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Separate School board wants grants
extended ; will contact prime .minister
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BY WILMA OKE
Mrs. Gary FitzGerald of •St.
Marys has been appointed,
custodian at Holy Name, School
in St. Marys,, effective August
16, ,
Trustee Pat. Carty of
Stratford reportedat a meeting
of the Huron -Perth County.
ROman-Catholic Separate School
Board TueSday. that the
custodians' meeting held 'On
August 31 was welrattended and
was ' Well organized, With
participation excellent. He said a
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committee of custodians, has
been formed to plan in-seqvice
meetings to take place later this
fall
'Howard Shantz, chairman of
the -boarcl,:.spdke of the Ontario
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Separate School Trustees
Association meeting which he
attended in Toronto, along with
Trustee Francis Hicknell of
Seaforth. •
This meeting was held to
khe extension of grants
to allow ,for the completion of
separate schools to the end of
Grade 13. At this meeting the '
members present ,,:traf firmed
their belief in. the need. for the
extension of the grants, secondly
they wouldcontinu to make
representation to, t prime
minister - on 'this 'use and ,
thirdly, with an election in the
offing, it was the ,consensus of
the members it shpuld not be
made an election iisue.- This
belief was echoed by Archbishop
Pocock of Toronto .who was
pretent. .t
The board agreed to ask R. S.
Box to renovate the storage area
at 'the' rear of the, administrative
offices for a resource centre for
teachers according 't� the
,as. submitted
previously. The work is to be
Started immediately and when
completed the board will pay an.
increase in rent of $65 per
.month.
- The board accepted the
tender of Ross Scott, Brucefield,
who will supply No, 2 fuel oil at
a etered Price 9( 16:9 cents per
garon for the eleven schools
using this oil, The SOU- tender
was the lowest of four received.
John McCann pf Ailsa- Craig,
• 'chairman of the ',prbperty
committee reported.
Vincent Young, ,Cioderich, a,
member of the ' property
committee, saj4,, thattotal; of
$22,758. had been, spent during
the summer - lighting, $1,800;
paving,, $2,456;_drainage,
$3,897; fencing, $2,374;
landscaping -,$-,475; roofing,
$4,,365; painting, ,$5,391. Not.
included in the total was a list of
miscellaneous items, such as
caulking, shelving, repairs to
septic ' tanks, for a total of
$3,450. .,
Truste Arthut Haid, RR 4,
Listowel,, Of.' the
transportation committee,
reported on the integrated bus
system in McKillop Township.
He said it was necessary for the
buses to meet to transfer
• students for the various schools
and the property of the
municipal office- for the
»Township of McKillop at
Winthrop was chosen for the
switching 'depot. The township
agreed to provide the space but
any costs of preparing the•,
• roadway and snow removal costs
are to be borne by the Huron,
Board ,ot EdueatioA and the
Hu -Perth Separate School
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r. Haid said the area for the
nine' buses to turn was not
• sufficient and it was neibessary to
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enlarge the—arek behind the
township garage at a cost of
approximately $1,750- and this 'is
to be shared bf the two boards
On a prQrata basis according to
the students of each board, with
theseparate school board's share
expected to be„$225 or less.
Jack Lane, business
administratOr, speaking , on the
integrated bus service betWeen
the two booms reported eleven
buses are, -involved and with
excellent .co„ape.ration.. "It is
going Trrole smoothly than we
,had even hoped for," he said.
The schools under . the
'separate school board which are
serviced are St. James School,
Seaforth and St. Columban. The
Huron County Board schools are
Seaforth Public, Walton Public,
Seaforth ' District High School
and Clinton District High
School,.
,M. Lane reported the
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,advantages of this integration are
that one bus less is required to
service the area, there is a 40 per
cent reduction, in total daily
mileage, and thj overall savings
to be shared by the two boards
amounts to approximately
$11,000 - thisis on a prOrata
basis.
Trustee Arthur 1 -laid asid
that the five. board owned buses
be numbered to comply with
Department of Transportation
regulations, and this will be
looked after by Mr. Lane.
John Vintar, Superintendent
of Education, in J's' report to
the board said he had sent a card
w>.
on behalf of the board to
Monsignor Vincent' 'Walsh of
Stratford; retiring after 44 years
service in his parish and to the
pupils in the schools.
• Mr. Vintar reported he had
received favourable comments
from the Department of
'EducatiOni regarding •the
financial statements. and _the
budge,f,,, as prepared' by, the
business lidminiarator, Jack
Lane,
Mr. • Vintar stated the
enrollment in the school's for the
.year was . 2,530 pupils, an.
increase of 23 over last year.
•As a matter of interest Mr.
Vintar-made reference tdthe
projected enrollment as
predicted. by ,the Ontrio
Institute, for , Studies. in
Edudation, for the period
1970-1975. Their predictions are
as- follows with the i-luron-,Peith
d fiures in b k t • • 1970
a secondary school graduation
diploma , (Grade ,12) and an
additional ' six credits as"
prescribed by secondary schools
could lead to an honours
secondary school diploma
(Grade 13).
Mr. Tokar reported'. on the „
'''three -days • of in -Service, • for
teachers which were held prior,
to the opening ' of school on -
September .1; 2 and 3 at St.
James School in Seaforth': At,
these rii,eqings broad
organizational goals were set
forth in keeping with changing
trends in education,
Mr. Tokar -outlieed the plans
for the professional developr4ent
of teachers for the fall term. He
indicated that the main thrust of
'the professional development
pro -gram - will be ' religious
education. He said three
workshops would be organized
on a geographic basis, one in St.
Michael's School, Stratford; one
in St, James School, Seaforth,
,and one in St. Mary's School,
Goderich. As a result of these
workshops all teachers within
the system will have a better,.
knowledge of the Canadian
Catechism Program.
Also, as a part of this:
program. Mr. Tokar said that two
live -ins for some teachers had
been, organized, with' the first
one. to take place oh the
weekend ...of..:...E.e.P.f.g.giber 17 and,
the second one will take place in
October.
The Business Administrator
reported on Bill 127, An Act To
Amend, the Assessment Act,
1968-69, and pointed out that
'no assessment notices be
received by propertyowners or
%tenants for- the years 1974-74*
inclusive, except where there. has'
been a re -assessment of values or
other changes processed by the
•review courts:Nit. Lane said' this
Wohld-mean it will' be impossible
for -assessed owners to check for
school support of tax4fori-and
the taxpayer must use the 1970
assessment notice as ' the basis
throughout these four years. It-
"aiso means : the '1970
equalization factors will be in.
effect for the same :period and
that complete equalized
assessment is to be finalized by
December '31; 1974.
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Sptay system
• - ofT, 90pUpils-.(3,507); 1971-
3,120 (3,§30); 1972 - 3';074
.(3,,256); 1973 - 2,939 (3,104);
1974 - .2,807 (2,930); 1975
• 2,658 (2,8b0). Mr. Vintar,
pointed out the Ontario
Institute projections were lower
than "MC -actual and the,
projected figures for this: board.
Mr." Vintar reported he is'
formihg an advisory committee
to study the feasibility of
'initiating . a family life program
wifhin the system. He saidthere
would be representation From
the Catholic Parent Teacher
Association, the parents, the
priests, a *medical doctor;a,
medical nurse, trustees and
teachers.
* Joseph •Tokar, Assistant
Superintendent of Education,,
° made a presentation to the
.trustees on Circular H.S.I. This
circular outlines. &the new
organization • of secondary,
schools. He pointed-out-thlat in
September, 1972, all secondary
schools would be on a credit
system., Under this system a
student would require
minimum oL:27 credits to -obtain
Wailing well
. The Ontario Water Resources
Commission has put • into
operatiOn a spray _disposal
-system for the Listowel sewage,
lagoon to preclude any, further
discharge of treated effluent into
the Maitland River until
freeze-up.
The„. system began operation
on September 7, nearly a week
earlier than had been originally
anticipated. All pipe -work will
be installed immediately to
permit full-scale spraying:
Treated wastes, from the
lagoon are being sprayed over
neighbouring farmlands with the
,use of irrigation' eettlipment. A
number of- area farfners are
co-operating with the ,OVVRC by
making their lands available for
.,,Ote irrigation- program.
The spray program ; is • a
temporary measure to allow
Listowel's new aeration chamber
more time tareat, waste waters
. going. into the lagoon, thereby,
improving 'the quality of the
effluent,
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GOD'BRICISMNAtfrii,
The final pre-election meeting
of the Huron New Democratic
Party, Riding Association wa-s
1, Ad Friday, September la, in
Goderich.
The "outline of the campaign
was reviewed. by campaign
organizer,. Shirley Weary, for t)'a
37 days preceding the
anticipated October date., It' w.as
decided that the campaign
budget weottid tr increased due
to the favourable response
discovere.d during initial
canvassing that has been
Ompleted by the NDP members •
in the last three week8.,
Huron candidate, Paul'
Carroll, Reeve of Goderich,
indicated that the degree of
interest expressed, by the
• electorate across, the Riding
warranted a whole -hearted
attempt to' place party policies
before the laeople. It was-
• decided to produce an additional
leaflet stating. agricultural
policies and a major campaign*.
piece would be added. for urban
distrib u timer
Monday, September 20, was
established as the date for the
first major campaigri meeting at,
Huron Centennial 'School;
Brucefield, where a summary of
ND,P policy would be presented
to members and - interested
voters at 8:30 p.m.
It. was also planned to.secure
a film- from. party headquarters
in Toronto as the anticipated
provincial premiere featuring"
Steplen Lewis, leader of the
Ontario NDP.
Tile election committee' a!so
' learned that -the final 1,000 lawn
srgns have been completed with
the sign committee prepared for
the -drection 'of 10 per cent of
the signs on the day the election
is called.
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