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Legions undertake child identification
ly by the Wellington County School Huron, Bruce, Grey, Wellington, All 53 Branches in District "(—
Board
(Board in 1985 and subsequently was Waterloo and Perth with the 12 bran- were asked to financiially support This
brought to the attention of the Bran- ches of Zone C-1 being contained in Program and have done so willingly.
rhes in District "C" at their Fall Con- l luron and Bruce counties including The District has purchased two video
vention in Owen Sound in October Kincardine, Ripley, Lucknow, Wrox- cameras plus the video tapes for use
1985. tiler, Wingham, Brussels, Blyth, (lin- throughout the counties. The Pro -
The four zones which comprise tun. Seaforth, Goderich, llensall and gram al District level is under the
District cover the counties of 1';��'t�"' Chairmanship of the District Youth
Educatioo Chairman. Bob Craig.
while the four Zone Voultl Education
Chairmen are handling the ar-
rangements in their respective areas.
All school boards, public and
separate, were approached with the
plan to video tape the classes from
Kindergarten to grade 8. 'These
children would be taped in a manner
so that a record could be kept of their
gait, their facial profile, as well as a
full faced view and voice record. All
„video taping is being done by
members of local Legion Branches
with assistance from their Zone Youth
Education Chairmen 1 Howard Car-
roll in Zone ('-1, being assisted by Bob
Chapman of Branch 109 Goderich 1.
When the Program is completed.
some 90,000 school aged children in
District "C' ' ( approximately 9,000
from 35 schools in Zone ('-1) will be
recorded on video tape. In two year's
time the process will begin all over
again so that a current video tape is
always available. 'These tapes
become the property of the respective
school boards with the information
contained thereon being kept con-
fidential until authorized by the
parents for release to police, papers.
T.V. and/or radio stations, etc. in the
ease of a missing child.
The Child Video Identification Pro-
gram which is now being sponsored
by the Legion Branches in District
"(7" was originally the idea of two Ar-
thur District High School students.
Mark Jones and Paul Ruffolo who
conceived (he idea for a school pro-
ject. The idea was adopted original -
TO MARRY -- Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Watson, Dashwood and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Nigh, Seaforth wish to
announce the forthcoming mar-
riage of their children Mary
Teresa and Al Louis on Saturday,
May 23, 1987 at St. Boniface
Church, Zurich. Open reception
to follow at the Seaforth Com•
munity Centre.
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ENGAGED-- Fred and Norma
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to announce the engagement of
their son Brian Keith to Brenda
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LEGION SPONSORS -IDENTIFICATION — All of the.Royal Canadian Legion branches in District C are
participating in a child identification program. From the left are Rick Smith and Norm Ferguson of Ex-
eter branch 167 Usborne Central student Alia Blackler and Bob Chapman and Howard Carroll of Goderich.
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Huron drop-out stats examined
An interesting new report from the
Huron County Board of Education
i HCBE) could provide the founda-
tions for future recommendations
regarding.high school drop -outs.
IICBE trustee Joan Van Den
Broeek called -the Secondary School
Student Drop Out Survey "excellent
statistical data." Bob Allan, the direc-
tor of education, said that the survey
would continue as an ongoing process,
with further reports made back to the
board trustees. -
- The 35 -page document has been
long awaited by Huron board
trustees. Data in the survey examines
drop-out trends in the five Huron
County high schools.
During 1985-86, some 170 -students
left school. This figure reflected 4.5
percent of the September 1985 secon-
dary school population.
By individual schools the survey
results showed: Central Huron Secon-
dary School Clinton - 44 drop -outs for
5.5 percent of the student population;
Goderich District Collegiate Institute
- 35 drop -outs, 4.5 percent; South
Huron District High School Exeter -
39 drop -outs, 4.4 percent;-Seaforth
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District High School -15 drop -outs, 4.3
percent; F. E. Madill Secondary
School Wingham - 39 drop -outs, 4.4
percent of the student population.
The survey further indicates that of
the 170 total number of drop -outs, 99
were boys and 71 students were girls.,
Of the total, 47 of the drop -outs were
17 years of age, 43 of the students
were 18 years old, 38 students were 16
years old, 19 students were 19 years
old, 12 of them were 15 and 11 of the
students were 20 and over.
The month of October prbved to
have the highest drop out rate.
Eighty-eight of the drop -outs had less
than 14 credits when they quit school,
51 of the drop -outs had between 14 and
25 credits, 23 of the students had more
than 26 credits.
The survey went on to document
why these 170 students dropped out of
school before graduation. The iden-
tified reasons included: employment,
75 students; no definite plans, 73
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students; behavior, 12 students;
private schools, 9 students; death, 1
student.
A summary of the statistical includ-
ed 11 observations.
* Approximately one third of the drop
out population was age 16 or lower.
' While three-quarters of the
respondents claim to be working, ful-
ly one half identify an intention to
seek further schooling.
* The level of satisfaction expressed
with school courses offered dropped
to less than 60 percent from over 80
percent in the transition from elemen-
tary to secondary school.
* Less than five percent of the
respondents identified problems with
their academic work.
* Over 40' percent identified atten-
dance at school as a problem.
* A high degree of importance was
placed on life skill courses, work
placements, and practical experience
subjects as helping students remain
in school. -
• Seventy percent of early school-
leavers have other family members
who left school early.
*FiftyperEent of early school-leavers
indicate involvement with a social
agency.
• Fifty percent attended two or more
elementary schools; 35 percent at-
tended three or more schools.
'Thirty-three percent attended two or
more secondary schools.
' Close to one half of the respondents
identify a special education
background.
The survey observations identified
that student drop -outs had feelings of
failure, poor self concepts, health pro-
blems, family instability, substance
abuse, problems with behavior and
attendance, school conflict and lack
of part-time work.
It was further noted that one third
of the respondents believe that "If I
get a diploma, I still won't be able to
get a job."
When asked what changes in the
school they would recommend the
respondents suggested: more courses
dealing with problems of maintaining
a family and home; a grade just for
those who don't want to go to school
with kids half their age; more com-
munication between teacher and
pupil; free meals t for those below the
poverty line) ; more courses in grade
13; on-the-job experiences; revised
(contemporary) textbooks;
something we will be able to use in the
future; alternate day scheduling;
half-time work placements; skill or
job-related training; courses related
to agricultural occupations; more
"real -to -life" learning; open access to
classes; fresh, new ideas for the
young from the young; more ac-
tivities in physical education.
Respondents were also asked to
identify what changes they would lilte
to see in the community to help
students who leave school early. They
noted: educational programs outside
of the school system; more training
programs; more counsellors to give
The readers write
you confidence to carry on; job
search assistance; a home in the com-
munity for unwed mothers; more
people who would accept apprentices;
financial aid for those who leave -
school because of poverty or family
problems; opportunities -based -on per-
sonal qualities, not just qualifica-
tions; students should not be allowed
to quit school until they. are 18 years
old.
Approximately one-third of the
respondents provided comments sug-
gesting some form of alienation with
the school system. Negative com-
ments were directed against
teachers, vice principals and prin-
cipals. Elements of conflict appeared
to exist in many of these situations as
a factor immediately preceding the
decision to leave school.
Further to the 1985-86 school year
survey, preliminary observations for
the current school year seem to in-
dicate that the drop out rate may
be lower in 1986-87. From September
to December of 1986, 71 students had
left school 20 from Central Huron; 15
from-GDCI, 12 from F. E Madill; 17
from South Huron; and seven. from
Seaforth highschool. Survey data will
continue to be compiled. -
In conclusion, the current survey
document makes several suggestions.
It recommends that a profile of poten-
tial drop -outs be established and that
specific intervention strategies he
employed to help reduce early school
leaving, -both at the elementary and
secondary school levels. Further
recommended are procedure to
facilitate the re-entry of drop-out
students, as well as the need to
establish alternative programs or
school settings as a drop out preven-
tion measure.
PLAN MARRIAGE Leonard
and Doreen Smith of Ltcan are
happy to announce the frthcom-
ing marriage of their cpughter
Sheila Faye to Mr. Brian )ouglas
son of Marie and the lateDonald
Dinney, Crediton. The vedding
will take place on Saturdiy, May
23 in Lucan United Churci. Open
reception to follow.
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Editor,
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