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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLakeshore Advance, 2012-10-31, Page 28(TANLAKE ,,� CEMENT CONTRACTOR • tweeter -stades • feva4atl is 4 Flows • Wowed 4 Improaaad C crate • prtvswyn 4 Sldawaha el. 2 iiRANO SND Dalt 1111•243•32111 Ince S114311 -2522J 011 1 County to petition province on 'rural optlon' Cheryl Heath Though Barnim's notion passed, direction from a motion," said The County of Huron is prepar- there was a fair amount of discus- Vincent. ing to add its voice to the chorus of sion on the definition of rural, Meanwhile, Coun, Hill Rowson public school supporters who are Coun, James Ginn (Central (Bluewater), whose own mullet - seeking to keep the rural school Huron) noted this motion should pality faced a recent ARC that option open. be clearly set apart from the one resulted in the planned closure of While presenting the motion at presented by his predecessor, Zurich Public School, says Barn - Huron County's Nov. 16 commit- Central Huron Reeve Bert Dykstra, im's resolution should either better tee -of -the -whole session, Council- to a past ARC. That motion called define the idea of rural or add for Brian Barnim (Central Huron), on the school board to consider "small urban" to it since some an alternative on the Accommoda- that schools in urban centres are a communities don't consider them - tion Review Committee for Holm- priority. selves to be rural residents. esvllle and Colborne Central "We want to make it clear that's "That's why 1 like to see the schools, says the goal of local not what we're looking at," says urban mentioned, too," says lobbyists is not to pit one school Ginn. "We want a countryside Dowson, community against another but school option." "Huron County is all rural as far rather to ensure school boards County Warden Neil Vincent as I'm concerned," says Vincent, understand the importance of (North Huron), whose own Coun. Bernie MacLellan (Huron maintaining the rural school community recently underwent an East) suggested a more sound option. ARC, notes it was unfortunate plan might be to ask school In noting the group wants to Dykstra, who was the County boards to find alternate uses for officially ask the province to keep Warden at the time, took the brunt schools with dwindling enroll - rural schools open wherever pos- of the criticism when his presenta- ment so that sites can be multi sable, Barnim notes "education is tion was a county -fuelled one. purpose "instead of busing (stu- as important in rural Ontario as it "My predecessor was hung out to dents) all over the place" is in the urban centres," dry. He was following council's Meanwhile, Coun, Dee Shewfelt questioned the validity of directing the county's children's services the board to act in any fashion, manager, who notes that so far, "Do we still elect people to the only the ilensall daycare Is strug- school board to make these glingfollowing the introduction ol• decisions?" says Shewfelt, "You full-day JK and K programs since don't have the school board con- facilities in other communities ing here to tell you how to run the' have added new programs to keep county" the up their numbers. 'though, si "'There is nothing wrong with giv- adds, in-home childcare provide, ing advice," replied committee have been hard bit by the intro chairman Joe Steffler(1Wrote East). duction of full-time Kindergarten The committee's motion will be programs. sent along to the board pending Coun, Bernie MacLellan (1luron county council's endorsement of it. East) took time out to note that Changes in Childcare while his council originally What the long -terns impact of rejected a request to introduce an full-day Junior Kindergarten and infant care program to the'i'ucker Kindergarten will wreak on Huron smith Day Nursery in Vanastru, it County's daycare facilities has yet has since decided to revisit the to be seen, but those with full-day issue after receiving several letters 1K and K programs underway are from ratepayers. evolving and changing to find new M c Do n a g h not es there i markets including before and after school programs. 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