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County councillors told school board has to make hard decisions
with hundreds of empty student spaces in Huron County schools
Cheryl Heath
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The road ahead is bumpy.
That was part of the message de-
livered to Huron County Council by
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Jenny Versteeg, a trustee with the process.
Avon Maitland District School Board "The key is figuring just which leg -
on Nov. 4. acy we wish to leave," said Versteeg.
Versteeg, who asked for an audience She noted the ARC meetings, which
with council, reported she wanted to began Nov 4; are designed as a col -
come out to discuss the Accommoda- laborative process.
tion Review Committee's protocol "We are set and working together to
with councillors after reading about determine the issues at hand," said
council's decision to endorse a Com- Versteeg, adding one of the board's
munity Schools Alliance's resolution priorities is to ensure students re-
calling for a moratorium on dispute ceive the highest possible quality of
rural school closures. education.
Versteeg noted one of her concerns During a question -and -answer
is the Alliance claims a school clo- session, Huron East's councillors
sure's impact on its home commu- proved to have the most questions as
nity is not considered as part of the two of that municipality's (Brussels
process when the opposite is true. and Grey Central) schools are facing
The fact is, said Versteeg, ARCs yet another ARC review while the
will likely continue as part of the municipality has lost three schools -
board's protocol for years to come Walton and Vanastra public schools
given there are hundreds of empty and the Seaforth high school - as a
student spaces in Huron County result of past ARCs.
while the province doles out funding While Coun. Bernie MacLellan
on a per -student basis. questioned how the board arrived at
"Hard deci- its. estimate of $60 per square foot
sions need to be to operate Brussels Public School,
made,". said Ver- Coun. Joseph Seili wondered if the
steeg, noting the board had tabulated the cost of sup -
board's ' duties port staff per teacher.
are not dissimi- "Maybe that's somewhere you need
lar to what mu- to cut," suggested Seili. .
nicipalities faced Coun. Neil Vincent (North Huron)
during their own wondered whether the board was
am al g a m a ti o n investigating the possibility of pro -
You are invited to attend these area churches
ST. THOMAS •
ANGLICAN CHURCH
A Congregation of the Parish of The Holy Spirit
Sunday, November 15th
Worship & Sunday School at 930 a.m.
Office hours & Morning Prayer
with Rev. Karin Fridays 10 - noon.
Everyone welcome
BETHEL BIBLE
CHURCH
An Associated Gospel Church
126 Main St. Seaforth
519-527-0982
Sunday School • AU Ages .9:45 am
Sunday Worship 11 am
Youth Group & B&G Club
Wednesday 7 pm
Pastor Mark Kennedy
EVERYONE WELCOME
NORTHSIDE UNITED
Welcomes you
Sunday Nov 15th at 11:00 a.m.
Guest Speaker
Trish MacGregor
Nursery & Sunday School
6.519-527-2635
www cavannorthsideunfted.ca
ST. JAMES
ROMAN CATHOLIC
CHURCH
WELCOMES YOU
14 Victoria Street, Seaforth
519-345-2972
Sunday Mass 11 am
ST. PATRICK'S, DUBLIN
Saturday Mass 5 pm
Sunday Mass 9 am
FR. CHRIS GILLESPIE
EGMONDVILLE
UNITED CHURCH
Pastor Steve Hildebrand
Ylloithip Nov.1St 11 am
Adult & Youth Sunday School
at 10 am
Elevator & Ear Buds Available
Come Worship with us
6th Annual "Sugar Plum Tea & Bazaar"
Nov.14t 9 -12:30
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
59 Goderich St. W. Seaforth
519-527- 0170
Sunday
5
Worship Leader
a.m.
Mary lane Bisset
Saturday Nov. 14th
PotlucBowliSung at5follow� pm.
Sunday School & nursery Provided.
E • e is invited td attend.
NOTICE —MEMBERS MEETING
Desjardins
Credit Union
Alt members of the Seaforth
Desjardins Credit Union are invited to
participate in the branch meeting.
Date: November 18, 2009
Time: 6:OOpm
Place: Seaforth Golf and Country Club
RSVP; 519-527-0210— refreshments served
At Desjardins Credit Union you are
more than an account number.
You're a member. You're an owner.
THIS IS NOT A BANK. IT'S DESJARDINS.
HAVE YOUR SAY AT YOUR
DESJARDINS CREDIT UNION
viding grades Kindergarten through
Grade 12 at one location, only to
learn that alternative is not neces-
sarily the answer.
Seili added rural school boards
would probably have been spared
this process if Queen's Park had in-
troduced measures to allow for de-
velopment and growth in rural areas
long ago.
"Huron East did lose three schools
and we're going to keep one of them
in the second round," said Seili.
Coun. Deb Shewfelt (Goderich)
said the ARC in Goderich resulted in
a situation that appears to be work-
ing well for the community.
"It's happened and parents seem
satisfied," he said, noting there are
some "good news stories" about stu-
dents that were struggling and now
seem to have' found their niche as
Grades 7 and 8 students in a high-
school setting.
"It is a subject that needs to be
dealt with cool, collective minds,"
urged the county warden.
Clarification
In last week's edition of the Hu-
ron Expositor, in the story on page
8 titled "Children's choir to perform
at annual reading of 'A Christmas
Carol,'" it was reported that the choir
would be performing Nov 13 at the
tree -lighting ceremony at the Sea -
forth Community Hospital. The tree -
lighting ceremony will actually be
held in downtown Seaforth in front
of the visitor's centre on Nov 13 at 8
p.m.
The story also noted that Rachael
Wood has been an organist at St.
Thomas Anglican Church for the
past five years, when she has actu-
ally been the organist there for the
past year and at the First Presbyte-
rian Church previously.
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Egmondville
United Church
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Sat., Nov, 14, 2009
9am to 12:3Opm
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