HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-08-24, Page 27 (2)'Diviners' gets boot as Board buckles under
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Huron Secondary School in
Salinger and Thg Diviners Exeter., Elliott explained
by Margaret librence -- that the optional courses are
has involved hundreds of available for students that
county ratepayers. stud nts may need that course credit
and teachers in the to enter some university
months and in a surprise rses: and that students
move at Monday night's w e .not required to take=
board of education meeting. e course to get enough
Seaforth trustee John redits for their Grade 13
Henderson asked the boar diploma.
to take The Diviners off s Henderson said he realiz-
list of approved novels ed students not wishing. to
Henderson made the r study any of the books in
quest when the board s4as in question, or any other text -
the process of approving a Molt in use in the school, had
list of textbooks for use in the option of taking another
high schools during the 1978- book. He said board policy
79 school year. He told the permits a student to avoid a
board the 'look was im- textbook to- which he or she
•proper for,. use in county is opposed. allowing these
classrooms adding that he students to be taught from
felt the -board would be another text on the board's
'slighting our job" if it approved list.
allowed the book to be Henderson said depart-
taught.
epart taught. mens heads in the schools
The board meeting was prepare examinations off�}}
witnessed by about ,40 peo- books the majority `t1�
ple, most of whom were students are studying andll
members of the Huron claimed that if students had
branch of the Renaissance requested to take another
Group. The Renaissance book "they are pretty well
movement is dedicated to on their own".
"cleaning up our schools" as( 'lIf they haven't taken the
Huron branch spokesman book they have a pretty slim
Lloyd Barth said Monday chance of passing." he said.
night. Dorothy Wallace remind-
The whole question of the ed the board of the concerns
board approving material teachers had expressed
for use in the classroom about banning the books. She
came under fire prior to said the teachers claimed if
Henderson's request for the board this year banned
banning The Diviners. the three books here and
Colborne Trustee Shirley next year banned the three
Hazlitt suggested that the under fire in Wellington
board's sanctioning of books County and the year after
for use in ,classrooms was a that the three under -fire in
"farce" Hazlitt said it Nova Scotia teachers may
"seems silly for the trustees find themselves not knowing
to sit down and read a list of where to turn for represen-
books they know nothing tative Canadian Literature.
about and say yes you can Wg're not .taking the
teach this, no you -can't books away from the
teach this". students and . teachers.
- The 'Colborne--truste_ We're_just.taking,them out
e�
•pointed out that many
trustees have been away
from • the classroom at-
mosphere for long periods of
time and that many had no Zurich trustee Herb
professional experience in Turkheim pointed out that
teaching to know why most of the students being
material wouldbe beneficial taught the books -would be 18
or not beneficial in a years of age and that they
classroom. would be permitted at that
"It just doesn't add up." age to vote, become soldiers
she said. • and sign million doltar con-
Goderich trustee Dorothy tracts to play professional
Wallace added that trustees sports.
are in no position to read a "And yet we -tell them
mathematics text or a they're not old enough to
science text and judge its read these books," he said.
Merits Or benefits for use Turkheim added that he
and said she felt the same felt is it much wiser to have
about English textbooks. a professional teaching . the
Board chairman John book and putting it in its
Elliott told the board that proper perspective than to
the books in question were have students reading
slated for use in classrooms them in bed at night and tak-
this year. He said they ingtheir ownmeaning."
would,be used islrtsGrade 13 Henderson asked board
optional English' courses in chairman John Elliott to
Central Huron Secondary take a recorded vote on the
School in Clinton and South books. John Alexander.
By JEFF SEDDON
tinued pressure. the Huron
County Board of Education
After five months of con- has finally capitulated and
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favor of removing The
Diviners while Cayley Hill,
Shirley Hazlitt, Dorothy
Wallace, Dorothy Williams.
Marion Zinn and Herb
Turkheim opposed the
move.
Anxious to prevent a
recurrence of the book ban-
ning issue the board looked
at a policy that would re-
- quire a teacher to choose
material for use in
classrooms justifying any
decisions to the board. In
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have profess
go into decl!
would be ij
classrooms-anl$at the
burden of the decision on the '
teachers.
The -board felt that since
the teachers make most of
the decisions on books and
the trustees merely rubber
stamp the request for books.
the teachers should have to
defend their choices.
The policy put before the
board for approval was re-
jected since it was apparent
some trustees did not want
teachers to have the power
-to choose material without
any board involvement.
John Henderson said the
policy before the board
denied the 1 / . 1 1 wer leav-
ing the entire. ton up to
the teachers. .
The policy prepared for
the board was, tten by
director of John
Cochrane wo g with
superintendents, secondary
school principals. English
department heads and
teachers, and was designed
to make teachers responsi-
ble for the choice of
materials and make them
responsible to handle com-
plaints about their choice of
text§ for classroom use.
.Cochrane told the board
that the policy would force
the Complainant to take his
or her case tti as close to the
source of the__,ec.ppmplaint as
possible, the!ilil€ti;tter in the
classroom. It'no satisfaction
was received
complainant
volve the tr
board level. •r, •,
It was Cochrane who
.suggested that the board not
adopt the polls? prepared
since it was obvious it did
not agree with it. He said
some trustees have.made it
clear the board did not want
teachers making decisions
on'iwhat;should be,taughtfnor
did they -believe that
professional freedom and
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