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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-03-25, Page 74 .• A •I. tok ►' 4.M• 4 • . le • 41, t SUCCESSFUL QUILT SHOW--' Conveners Florence Finkbei number of quilts in Saturday's craft and quilt show at Ex E er United Church. -and Leone Bock look ov, the large__ T -A photo Times -Advocate, March 25, 1987 Page 7 Teachers continue fight to receive better funding By Doug Leo, President Huron District Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation Recently the Huron District of the Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation 'made a presentation to the Executive Committee of the Huron County Board of Education. As a result of that; the Board passed the following resolution: - "Resolved that, on the recommen- dation of the Executive Committee. the Board 'AGAIN INDICATE to ap- propriate parties its dissatisfaction with the current inadequate educa- tional ceilings on ordinary expenditures." The .Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation, in conjunction with local districts. has made presen- tations to MPPs and other elected of- ficials across the province. It is an- ticipated by OPSTF that, after reviewing and discussing the relevant data on the issue, boards of education. parents and teachers will join together topresent the issue of under- funding of public elementary educa- tion to provincial politicians. Additional funding fro_mlhe provin' cial government is needed for the elethentary school programs. Special Education services, individualized programming,- computer education. new curriculum in many areas and. .the new Ministry Science thrust have stretched the resources available to the public elementary school system to the limit. At the same time -the pro- vincial government has made educa -tion a lesser priority during the last • ten years: - . Ten years ago 2:1 -percent of the On- tario expenditures were made on education; today. education is pro- jected to account for 18 percent of the province's total spending. . The Ontario Liberal Party, during the last provincial election. is on •record for supporting the restoration :of the level of provincial funding for education to at least 60 percent of ap- - proved costs and_ individual boards would be responsible for the re- mainder. Presently the Government only pays 45.5 percent of the total education costs. Ten years ago it was 60 percent. - 'l'his lack of -financial support has_ leen a burden to boards of education. As the cost of educational goods and services- has risen with inflation. many schools have been inadequate- . ly supplied. The cost of textbooks for instance. has risen dramatically. In addition, recent legislation mandates that school hoards. must now pav sales tax, a cost from which they - were previously exempt. • - 'There- are needsin lluron County. For instance. with greater funding at the elementary level - computers -could be put in every classroom for _ story. writing. data base' use. - and review activities: hands-on -materials. trade books for- reading programs and resource support could be provided for -the primary grades: • science equipment and resources could he obtained for the ems• Ministry Science guidelines; resources to implement (he changes and direction suggestedJordhe Junior grades: eliminate door-to-door fund- raising at the elementary level: pro- vide additional secretarial help for the schools: and purchase or rent music instruments. An encouraging sign has been pro- vided by the government. In a recent statement the Hon. Sean Conway. Minister of Education. released the 1987 ceiling figures. It was significant that the gap between the elementary' and secondary ceiling remained at $911. He later addressed the fact that the government was cognizant of the possible inadequacy of the elemen- tary ceilings and of the findings in the Macdonald Commission on funding elementaryand. secondary education and would study the issue. Finally . there i§ acknowledgement of the -gap" existing arid that this gap will not increase this year: • This Federation speaks for 1-10teachers in the Huron District..u.d is represented provii cialfy by the 1-7,111) member Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation. Over 80 club Tennyson L. Johns." RR- .1 Woodham. will be 80 on March 26. 1987. FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS — Josie Ryckman's flower arrangements were among the any displays at Saturday's Exeter UCW quilt and craft show. Shown admiring the display are Mario •ougall, Josie Ryckmon and Audrey McGregor." i T -A photo Area 4-H clubs meet Ity Cheryl 3IcCarter On March 12. Exeter II 4-11 group Met at the home of Robin Poole for the first meeting of Surviving with •Myttlrrebderefor this' 066jlitrafe Barbara Poole and Janice Brock. We have 12 members. Mrs. Poole. told us about the re- quirements for this club and covered . tbe.introduction. Mrs. Brock explained how to keep ourselves secure at home, including signs .01 burglery of which to be aware. also how; to deal with certain household emergencies. like blown fuses and plugged drains. For our home assignment we have several situations to solve in our own homes related 10 emergencies. Election of officers was carried out with the following outcome: president - .Jeremy Brock. vice president - Shonyn Baynham. secretary - Jen- nifer Cook. press reporter - Cheryl . Mc('arter. Next meeting at Poole's, Wednes- day March 25 at 4 p.m. Itv Laura I)raisey Crediton Club! mel for their second meeting on March 14. We started out with the 4-11 pledge followed by the roll call "What is your favorite eaten away from home meal"? Next we decided on our club name. Names nominated were The F'aucet- tes, The Leaky Faucetts. Household Helpers. Rambettes. Drop-ettes and The Drips. A vote was taken and The Crediton Drop-ettes won. " Arlfi l;'e.M1fiee1fbg'tifrscuss- ed home activities from meeting one and went on to preparing your own nutritious meals. For home activities each girl is to prepare a meal.. In the third meeting we began with the 4-1-1 pledge and selected a cover for our books. • The meeting was on choosing what you want and how to make your own decisions. We also learned of values. priorities, standards and goals. It was a really interesting meeting. One thing that was fun was a game we did. It was called "If 1 Could, l Would..." What we did was each per- son got a piece of paper with a half finished sentence. You finished it by using your own decision. It was lots of fun for everybody. The next meeting is Saturday. March 28 at 9 a.m. in'the Crediton Hall. The first meeting of Exeter II Ser- ving with Style 4-11 club was held on March 12 at the Poole House. The leaders for this club are Barb Poole and Janice Brock. There were 10 members present. We talked about what to do if you HAYTER'S TURKEY FARMS HAYTER'S TURKEYS Featuring: "Our New Line of Turkey Products" RETAIL STORE OPEN Friday 9 - 6 p.m. - Saturday 9 - 5 p.m. * Breast Roasts * Wings and Legs * Sausage are home alone, aise blows, a pipe leaks, the toilet aerflows, and the drain is clogged. - Elected officer!}re: president - Jeremy Brook, fid-pl►es1tteiiit4t' Shonyn Baynhamsecretary - .Jen- nifer Cook, .pre3siporter "- Cheryl McCarter. * Filets * Wing Sticks * Ground Turkey and Patties FRESH TOMS AND HENS -AVAILABLE NOW!! Hwy. 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