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Smaller classes a
problem for small boards
Susan Hundertmark photos
With the Cookie Monster looking over her shoulder, Linda
Feeney reads a story at the Seaforth Public Library during a
recent Family Literacy Day event. The evening, packed with
local families, featured stories and crafts promoting literacy.
Below, Helen McNaughton, of Seaforth, helps her grand-
daughter Kylie Altman -McNaughton, 2, glue together her
Cookie Monster craft.
Somewhat reluctantly, trustees of the Avon Maitland
District School Board approved a letter to Ontario's
Education Ministry agreeing with its assessment of
how much money it requires to meet the province's pri-
mary class size goal.
"I can see why we're going to pass this (motion) but I
just don't understand why (the ministry) is putting us
in a tight spot again," commented Perth East trustee
Tina Traschel, at a regular meeting
Tuesday, Jan. 29.
While the board must send the
letter' to receive $134,719 towards a
government goal of 90 per cent of
primary classes containing 20 or
fewer students, it warned the
province that the initiative creates
too many split classes "which nei-
ther parents nor teacher`s find
attractive."
The letter also questioned the
level of funding involved, "particu-
larly in a board such as ours which
has a large number of small
schools."
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