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- gerb Murphy, principal of South
Huron District High School in Ex-
eter said that the administration and
teachers have met regarding the se-
mester system but, "have not had
an opportunity to meet with parents
and students."
There is much debate over the ed-
ucational benefits and drawback of
semestering high school but the key
lies in offering students more op-
tions. Multiple entry times and the
ability to accommodate students
coming from other schools are
main issues in the drive to keep stu-
dents in school.
Many schools in Ontario have re-
turned to an unsemestered grade
nine year. It is felt that the students
experience enough of a change,
moving from elementary to sec-
ondary school, without making it
too radical. The non semestered
system is spread out over more
time, with more courses, but at a
slower pace.
"We are looking very seriously at
not semestering grade nine," said
Murphy.
Kevin Bender, South Huron stu-
dent council president, shared con-
cern from fellow students about the
workload and intensity of the se-
mestered system which would offer
the same four courses every day for
half of the school year.
"The problem I see with it is that
a lot of people said that they would
get sick of doing the same thing
day after day," said Bender.
He also expressed worry about
the amount of homework each eve-
ning with the.semestered system.
From a financial standpoint, the
semestered approach is "one of
many ways to increase our rev-
enue," said Giannandrea. Schools
with a largely semestered timetable
receive a larger share of ministry
grant dollars. This is due to re-
porting dates says Carroll in his di-
rector's information report.
Approximately 80% of schools in
Ontario have chosen a mainly se-
mestered approach to scheduling.
Under this system, students are able
to transfer more easily between
schools in Huron County and other
school boards. Students who are
returning to school can be more
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Second section - February 22 1995
Herb Murphy at left, principal at South Huron District High School and Kevin Bender at right, South
Huron student council president take a last look at the current timetable. Beginning next fall, all
high schools will be starting a non-semestered timetable for senior grades. Pictured at left, Murphy
takes the scissors to the existing timetable, cutting it in half.
Semestered timetable in Huron
Huron County secondary schools are to adopt a semestered system next year
By Heather Vincent -
T -A staff
EXETER - Semestered schools
may be part of the solution to the
high school dropout problem.
As a result of recommendations
from the secondary futures com-
mittee of the Huron Board of Ed-
ucation, it was decided that all regu-
lar secondary schools in the Huron
public education system must begin
the shift to a primarily semestered
timetable for the 1995-96 school
year. The shared decision was made
by the director and supervisory of-
ficers, human resources and sec-
ondary school principals
The futures committee has been
involved in exploring alternate ap-
proaches to scheduling in secondary
schools. More flexibility in time-
tables at schools and in the overall
system will be required to ac-
commodate some of the changes
the committee recommends.
At present, students
out of their district to
attend semestered
schools in order to
graduate early or
"drop back in" to
high school.
At the last board
meeting, super-
intendent of schools
Gino ' Giannandrea
said semestered
schools offer students a "second
chance" to complete their sec-
ondary education.
Giannandrea gave the director's
report on behalf of Paul Carroll.
are travelling
The report states, "difficulties have
been noted in the ability of some
schools to accommodate returning
students and 'dropouts' at times oth-
er than September."
A combination of
full -year and se-
mestered timetables
may be initiated at
schools where the
principal feels this is
the best way to serve
its students. Se-
mestered timetables
may include only
senior grades, in-
cluding the Ontario Academic
Credit year.
Principals, in collaboration with
the director, are left to decide what
is best for their school.
"We are
looking very
seriously at not
semestering
grade nine."
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