HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-07-04, Page 26TODDLERS INN GRADUATES —, Thursday afternoon stlidents at the Toddlers I,nn
Nursery School gradOoted recently. Back, left, Sean Beattie, Kara Farwell, Carolyn
Quinn, ElDonna-dnderhill, Karla Bennewies, Darcy Bean andDavid Farquhar. Front,
Gareth Runnalls-Lichty, Michael Ford, Kristy Dundas, Joel Campbell and Aimee Mit-
chelll�� T -A photo
EXETER PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES — Graduation exercises for grade eight
students at Exeter Public School were held Thursday night. Back, left, Steve Ander-
son, Jeff Dalrymple, John Windsor, Brad Mack, Randy Mothers, Terry Meikle, Pat
Hartman, Shaun Forsythe and principal Jim Chapman. Fourth row, Jason McFalls,
Said Osman, Mark Mothers, Tony Baker, Rob Russell, Ron Walker, Rob McKnight,
Jeff Ployfoot, Joy Davison and Chris Swartman. Third row, Rhonda Turnbull, Shari
Acknowledge it will cost money
Black, Vicki Scott, Doug Kells, Chris Chapman, Greg Hohner, David Josephson, Tracy
Gilfillan, Kim Paquette, Patty Smith and Tracy Fields. Second row, Karol Dauber,
Kim Crawford, Shelley Skinner, Shelly Black, Koren Schenk, Lori -Lynn Wagner, Karen
Hoffman, Wendy Weido and Teresa McCarter. Front, teacher Lois Ottewell, Heather
Rideout, Cheyenne Mosurinjohn, Vicki Reynolds, Patti Bierling, Brenda Balsdon, Trudi
Bornath, Tracy Prest and teacher Larry Black. T -A photo
Recommend consolidating separate schools
Consolidating the 19
Catholic schools across Huron
and Perth Counties is being
strongly recommended by the
Young people
are confirmed
Twenty-three young people
were confirmed at Exeter
United Church,recently.;ome
of the confirmation class
members participated in the
service as well.
Among the class members
were:
Joel Aunger, Michele
Aunger, Dennis Crawford.
Dianne Dearing. John
Hafnilton, Marilyn Hamilton,
Raymond Hamilton, Todd
Jones. Tim Long, Jodi
McBride, Teresa McCarter.
Laurel McLelland.
Tom Oke, Tracey Oke, Al
Benning, Denise Henning,
Kathy Robbins, David
Russell, Darren Tinney, Sheri
Varlet', Jeff Wareham.
Suzanne Wareham, and
Karen Westlake.
Car skids into
water hydrant
The Exeter police depart-
ment investigated two colli-
sions over the holiday
weekend.
On Friday at 3::0 a.m..
vehicles driven by R. William
Glover, Exeter, and Sandra
L. Ritchie. RR 1 Woodham,
sideswiped on Highway 83
West. Damage was $800.
Around the same time the
following morning, Kevin
Small, 566 Main St., Exeter,
lost control of his vehicle at
the corner of Simcoe and Ed-
ward St. and crashed into a
fire hydrant and skidded over
the lawn of Ron Moore.
Damage in that one was set
at $1,500.
One assault is also under in-
vestigation. An arca man end-
ed up with a broken; •Iw after
an altercation near tle town's
parking lot,.( ehind the local
administration office_
Charges have been laid as a
result of the incident.
Ministry of Education.
A report released at the
Huron -Perth Separate School
Board's June 25 meeting. en-
titled "Co-operative Evalua-
tion and Development of a
School System" ( CEDSS
presented recommendations
which the CEDSS committee
acknowledges could cost
money.
"The ' investigators
acknowledge that some of the
recommendations contained
in this report may, if im-
plemented, represented addi-
tional costs to the Huron -
Perth County RCSS Board in
this period of fiscal restraint.
The investigators strongly
recommend that the Board in-
vestigate where necessary in
order to marshal! the
available resources in a more
effective manner to meet the
needs of the children in their
charge," states the report's
introduction.
The investigators referred
to are two education officers
in the Ministry of Education's
London regional office. They
are Eric Wiley and Ted
Johnson.
Johnson said the CEDSS
report has no bearing on the
current consideration of con-
solidation in the Stratford
separate schools.
The investigators compiled
reports on the system
prepared by an internal team
and an external team.
The internal team was
chaired by acting superinten-
dent Gaeten Blanchette and
made up of principals, a
teacher and a consultant.
The external team was
chaired by G. Blake, a
ministry superintendent from
North Bay. This team was
made up of other ministry
represenative' as well as
representatives from the On-
tario Institute of Studies in
Education (DISE) and
Althouse College of
Education.
The CEDSS work was ap-
proved by the Huron -Perth
Board about a year ago.
Ministry funding was
guaranteed up to $20.000. The
study cost $14.000.
There six areas studied by
the teams. Organization and
facilities of schools, board and
administration organization.
the role of the principal and
under Grades 4 to 6 cur-
riculum, language arts,
physical education and fami-
ly lite.
One of the major recom-
mendations outlined in the
report calls for the review of
the role of superintendent of
education with an eye to ad-
ding staff.
"A majority of respondents
By,.Jack Riddell MPP
The "Ontario Legislature
has recessed for the summer,
leaving an enormous amount
of business unfinished. Over a
period of more than 14 weeks
-- 322 hours of debate -- the
Assembly has passed some 41
pieces of legislation. Opposi-
tion critics charge that
"political fluff" took priority
this session while matters of
substance weren't given the
priority they deserved.
David Peterson's assess-
ment was that: "From a
legislative point of view, it
was the most unproductive
session in our history ... What
has been passed has been in-
significant". He described as
particularly frustrating the
fact that the government
decided not to push fnr
passage of Bill 141 which in-
corporates amendments to
the Employment Standards
Act which mainly affect the
women of Ontario.
Liberal House Leader
Robert Nixon commented
"I've been here 22 years and
I can't recall a time when less
public business was brought
before the House."
"The only thing that hap-
pened this sitting was the
decision to fund separate
schools. The Legislature had
suggested that additional
staff are needed at the super-
visory level to cover the many
tasks necessary at that level
for the effective operation of
the supervisory system,"
states the report.
Staff wise, all administra-
tion, director, superintendent
of education and superinten-
dent of business and finance
seem to be doing a good job.
"In summary, the senior
administrators are valuable
and valued members of the
system".
The co-ordinators and con-
sultants are also doing a good
job, but according to the
report, some principals iden-
tified concerns with theroleof
this support staff.
"Because of the range of
duties assigned to the
acL d (90iEiftg3
Recessed
nothing to do with it. It was an
idea that ripened in the
Premier's brain". He pointed
out that what is not ripening
is agricultural policies to keep
Ontario farmers competitive
with their Quebec counter-
parts. "In the last 15 years
Quebec has advanced beyond
us and taken a large share of
our milk, poultry, swine and
beef markets. It's because
their government programs
have stimulated their farm
industries and they're really
aggressive. It makes me mad
because we should be doing
it."
Comparing Ontario's rela-
tionship with Quebec at this
time with that of the past, Mr.
Nixon said this had been very
vibrant under the leadership
of the late John Roberts.
"There were visits back and
forth with Quebec leaders all
the time. Now Ontario treats
Quebec as if it isn't there."
Opposition members
believe that the state of
Ontario -Quebec relations
reflects a widespread govern-
ment apathy which has, they
maintain, prevented the
development of an effective
industrial strategy, for
example.
In the Throne Speech open-
ing this 32nd Parliament of
Ontario much of benefit to the
people of this province was
promised. Ilowever, the pro-
mises have not come to frui-
tion: unemployment con-
tinues to run high, our educa-
tional system is in worsening
disarray, our hospitals re-
main overcrowded with little
USRORNE GRADE EIGHT GRADUATES - The annual grade eight graduation exercises at Usborne School
were held Monday night. Back, left, Mark Coward, Ken Miller, Steven Selves, Darrell Coleman, Michael Jef-
frey, Jamie Parker, Chris Wegg, Larry Miller, Jamie Oke and Rob Hern. Centre, principal, Bill Linfield, teacher
Irene Hough, Christine Parsons, Julia Tiernan, Joe Gower, Brian Watson, Julia Wilkinson, Sandra Cottle, Becky
Seldon and teacher Niall Strow. Front, Angela Cottrell, Wendy Bollontyne, Carolyn Dykemon, Dionne Hamilton,
Lisa Ellerington, Denise Lang, Karen Miller and Tammy Richardson. T -A photo.
prospect of relief, our
farmers cry out for relief
from crushing debt, and our
road system deteriorates with
hidden costs to us all.
Other Unfinished Business
Unfinished business in-
cludes proposed changes to
the Theatres Act which would
give the Ontario Censor
Board authority over videos
and license distributors of the
tapes.
In addition, amendments to
Ontario's Education Act to
guarantee every child in the
province the right to an
education in French or
English will not be passed in
time to affect students going
back to school this
September. Ontario's
Supreme Court had ruled that
parts of the act are un-
constitutional -- a decision
which permitted the govern-
ment to go ahead with the
amendments which had been
delayed by a met challenge
from Franc&-Ontarians
unhappy with the govern-
ment's position on educa-
tional issues.
Also left in abeyance is a
new child welfare act which
would enunciate the rights of
children and the respon-
sibilities of people who care
for them. Over the summer
months the proposal will be
examined by an all -party
committee of Members.
Amendments to the
Workers' Compensation Act
intended to improve the situa-
tion for injured workers will
also be examined by MPPs.
Nursing Home Beds
The Minister of Health has
stated that hospital user fees
for chronic -care patients
waiting for beds in nursing
homes are "unacceptable"
and won't be tolerated. He
has been strongly criticized
by Opposition Members for
failing to ban such fees prior
to the question being raised in
the Legislature.
Apparently his Ministry
knew about the charges being
levied by several provincial
hospitals as long ago as
February, and no action was
taken against the fees. The
Minister rhaintained that he
only learned of the practice
about six weeks ago.
Barrie/Vespra
The provincial government
called a halt to a "filibuster"
blocking passage of an annex-
ation bill involving the City of
Barrie and Vespra township.
It had been hoped that the
government would back off on
its plans to force the annexa-
tion of some 810 hectares
(2,000 acres) of Vespra land
by Barrie, permitting the two
parties to negotiate a settle-
ment. The Township of
Vespra apposes the annexa-
tion and for a decade has
fought off •overtures from
Barrie for the area which in-
Qludes commercial
development.
Superintendent of Education
it has become necessary to
delegate many of the ad-
ministrative duties to a per-
son originally hired to be a
consultant. This has resulted
in a reduction of the time
spent serving as a consul-
tant," the report states.
The trustees role was also
considered in the report. The
report says the trustees are
doing their duties as required.
Trustees and some clergy
discussed the influence of ad-
ministrative staff over deci-
sions made by the board.
However, all trustees agreed
administration should be ser-
ving as advisors to the board.
Communication, as it
relates to such between the
board and staff, administra-
tion and staff, the board and
the public and the schools and
the public, was also noted in
the CEDSS report as an area
where some improvement is
necessary.
The recommendations in
the report will be studied by
a board ad hoc committee
made up of chairman Ron
Murray, vice-chairman
Michael Moriarity, director
(acting) John McCauley and
superintendent of education
(acting t and chairman of the
internal team Blanchette.
This ad hoc committee will
set up general plans for
establishing the CEDSS
recommendations over a five
year period.
There were
about 80
ratepayers randomly
surveyed for the CEDSS
report as well as parents,
teachers and principals.
GRADUATE AT TODDLERS INN — Graduation exerci3es were held recently for the
Thursday morning students at the Toddlers Inn Nursery School. Back, left, Sarah
Walker, l.aureen Batt, Laura Bowers, Jamie Walters, Bradley Tieman, Shane Wilcox,
Tim Deelstra and Dennis Noakes. Front, Cameron Sadler, Scott Rosenberg, David
Farquhar, Meagan Ratz, Brent Ratz and Brendan Kraftcheck. T -A photo
FRIDAY NURSERY GRADUATES — Students of the Friday class at the Toddlers Inn
nursery school are shown at Friday's graduation. Back, left, teachers Barb Wein
and Linda Farquhar. Centre, Jessie Bergman, Lucas Forrest, Shawn Forrest, Michdel
McConnell, Ryan Freiter, Geoffrey Mayer, Geoffrey Stosik and Jodi Willis. Front,
Brion Hayman, Gareth Runnells-Lichty, Jackie Morgan, Natalie Amerongen, Preslee
Mover, Jenny McDonnell and Michelle Willis. T -A photo
GRADUATES AT McCURDY — Graduation exercises for the gade eight students at J.A.D. McCurdy School
at Huron Park were held Tuesday night. Back, left• teacher Andy Fraser, Todd Fahner, Dave Bryson, Mork
Sutherland, Campagne Chansamone, Steven Wilson, Brian Lucas Tim Angerman, Scott Hern, teacher Dorothy
Coates and prinicpal John Siertsema. Front, Lorraine Varley, Lana Henderson, Lorraine Lewis, Cindy Price,
Lynn Major, Annette Wood• Lou Anne Morrow and Showney Brunzlow. T -A photo.
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McGILLIVRAY CENTRAL GRADUATES — Grade eight students at McGillivray Central School received their
graduation diploma Tuesday night. Back, left, teacher Lillian Robertson, George Coursey, Mark Lagerwerf, Robert
VanDam, Peter Pero, Jeffrey Windsor, David Eagleson, David Windsor and teachers Drew Robertson and Wen-
dy Anderson. Third' row, teacher Alice Lingard, Stephen Hill, Todd Lewis, Scott Beierling, Valerie Parkinson,
Sean Morton, Steven Rowe, Darcy McLean and teacher Jill Freer. Second row, Patrick Phipps, Todd Larkin, Travis
Robinson, Brion Johnson, Dennis Craven, Jeffrey Amos, Gerry Lynn and teocher Julie Bronson. Front, teacher
Flora Walker, Susan Kelly, Carrie Hartle, Marjie Atmore, Heather Cocksworth, Tracey Kettle, Heather Thomp-
son, Jodi Woodburn and principal Eva Brophey. T -A photo.
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