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Separate
school
board
sets budget
The Hdron-Perth County Roman Catholic
Separate School Board adopted its 19817
budget at a special meeting held in Dublin
on April 6.
Ronald Murray, finance chairman said
the board will spend $13,768,075 this year,
about $11,355,926 for elementary schools and
$2,412,149 for the secondary school.
With the extension of Catholic education
to Grade 10 and French immersion to Grade
4, enrolment will increase this September
by about 225 students. There will be a cor-
responding increase in teaching staff of 11
teachers to handle this increase.
A major cost for the board this year is
$7,890,000 for salaries and benefits for the •
almost 200 board staff members, including
160 teachers, noted Mr. Murray.
He said other major expenses include
$1,057,.185 for plant operation and
maintenance, $1,196,925 for capital addi-
tions and repairs to building and $1,384,065
for school bus transportation.
The budget also includes an ex t eniture
of $128,950 for additional educatio a a , com-
puters, making a total investment in that
area of $1 million.
A taxpayer with an assessment of $3,500
will pay an average of $498.40 in education
taxes for both elementary and secondary
schools in 1987, an increase of $38.55 over
that paid last year, noted Jack Lane,
Superintendent of Business and Finance.
Mr. Murray stated the deficit of $338,000
incurred in 1986 remains but some reduction
of the amount is expected through the rates
set this year. The exact amount will not be
known until later in the year, he said, when
final costs are established on certain capital
projects.
Triple win.
for choir
CLINTON - Central Huron Secondary
School's choirs competed in six classes at
Kiwanis recently and took first place in
three categories.
They also won one second, one third and
one fourth.
Congratulations to the choir members and
Louise McGregor for their hard work.
Educator shares
knowledge...
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language is really labelling objects a toddler
is identifying. Miss Poleschuk explained
that at this point a child will begin ex-
perimenting with language.
Perhaps most importantly, it is at this
stage that creativity reaches a peak. Unfor-
tunately, this creativity can be lost by the
time a toddler reaches five or six years old.
Miss Poleschuk noted this is a distressing
fact because as a society, if we want to
grow, we want the children of today to re-
tain their creativity so they might put it to
use as they grow older.
"Creativity is one of the tools children are
giving as a way of surviving, of being a win-
ner. We have to have many opportunities for
children to experiment," she stated.
During all of these stages of growth,
children have some demands. These include
that facts that all of them want to be suc-
cessful, and all want security. They want to
know that their parents and teachers are
working together to ensure their shift from
home life to school is not a traumatic one,
she explained.
This shift can be more difficult, she noted,
when too many expectations come into play.
It is for this reason Miss Poleschuk does not
think parents should judge their children's
work by the grade they are in.
"There is a problem when you say,
`You're a Grade 1 child, you should be doing
this'. You can't do this," she said.
Another thing a child asks for is recogni-
tion. They want adults to look at them and
say their name, she continued, because
children need that recognition.
"They need to know you're proud of them;
they need to master and control their own
worlds. You have to let them live each stage
fully," she added. ' `Finally ®what a child is
asking for is enough people to understand,
who will support them. They need to have
space in school, and need to have programs
and policies that support their natural way
of growth."
Nearing the end of her speech, Miss
Poleschuk stated that during her studies of
children with the ministry some of the best
sessions she had occurred when parents and
educators got together.
"We have the same goals, to give the best
we possibly can for our children. Working
together, I'm sure you will do it," she
concluded.
Elaine Cline, the first vice president for
the FWTAO next took the podium to give the
call to action.
She said there is no question that the con-
ditions under which children learn better
will cost money. Currently the government
is spending enormous amounts of money on
the small elite that attend university, but
she questioned why more is not being spent
on the schools that 100 per cent of the
population attends, primary schools.
To help out, the public can write letters to
the politicians in charge and convince them
there should be changes, she ur4ed, "Help
convince the politicians there is not a better
investment in the future."
She explained that it becomes a question
of whether people want quality education
that treat each child as an individual, or
mass education.
"I think people are saying that children
deserve much more than bargain priced
education." she said in conclusion. "We're
all in this together as partners on their
behalf. Please don't let them down."