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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-12-28, Page 13a.. Givesvlews for public tc„ -( ontinuod from p*ge43) staffs per student of any in On- tario, and yet one of the most efficient. One has only to look 'back over the past four, or even two years, to see that this board has endeavoured to fulfil the prime ' .-.-reason for' county ' boards: 'equality of opportunity. These representatives, and 'rightfully so, have not loolsed after their own areas at the expense of the overall County aspect. They have workeogether to see that all . students received an equal share of all that was to be offered. It has• not always been possible to achieve things like this in a ,short time, but those who have students who have been helped because of • kindergarten, because of the , addition of libraries, because of Opportunity Classes, because of all the forms of Special Education 'that are now existent in Huron °County, speak highly of the system because they have seen the • results of what they larger unit can do. Those ,.cfritic,¢ of the educational aspect of the ' en- deavours of the Huron County Board of Education are just not aware of the hours of the days that the members have spent trying to better Com- • .. prehend and pence, ueveiup policy that would extend the learning processes to more, and more students at a level they could understand and at a cost they felt the taxpayer could af- ford. The press in our County has reported through the past year meetings that were held with teachers, with superinten- dents joint discussions with academic people, within, and without ' our system in an at' • tempt to learn what is being; done'in our system to help the students become better and more learned citizens able to take their place in society. "As' you know, our board took up its first residence in the County Council Chambers in 4 the -Court House in Goderich. It •was not long, howe‘ er, until we realized accommodation had to he more than was available there and so the . Nurses' _ Residence adjacent to the Clin- ton Public Hospital was IPAd A ' M, .. ,.aur• .:: ;t•:'. T for aRa New Year! HUCK'S SPORTING GOODS ' 73 HAMILTON 524-6985• GODERICH . ,from the Clinton • Hospital Board and renovated, at a minor cost, to the needs of the Huron County Board of Edueation administrative staff: • This served until this year, at which time, the hospital board informed ` the ' Boaf:d of Education that they ned the space o to accommodatedoctors and perhaps the Huron County Health Unit in the quarters in - the Nurses' Residence. The Huron County Board :then in- vestigated the possibilities of a new home for their ad- ministrative staff. We have been cri sized by. many ,for choosing to -renovate 'an..,older building rather .than building a' new one. I would like to point out to the :citizens of Huron County that this is not money squandered, but .money necessarily spent to hpuse an efficient administrative staff\half of the board and the chair 'which is attempting to carry on man and vice-chairman are on a 10.5 million 'dollar business each. 2. A eommittee,whichhas in the County of Huron; and I served 'a very worthwhile pur- c a..not believe that $200.,000 is pose has been the chairman's ap exorbitant amount of money advisory committee. This corn - to spend t procure office space mittee is comprised of four such as wee .have here in the • members, the chairman, *'+tRir°' Town of Clinton. Had we vice-chairman, the chairman of chosen a new building, we feel the education committee and the cost would have been a the chairman of the minimum of $325,000 and for management committee. These 9 QOQE'rl 1Ml}' $10ifAL-S'rAR, THU and th ieby giving the public a fulfilling the. urpose for which clear insight into the Workings they were built. These then anti of the Bba'rd of Education. As understandably so, were not it stands.. now„ a member , initially, entirely happy pWith debatei'l# the committee level their 'beves, but 1 am happy • and Ay the time a decision . that thea t now have seen that comes to the bpen board, there the need of the system has been is no debate left, because answered by their ,wholehear- everyone has 'had , an oppor- ted co-operatiorltand ability to tunity to have.hisr.say and so adjust and fulfil the position the public perhaps is not as entrusted to them.' My thanks award' of the thought and and congratulations to .these discussion that has gone into a nen, and I hope AA -ibis prac- decision when it reaches the tice will not be abused, but will Board level. This, in effect, 'be used in the future so that all would make the comrniee schools may benefit from a presenting a report the "Go change of our Capable Prin- nrrle'nt" and the members who • cipals. are ' not on the committee the "My congrattlations also go "opposition' ;.,As it now stands; t-Ao ,.the other fine members of two major standing committees our staff whether they be ad.- exist—management and ministrative, teaching, education. The names imply custodial, • clerical or their duties --one 'being engineering. They are all part business, the other academic, ' of the educational process in Huron County.. We have had our differences, we have had our agreements; we have had ups and downs, but through it r - that amount of money we • would not have received the space on ane floor, which I believe to be an advantage. We would not have, in all probability, had it completed as quickly to accommodate the I'Iospital Board in their: need for more.space, and I hope in the near future the public can be invited in to what has been called the "old knitting Jac - tory", to see what has been done in'' the way of renovation. "I am pleased,. as chairman of this board, t9 come to the people, to stand before you tonight unashamed of what this' board has done, proud of the way it has worked together, of- fering no apologies for its con- duct, feeling that every minor or major eV'ent that. has ,taken. place has been well thought out. I do not agree, personally,, with everything that has been dne, but it has all been achieved in a ,democratic man- ner with a majority decision and with the rights of the minorit res ected. In a democratic society, one cannot ask for more. "There has been criticism of the committee system which we are using at the present time in the conduct of our meetings. I believe the committee system has served a useful purpose, has cut down on the amount of time required to handle- the volume of business necessarily handled each month by the board. The committee system has given every member of•the board a chance to debate in Committee and also at the pen meeting,• if he sQ ,desires, any. point ' which he wartts to discuss., 1 think the committee systemic. could be improved by two things -- 1. That only those members who are elected to a committee should be allowed to• discuss, in committee, ' those points which are on the com- mittee's agenda. However, every board member should be notified what the agenda will be when the committee is meeting and be allowed to at- tend and listen, thereby being given the chance to prepare any pertinent information to be presented at the open meeting, May the New Pear bring you %y I BLUE'S SUPERMARKET CLOSED TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, TILL 1 P'M. FOR INVENTORY THE SQUARE' WE DELIVER pepple have not met often, 'but they have met when necessary as a sounding board for the chairman, to discuss very con- fidential personnel problems anti to present to the Board reports on these problems whenever deemed-: necessary, and handling of necessity, must be kept confidential. Some people say there :should Abe nothing confidential in public business, but I believe that anyone who has dealt with per- sonnel or personal problems knows this to be untrue. However, because of * its con- fidential nature, this committee has perhaps ' caused some suspicion, and although I am an advocate of it and though •I am chairman, I would have to vote against its future use sim- ply because Weiannot.afford to have any group, or organization within the board which does not have the wholehearted 'sup- port of all the members. "It would, be my hope for next ;year that the committee ,,syst,edi,, twQ a a ndi ?,1L.cRt Fmk (education and management) •wvill • contiPue to exist and will be handled in the way that I have just outlined so that the people will be better informed -,not that the work will be more fairly, handled than it has been, but that More people will know how it has been handled and have faith that all facets of a problem have been discussed. There is no doubt that. sometime it will be necessary for the chairman to call on senior members of the ,board for advice or opinions and this should not be taken as a sign of secrecy, but only to confirm or reject his own opinions. As most ,of you know, we have in the past year moved some of our elementary prin- cipals to new locations within the County. These gentlemen, and I call' them gentlemen sin- cerely, have done an excellent job in picking up the reins in a new school, in fulfilling their duties as' principal and chief administrator in these ''new o areas and have, \g anized smoothly functl•oning educational institutions all; feel quite confident that everyoale, felt the other was striving to achieve the same, goal --that of a better, educational system for the students of Huron County' at a justifiable cost. "My thanks VI my vice- chairman, to the other fine members of this board who have i worked with me throughout the past two years. It is my sincere hope that those of you who are remaining, and those of you who are coming in for the first time, will -strive"to work together, will strive to achieve lrnutual trust as you work together with the ad- ministration so that the people of Huron County can.continue to feel h proud of their.. system' and, if there have l been • any errors in judgment; ..that these; will be corrected and that - hopefully there will be no more made-- but don't count ° too highly on that! It is also my , 'wish that xnembers will eon- tinue to be, broadminded enough to see the total aspect of the County system„ It is won- derful ''to be able to represent an area of the County, but the Huron ,County Board cannot function as a grou of 16 in- dividgals, it must be a unit' which looks at the t `tal picture, with the rights of, the in- dividual areas respected. "1 have • given more time than I like to think about to the Board of Education, but I do not regret it. • 1 will miss the work, the fellowship, the sense of challenge and accomplish- ment that comes from working together with other dedicated individuals. May I wish all .of you the best in the years to come, and ask for your support fol,- the new chairman. It is not •;ways an easy task, but -never unbearable when fifteen fellow members are giving yaheir wholehearted co-operation. A . • New GM at Bell A�rospicT� James L,a Decker, general manager of Bell Aerospace Canada Division of Textron Canada Ltd., has been promoted to vice president of the :firm. The appointment takes effect on January 1, 1973. William G. Gisel, president of Bell Aerospace Canada, said Decker will continue as head ,of the company's 'Air Cushion Vehicle manufacturing facility at Grand Bend Airport. Decker, of 21 Greenacres Drive, London, has been general manager at Bell Aerospace Canada since last July. Before coming to Bell, Decker had served for five years in the Surface Effect Ship Program Office in the U.S. He had been urogram manager in the office' since 1970. inter sportsmen urged to maintain environm.ent Following established- Ministry .policy,' the co-operation of ice fishermen and snowmobilers will he encouraged. this winter in a publicity prism covering all aspects of winter- time activities on the province's lakes and watercourses, Regulations covering temporary shelters are now being developed by the Ontario Governm'etrt, Whtile •licensing of these shelters under the now regulations will not he required until the winter of 1973/74, the Ministry of the En- vironment, in co-operation with the. Ministry -of Natural Resources will launch an • it,tu0sive inspection program during the coming winter, . This program is intended to ensure that waste materials generated by activities on frozen lakes and rivers are. adequately collected and deposited at appropriate land- hased disposal sides and. temporary shelters are removed from- the ice in sufficient time before the spring break-up, With. a concentrated program of education and infor- mation. it's expected these efforts will result in a marked improvement in the disposal of these winter sports - generated wastes. Last winter's garbage may have been washed ashore this past •summer. ft's an irresponsible actto leave trash and body waster, etc, on the ice, Think about it. 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