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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-09-04, Page 13Unfair to all students Director says new school funding discriminates three ways Speaking in London this week to the Ontario legislature committee con sidering extension of provincial fun- ding to Roman Catholic Separate Schools. Stewart 'Poll. Director of Education tor the Middlesex County Board 01 Education. said the proposal discriminates in three insidious ways against all public school students. Catholic and non-Catholic. Ile pointed out that under the pro- posal separate school students could use religious course credits as part of graduation diploma requirements while pi blit• school students could not . This. he claimed. was not only unfair but violated Section C. of the Cana- dian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which states that every individual has ►fie right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law withoutlliscrimina- tion based on religion. He also said that the proposal would result in discrimination in credit of- • ferings. For example, there were many small secondary schools in On- tario. such as the one in Glencoe. where the student body, reduced because of transfers to a Separate Secondary School, would be so small that school boards. because of cost. would be unable to provide enough variety of course credits. Their students would be deprived of "equat Camp Sylvan set for school classes The kitchen at ('antp Sylvan %yill hardly cool down between the depar" lure of the Boy Scouts and the arrival of school classes tor the tall season 01 the ('amp Sylvan Conservation Pro- gram sponsored by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority. Schools from I luron. Perth. Lamblon. and Oxford counties and Michigan have almost filled the September/Oc- tober session. Schools from the A.B.('-A. watershed participating in the residential program are: Stephen Central. Seaford] Public. Usborne Central. Huron Centennial and McCurdy -florin) I lope. Paton family win honours two matches at Plowing competitors from Mid- dlesex county fared well at recent matches in the neighbouring counties of Perth and Elgin. Middlesex Queen 'e' of the Furrow won the. ladies' class in the Perth match held on the farm of warden Oliver McIntosh at RR 1. St. Marys - At the sante event. Claire Paton of Lucan was second in the open class and in the utility division. His son Jim was third in the anti- que section and seventh in the open class. The Paton's also competed at Kigin with father Claire second in -the anti- que class and Jim was lied for third. The 1985 Middlesex plowing match will be held on Saturday. October 12 at the Fletcher Farms. near Komoka. At ('amp Sylvan. classes iq grates 6, 7 and 8 learn about conservation and further their understanding of the nat Ural environment in order to foster the wise use of resources now and in. the future. ('lasses usually attend the Boy Scout -owned property for 21 , day - sessions. discovering the outdoors through stream, pond and forest - studie, nature hikes and orienteer- ing. Resource people from the com- munity visit t'io camp lo talk about their conservation related hobbies and professions. Students in grades 1I, 12 and 13 from the South Huron pistricl High school, Exeter and North Middlesex District Iligh School; Parkhill are once again attending- the Conserva- tion Program as .Junior Leaders. This gives the Junior Leaders a chance to develop leadership skills while pro- viding valuable assistance to the teachers and Kathie Monk. Conserva- -lion Program ('o -ordinator. Kathie has recently joined the staff of the A.B.('.A. as the Community Relations Technician replacing Kathy %avitz. Kathie. a graduate of the University ot Waterloo,erloo brings with her an agricultural background and experience in resource management and teaching. l'he A.B.('.A. is in its 21st year olof- fering conservation education on the Boy Scout property. Another residen- tial Conservation Program. White Pine Woods, has been added lit Parkhill Conservation Area. The A.B.('.A. has other conservation areas which can serve as outdoor classrooms. To find more -about the programs offered by the A.B.('.A. call 235-2610. COOKS Huron County Warden Paul Steckle (left) admires the work of barbecuers Richard Erb and Don Taylor, who are keeping an eye on four pigs being cooked for the annual Stanley Township Family Doy. Exhibits from north are coming south For those who cart -t visa the north of Canada that ttrea will be portrayed to Western Ontario residents in the next couple of weeks The Canada North \luseulttnbile will he al the South Huron- lice ('en (re for three dal.., next week. (yell he open 10 the pul►lie Monday through Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. to6p.m and 7to9pm The mobile exhibits programme is an important part of the \ational Museum policy o1 bringing the . treasures of Canadian heritage Ina_ wider public. Each Museumohile depicts the natural and social history of a particular region of Canada. Canada North contains mangy fascinating items on display including models of pre -ice age animals such as the wooly mammoth. scimitar cat and saiga antelope. mounts of. con- temporary fauna including the arctic hare. '( alverine. snowy owl and long tailed Jaeger. Also shown will be actual artifacts from early explorer ships. a Viking ship model. collections of whaling harpoons. hunting traps. religious ar- tdacls. Northwest Mounted Police regalia and an innovative look at the effects nl modern 1Tampon ation and a unique interactive computer which iamiliarires the visitor with the Innuil language The dliseulnobile caravan is assembled in a tt-shaped configura- tion. it can be set up or dismantled in 'just one hour A diesel generator pro- - vides all the necessary power for the exhibit including heating and air con- ditioning tor year round operation. Vorth of the sixtieth parallel in ( ana(la lies a vast and mysterious lana nt mighty rivers. great mountain ranges. forests .uid tundra bounded by seas covered with shifting pack ice_ The ce- 'l'he north may have leen man's IWI'$I home on this continent. Scientists ielieve that during the last Ice Age. which reached its climax 211.0(19 years ago. the sea level was lowered• so much thal Alaska and Siberia were .joined by a wide plain. People from Asia may have followed migrating animals across This land bridge and stayed in \ot'Ih America. 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Toll said that Bill :30 would increase the cost of education. increase the burden on taxpayers. and would weaken the secondary school system when it needs strengthening. It would do this by for- cing unfair descriminatory practices .on students. And it would be seen by Ontario citizens. young and old. as -blatant injustice. Toll urged the committee to recom- mend Bill 38 be abandoned, and that the government support one unified secondary school system that is open to all._"Unify and strengthen, rather than divide and weaken", he said. "Do this for the credibility of the government, for the future of Ontario. and, most important, for the young people of this province for whose education the government is responsible. - In a brief this week in the London meeting of the Ontario legislature committee considering Bill :to, the Middlesex County Bo(ird of Education expressed its "unequivocal opposition to the principle of extending provin- cial funding beyond Grade 10 to Roman Catholic Separate Schools." The brief was presented by Board Chairman Hugh Baird who was ac- companied by Vice Chairman Gerald Reycraft. Trustee Dr. Stuart Eberhard and Education Direct or Stewart Toll. Baird said that extended funding could mean the eventual loss of about 20 percent of the count •� 's secondary school students from the public secon- dary schools. This would have serious implications for the program. the staff and the students in the systen'. The Board would not be able to main- tain a reasonable range of course op- tions. Not . only would the overall quality of programs suffer but the very survivial of the two small secon- dary schools at Glencoe and Parkhill would be threatened. The Middlesex Board claimed (hal the rights of Roman Catholic students and ratepayers are well served by the present universally accessible. publicly supported secondary school system. The Board's brief says. "While the government considers its intent to make extended funding .10 Catholic schools a matter of right through legislation, we wish to speak out for the rights of the students who will be left in the public school system after the Roman Catholic students are withdrawn." The Board pointed out that it had made substantial gains in the degree of equality of educational opportuni- ty enjoyed by all students in keeping with the provincial government's previous mandates and it would be a "bitter irony if (hose gains are diminished or lost as a result of pro- viding millions of extra dollars in public funds to denominational schools under the guise of equality." Baird ended his presentation of the brief by saying that the Middlesex Board regards the proposed exielisum of funding as unnecessary and destructive of the educational system that the people Of Middlesex worked so hard to build. ,•- LEADERS SAMPLE FOOD — Wanda Reynolds and Jane Dearing sample the food at Tuesday's 4-H leader- ship conference at Centralia College. 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