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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-03-08, Page 27Lucan Community Bingo Wednesday, Mar. 8' Bingo Starts 7:30, Regular Games $1000 Jackpot Game Total Prizes $2300 Due to the licence regulatior:s, no one under 16 allowed to play Licence #537495 Enroll new Brownies - In a recent Exeter Brownies ceremony, a new leader and three girls were enrolled. Back, Snowy Owl Karen Snow. Front, Brownies Pamela Keys, Terry Lynn Kenney. and Laura Miller. Express education concerns HYDE PARK - Middlesex Coun- ty representatives are so concerned about trends in public education that they have presented a brief to MPP Doug Rcycraft asking that he ensure that their message is heard and heeded at Queen's Park. The group, representing school trustees, administrators, and all teacher _federations, sees a need to stem the erosion of funding and to maintain -adequate support for pub- lic education. Specifically, the group is concerned about the de- clining share of government finan- cial for school 'programs that the same government tells- the local school board to provide. These programs include the reduc- tion of pupil/teacher ratio, in grades one and -two, expansion of comput- ereducation, financing of tcxt book costs; and improvement of elemen- tary school science projects. In each case, the government proudly announced, with great • *flourish, financial grants to support the programs; however, the reality too often was that the grants result- - ' ed in costing the local taxpayer far more than -the government grants covered. Since 1975, the provincial government's share of. costs dropped from 68 percent -to 47 per- cent. Premier Peterson's election promise was to restore the level to 60 percent; there is already a fore- cast that it will drop below 44 per- cent. Pooling of commercial and indus- trial assessment is another serious concern. Although the Davis gov- ernment promised that extension of funding to. separate secondary schools would not occur at the ex- pense of plc public schools, it ap— pears that this is in fact a reality. The Middlesex group feels that the present government has not made this point clear. While the Davis government de- liberately placed more responsibili- ty for paying the cost of education on the Local taxpayer, the Middles- ex people, as part O.P.E.N., the Ontario Public Education Network, say that the Peterson government is asking local politicians to work underconditionsthat were -not pre- viously acceptable. Therefore, they want the Premier to act and live up to his election promise. Another serious concern, is the fact that the government's Capital Grant Plan of 1979, under which education grants arc calculated, is out of date. For example, while the government has ordered, in grades one and two, a reduction to 20 pu- pils by 1990, it still tells the school board to calculate classroom... Use at 35 pupils -per room. Again, a class size of 25 is practical, while grant calculations arc bascd.on 30 to 35. This makes approval for most schools additions almost im- possible to obtain, even though program changes dictate the need. is also a serious concern of the Middlesex group. Since many schools were built in the 1950's, fa- cilities arc not adequate for today's requirements. Theonly way the '. school boa a Capital,Gratit Plan that is outdat- ed and totally under -funded? How can the local taxpayer be expected to update facilities without the as- sistance of the provincial tax base?" Lastly, the Middlesex County brief expresses concern about the exten- sion of funding to private schools. Since the public board is responsi- ble to all taxpayers, it feels that the public system "should be encour- aged and strengthened, not weakened by splintering and reducing the lev- el of funding." In conclusion the brief outlines areas in which the ' public school system is suffering under financial constraints imposed, by. the government and ends with the comment, "there is no place for the extending of scarce resources to non-public groups Those preparing the brief included Trustee Betty Poole, of Lambeth, Connie Horton of the secondary school teachers' federation, Mike Roy of the elementary teachers' fed- eration, Christine Rodriguez of the women teachers' federation and -Edu- cation Director Ted Anderson. 4 Igr QUEEN'S 7. SEAFORTH Thurs., Fri., Sat. PLAYING THE HITS "THE HEAT" WEDNESDAY NIT! . 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Again, this means that local taxpayers will have to hear more of the cost. The Middlesex brief emphasizes that, "there seems to be no support for innovative alterations that may solve space problems created by in- troduction of computers, French language instruction, music, art, and Fpccial needs of students for in- dividualized assistance, speech ther- apy, including counselling and guidance. All required spaces that were not even thought of when most of the school were built." The trustees ask, "Of what value is Fund Raising Dance -- for - Crediton Hall Board & Minor Sports Sponsored by Crediton & District Social Club Saturday, March 18 Lucan Community Centre music by "Crystalires" Tickets: $12.00 per couple Tickets - Bob Patterson Lucan Texaco 227-4013, John Brock Town Line Collision 228-6700, Lankin Shell, Lucan 227-4754, Tickets also available at door. Lunch Provided. 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