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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2000-09-06, Page 5micammt Schools part of survey government doing on change to four years Sy Stew Slater Special to The Huron Expositor Students from four secondary schools in Huron and Perth Counties will take part in. a province -wide, study into the --effects. of the provincialgovernment's decision to move from.a five-year.to four-year high school curriculum. •Ata regular meeting of the Huron -Perth Catholic District School'.Board, Monday. Aug. 28, trustees were informed of the study. which will include students from St. Michael Catholic Secondary School in Stratford. . Also on •the list. inclutled•in a letter from the province's education -ministry. are three schoolsfrom the Avon Maitland District School Board: (iuderich District High .School. Mitchell District High School and Stratford Central Secondary School.: , • - According to the letter: -a study will he conducted of students currently entering Grades 19 and II. These students have been dubbed the "double cohort- because. tinder- the nderthe .schedule for curriculum changes, they could all graduate from high school at the same time- in June. 2093.. • "It. would 'appear that --what (education ,ministry -.officials) are (Wing is trying to figure out if the process they've put.in place .10 try and help these students adapt is going to make it hetter for students. ' said Ray Contois: the Catholic hoard's superintendent of education. "And the only way they're going. to do that is by following thein." The study. to he conducted by researchers from Queen's University in Kingston. would take in about 83:000 students• out of a possihle,306.000 in that age group across the province. That means the list of participating schools is quite long. Students will he asked to fill out a questionnaire each year. probably in October. And they will also he studied •for a couple - years after they _ leave secondary school. • - Catholic trustee Louise Martin questioned the wisdom of .such a study. suggesting results won't he available until after. the Students have already been forced to face the realities of the double cohort. • • "By then. they'll all he off at colleges or universities or wherever." Martin said: • . Contois admitted he knew little ahem the ministry's intentions. beyond what was stated in the recent letter. Seaforth's business centre helping with new county -wide box office plan By Scott Hilgendorff Expositor. Editor ' • Box Office Westcoast is- about to open•tn an attempt to link -events and attractions.. taking place across Huron County. . "Our goal is to be able to. •_facilitate ticket sales for community- events' and. `.theatre events. Our main focus right now isthe- community-based hecommunity-based events' .said -.Bran Pickett in.. • marketing and • public, relations for the venture_ • Spearheaded `by - rr the • Goderich.Little Theatre and pa tnc;ed; with Winghatn .,Town. Hall..Heritage- Theatre.) ;the box office is being set up through the Huron Business_ Development Corporation in Seaforth through a Human • Resources Development Canada Y`o rh 1irrrtafie.c • Project. The Box Office Westcoast project has brought together-. youth from. across the county. between the ages of 18 and 30 to train and ,,Prepare. . t0 operate the business. . Working -with the youth entrepreneurship eo ordinator with the HBDC. about 15 young'peppte were in Seaforth last week for part of a series of training programs on bow to work together. operating and building the box oft -ice. The idea will.see places in 'communities across Huron County where tickets can be purchased for events that .Box Office tivestcoast will help. promote. They are currently looking for a suitable place in Seaforth to serve ss a box office lax anon. At -the same time. Box .Office Westcoast is putting but , an- offer to any community organizations to come forward. with -their events to.partner with the bol office. . While still in the planning stages. the group hopes in September to have a clear picture of .how •the- -box office's services will operate. 'Ile. goal' is to be able to operate as a successful business eventually,"'said Picke1L . . • fargu Laberge Hall. coordinator of Box Office Westcoast and a. .member of - the Goderich Little Theatre. - said to id tea-theeventare:. came through .the theatre.- lookang for- ways to help peopled not aware of the existing theatre-box.office and hour.. access tickets to events. - 1 She said. they had _more than 1 30 • letters - of endorsemc:nr for the idea "after approaching different. organizations that host -events, i.n the county. Paul Ni. bol community development manager at the HBDC said the- board of directors had decided. at a. meeting a couple months ago that it needed to find a group of young people with a 'business opportunity concept to help tit one of.the HBDC's mandates to retain the youth labour pool in the BauER.9 LEAVE AN IMPRESSION. ' • SUPREME 1000a Re:eise 1 free skate sharpening Ni h e%er\ pair of new skates rchased Nu •k • $8995 $119y5 $19995 'OM'ill Jt'NIOR SENIOR WE NEED YOUR GOOD SKATE TRADE INS NOW' Open: Mon. -Sat. 9•3.00 Fri. Nights til spm S IF. 28 Ontario Rd., Mitchell 348-9951 -county. "This one deals ',lith arts. culture and tourism.' said Nichol of the Box Office Westcoast concept. 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