 Accurately and Efficiently e Serving Individuals, Businesses and Farmers. CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT AT NENSALL SEAFORTN 282+3111 527-0132 W.H. MacGreg�r ACCOUNTING SERVICE "Over 20 114 King St., Hensall / 138 Main rs of �S 2^' FI., Seaforth NOT HEARING AS WELL AS YOU SHOULD? THE STRATFORD AUDIOLOGY CLINIC can provide all of your hearing needs by offering the following services performed by a Registered Clinical Audiologist: - Complete hearing assessments, - Central auditory processing testing, - Hearing aid evaluations, and - Hearing aid dispensing at competitive prigs. Call the Stratford Audiology Clinic at 272.8239 for an appointment. Avoncrest Building, 86 John Street South Stratford, Ontario • All the ki4s from school gin together and made a hockey stick of flowers in Vince's honour, completely covered in red roses., Pat's words about her brother, who died 74 years ago, sum up one of the young man's greatest passions: "What he loved was hockey." etre, tMra. S. 11107-6 MILTON J. DIETZ LIMITED & OHO POWER IENCIING Present The 14X Spring `g ELECTRIC PENCE BUILDING CLINIC TUESDAY MARCH 11 10 AM TO NOON You are invited to our store at R.R. #4 Seaforth for a demonstration on how to build a proper fence system. GALLAGHER PARTS MARK THIS DATE ON purchased or ordered YOUR CALENDAR & on this sayo �n J% CALL AHEAD TO REGISTER will receive . OFF 519 -S22 -060S CORRECTION We wish to draw your attention to the following Canadian Tire has recently learned that in our flyer 'HOT FEBRUARY DEALS' and in a number of flyers throughout 1996 and in January 1997, the manufacturer's peak horsepower rating for SHOP VAC vacuum cleaners was incorrectly shown as a horsepower rating. Our 1996 and 1997 catalogues and the product packaging correctly show the peak horsepower ratings of these products. Canadian Tire regrets any confusion or incon-venience these errors may have caused if you require any further mformatior: or 'r,, please call our Customer Relations Department toll-free at 1-800-387-8803 Service en franrais 1-800-665-3356 Vir. CANADIAN TIRE Corporation, Limited CNOTE30t;-9 r� WE'VE ,GOT YOU COVERED BUFFALO GUESS REQUEST RG BROWN EDWIN MEN'S WEAIZ S27-0596 39 MAIN ST., SEAFORTH Seaforth Recreation Department presents... MARCH BREAK HOLIDAY HAITENINGS 1997 5 Exciting days of activities for children.5 to 12 years of age to enjoy • during the March Break. Monday, March 10 to Friday, March 14, 9:00 alit to 4:00 pm each day at the Secf/'orth and District Community Centres. . Mon., March 10 - AM - Welcome Ice Breakers and Games PM - Skating Tues.' March 11 - AM - Free Play :Children's Preference PM - Arts and Crofts with Susan WecL, March 12 - AM - Sports and Games PM - 5 Pin Bowling at Starlight Lanes Thurs., March 18 - Act - Movies P14 - Swimming at Vanastra - Bus leaves SDCC at i,00 p,,, Fri., March 14 - AM - Cry - Pizza Party PM - Skating •• • The children mi1.be making Pissa, then eating ajar lunch REGISTRATION FEE IS $45.00 FOR THE FULL WEEK OR 110.00 FOR THE DAY OR 15.00 FOR ItAIF A DAY. The Children will meet at the Segrorth and District Community Centres each day unless otherwise notified. Children are welcome to bring their lunch, as supervision will be available. REGISTRATION OR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL THE RECREATION OFFICE 5270882