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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2005-03-02, Page 22 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, March. 2, 2005 GRAND OPENING of TODAY'S THREADS 90 Main. St. S., Seaforth "New" Fashions for boys & girls Infants to size 18 Saturday, March 5th 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Popa balloon to save 5% to 25% Kids 10 & Under Enter our Easter draw 'Check store for details PLATINUM OAK New & Used Furniture 527-0135 Corporation of the Municipality of Huron East NOTICE OF BUDGET MEETING Pursuant to Section 291, Municipal Act, 2001 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Huron East will be considering the 2005 Budget, including budgets of any Committees or Boards of, or associated with the Municipality, with intention to adopt and/or amend said budgets at a Public Meeting scheduled for the following date and time: Tuesday, March 15th, 2005 at 7:15 p.m. in the Huron East Council Chambers 72 Main Street South, Seaforth 519-527-0160 J.R. 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Along with a school poster campaign, St James is participating in a "Gotcha" program in March, which will reward students catch "doing good" in the school community. "Hopefully, it (anti - bullying) permeates the whole school," she said. French immersion not expanding into Huron By Stew Slater Special to the Expositor The Avon Maitland District School Board's French Immersion program will not expand beyond Stratford's Bedford Public School, due to lukewarm expressions of interest from smaller communities across Huron and Perth Counties. Following a public delegation from a group called Canadian Parents for French late last year, trustees requested a survey be carried out in the catchment areas of all non -Stratford secondary schools. Information meetings were also held in all potential new French Immersion host towns: Wingham, Listowel, Exeter, Mitchell, Clinton, Goderich and St. Marys. A report about the survey was presented at a regular board meeting Tuesday, Feb. 22. Considering a previously -suggested threshold of 60 students spread across a proposed Grade I and Grade 2 start-up program, and response numbers from the various towns ranging from just five in Mitchell to 26 in Wingham and Listowel, there was no surprise in the report's statement that "staff is not confident that a sustainable program can be created in any of these regions." "The number of responses indicating interest was lower than anticipated," explained education superintendent Pat Stanley, who delivered the report. In the other communities, the number of interested Grade 1 and 2 students for September, 2005 were as follows: 25 in St. Marys, 22 in Exeter, 20 in Clinton, and 19 in Goderich. Interest levels were also sought for entry only at Grade 1 in 2006 and 2007, with parents in Clinton, Listowel and St. Marys expressing the most enthusiastic long-term support. Stanley cautioned, however, that the threshold of 60 is important because, at Bedford, there is a level of "attrition" in the years following Grade 1 entry into French Immersion. "Of the 45 students that entered Grade 1 at Bedford in September, 2000, 26 are left in the program, and of the 21 that began Grade 2 in 2000, 12 are still in the program," her report states. Two trustees expressed disappointment about the survey results. "I'm trying to find a way (to expand French Immersion), and hoping, but it's just not there," said vice chair Randy Wagler of South Huron. His North Huron counterpart, Colleen Schenk, added, "I'm disappointed, I guess, that the numbers weren't higher." In an interview following the meeting, Stanley argued the results were not distorted by the fact the survey was only sent out directly to parents of students already within the Avon Maitland system. She said the board took' that into account when it decided on a target level of interest it hoped to achieve from the survey, and that target was not reached. Mitchell man charged with assault A 26 -year-old Mitchell roan was charged with Huron 01'1' assault and two counts of uttering threats after a 25 - year -old woman was assaulted at her workplace in Huron East on Feb. 25. Huron OPP say the man entered the business where the woman was working and an argument developed over whether the phone could be used for personal calls. The woman was then allegedly grabbed and assaulted and then threatened with more physical violence. The man was held for a bail hearing in Goderich on Feb. 28. 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