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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1981-05-14, Page 1• • PANCAKES WITH STYLE — Zurich Public 'School teacher Bob Redick show's his award-winning. pancake -flipping style. The teachers and students served a pancake and sausage lunch at the school, to celebrate education week, Friday. , v • Board questions course acceptance The Huron County Board of Education has endorsed a unilateral decision by questioning the resolution of the University of Toronto to exclude a number of . ap- proved secondary school courses for admission to the post -secondary institution. Thee Board of Education for the Borough of East York is asking for support of a resolution asking the Minister of Education and Colleges and Universities to conduct an investigation into. the action by the University of Toronto. Director of Education, John Cochrane explained that U of T is no longer recognizing certain Grade 13 subjects for admission re- goirements: So courses like theatre -arts and computer sciences, which are offered under Ministry of Education guidelines, wi-U qpt be acceptedby the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in Toron- to. The borough of East York argued that, subsequent to thedecision of University of Toronto, the potential for other universities to begin arbitrarily excluding ap- proved courses is very real. Many secondary school programs have been modified to meet specific needs in the work force and led to the development of new curriculum In technology, statistics and marketing and business studies. Perhaps the main issue, as outlined in the resolution, is the fact that the University of Toronto is a publicly - ,funded institution and is re- jecting guidelines set out by the- Ministry and secondary schools. The university is claiming that several courses taught in secondary school have no relevance to university studies. Trustee Dorothy Wallace of Goderich introduced a motion not to support the resolution clainiing the un- iversity had a right to es- tablish standards. "The University of Toron- to can set its own stan- dards," she said. "That's their own business." Board vice-chairman, Bert Morin, argued that the resolution by the East York was not worthy of support. "If we supported such a • resolution, universities would soon be asking for en- trance examinations again," he said. Vanastra Public School has been granted a. stay of execution for at least another year by the regional office of the Ministry of Education. The regional office had in- formed the board of educa- tion that, beginning in September, students of Vanastra Public School would be accommodated in Clinton and Brucefield Schools. The, Vanastra. School was started in 1977 because schools in Clinton and Brucefield could not handle the excess students. In 1977 the regional office agreed to rent a building in Vanastra from. Conestoga College for three-year period. D.A. Kinchlea of the ministry regional office in London, informed the board that the ministry would not renew the lease on the building after June of this year and the students were to be accommodated in neighbouring schools. That decision was later reversed and Vanastra Public School will be open at least until June 1982. In a letter to Kinchlea, director of education John Cochrane pointed out that transportation costs for the 101 students would • amount to *26,045 while rental fees are $27,000 annually. He suggested the $995 saving was not worth the problems the board and ministry would inherit as a result of the closure. In his letter to the regional . office, Cochrane said closure of the school would result in an ugly situation adding that it would con- tribute to the gangrenous demise of a Huron County community. The ministry did not ap- prove rental payments for portable classrooms at Goderich and District Collegiate Institute and Holmesville Public School. But rental of portables at Brussels, Colborne and Grey Central Public Schools was not approved for grand pur- poses. The board has appealed the decision but in the in- terim will pay the $350 year - Please tura to page 5. No. 19 ,.;'�\ FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS gate set. Price per Copy 25 Cents for Hensall-Hay OMB hearing Hensall council discuase- -Works superintendent Don the purchase of a new small Towton reported the tractor tractor at • their May is needed primarily for snow meeting, Monday. removal, ai1d would be used to plow snow* from sidewalks. The existing tractor was purchased in 1962, -and is in HENSALL AUCTION -- Auctioneer Dick Van Patter offers items to the people attending the auction at Hensall United Church, Saturday. The church sponsored the auction and a rum- mage sale to raise funds for a senior housing project, need of re tf: Y "�ve".7aul Neilands said he didn't Neilands said a new machine want to hold-up Erb's plans, should be purchased, as the but Erb may have to move or old tractor could not be get rid of the garage if it is relied upon during a heavy not approved by the plan - snow fall • ners. Councillor Cecil Pepper Property committee reminded councit about chairman Minnie Noakes $3,500 was budgetted for said council should be rental of a tractor, but looking at repairs to the roof suggested the purchase or of the town hall building. rental be discussed when the Neilands suggested ten - new budget is set in June. ders be called if the work can Building inspector Her- be arranged under the new man Van Wieren said he was budget. He also suggested asked by Robert Erb of blinds rather than paint, be Hensall about building used to block the upstairs permits for a garage to be windows in the hall. moved onto his property. Noakes said since the Erb plans to move the space wasn't being used garage from the Agri -press upstairs, blinds would be offices and set it up on blocks expensive for simply on his own property. blanking the windows. Neilands said he could Councillors agreed but probably be granted a six- suggested a neutral paint month temporary permit, color or cloths behind the but that council should in- windows rather than the vestigate the use and white paint being used. suitability of the non- The upstairs of the hall is permanent garage with the used only as storage space. county planning department. An Ontario Municipal Board hearing on Hensall's proposed annexation into Hay Township is scheduled for June 8. Neilands said council had resolved some objections raised to the annexation and said he hoped the village would get OMB approval. Council authorized lawyer Dan Murphy to act on behalf SS custodian's contracts approved The Huron -Perth County Catholic School Board ap- proved the new salary contract with its 18 custodians in the 19 schools In the system at a board meeting Monday. The new one=year contract which becomes effective July 1 will cost the board an increase of 10.28 percent over the present contract. Ronald Marcy, Stratford, chairman of the negotiating committee for the board, said it means a full-time custodian with the board will receive a salary of $15,750 per year. He said there are not many full-time custodians as most are part- time. Whether a school requires a full-time custodian depends on several factors, Mr. Marcy explained, such as the size of the school, number of pupils and teachers. Immaculate Conception School playground in Stratford will become a community playground and open to the public after school hours when play and fitness equipment is in- stalled this summer. The equipment to cost about $3,640 will be installed by the park board in Stratford, and the school board will be responsible for inspection and maintenance. Mike Dewan, school principal at Immaculate Conception, showed the board members a miniature of the equipment to be in- stalled, eight different pieces. He said it would have great value as a fitness program. He explained that there was a need for the playground in the area and was the result of planning by school staff, a community parent group and Stratford city clerk, Ronald Schulties. The equipment will be paid for by a *1,000 donation from the parent group at the school and a provincial grant from community services contribution program of $2.640. The board approved playground equipment costing over $3,000 being installed at St. Columban school by the Parent- Teacher Association (PTA). John McCauley, Superintendent . of Education, filling in for William Eckert, Director of Education who was absent attending a seminar for directors of education, discussed with board members the Discussion Paper on Secondary Education Review Project put out by the ministry of education. He spoke of several ways it affected separate elementary schools such as those in Huron and Perth. Ronald Marcy pointed out that one of the ways that might affect the schools was the ministry recom- mendation calling for the sharing of schools by the public school boards and the separate school boards, and in particular the sharing of technical facilities expensive to duplicate. Mr. McCauley reported that the Huron - Perth administrative staff and board had submitted a suggestion that is being considered of extending the two-year occupational" course in secondary school to a four-year course to make it more useful to the student attending. of the village at the public meetings. In other business: A first advance subsidy of $8,760 for road maintenance - was received from the Ministry of Transportation and Communication. A complaint was received about a• sign erected -at the corner of Brock and King Streets. Van Weiren said a building permit was not issued for the sign and council approval was not obtained. The sign is said to block vision along the road. Since council controls the land it was built on, they will decide the future of the sign. A local business men's seminar is planned to be run by the village on May 20. Council was advised of an upcoming meeting of a new municipal association. The association will be named at the conference in Toronto, August 23 to 26. Hensall was advised of the increase in the Huron County board of education levy. The total increases from 1162,009 to $183,173. This represents an increase of ap- proximately 11 mills, the equivalent of $33 an assessment of $3,000. One crash for district The Exeter OPP in- vestigated only one accident this week following a week in which the accident toll was rathe► extensive. The loy,e collision oc- curred on Highway 4 south of Hensall on Thursday and drivers involved were Victor Knip. Hensall. and Gordon Love, Zurich. Damage in the accident was listed at $800. There were no injuries.