HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-11-17, Page 15Report tabled by board
BY
STEPHANIEVESQ*JE
appoint-
mentsA report for employees was
received by the Huron Coun-
ty Board of Education. No
action was taken on the
report at the. board's Nov. 1
meeting.
The report had originally
been submitted to the per-
sonnel committee and then
the committee recommend-
ed accepting the report at
the board's October
meeting. However, Trustee
Joan Van den Broeck re-
quested the report be tabled
until copies were received by
each trustee and not just
those on the personnel com-
mittee.
Within the structure of the
Huron County Board of
Education there are three
positions of term appoint-
ments. They are the junior,
primary and French co-
ordinators. All are three-
year renewable term ap-
pointments. Whether the ap-
pointments are renewed or
not remains to be seen as the
primary co-ordinator posi-
tion is in the second year and
the others are still in their
first year of appointment.
Term appointments may
include such positions as
department - heads, vice -
principals, principals,
superintendents and even
directors of education. The
purpose of term appoint-
ments is to either provide
employees an opportunity to
hold the above mentioned
positions on a temporary
basis when promotion
chances are slim and there
are a large number of
employees desiring such a
position or to make a tem-
porary position for a specific
task to be completed, i.e. co-
ordinators working on a
specific curriculum.
The report, prepared by
Huron County Board of
Education's personnel rela-
tions administrator Peter
Gryseels, states the term ap-
pointment concept should
not be viewed as an avenue
to remove incompetent in-
dividuals holding positions of
responsibility.
The report points out that
when renewal of term ap-
• pointments has been based
on merit it has usually failed
since that is' not the intention
of term appointments.
•
The idea that permanent
appointments lead to stagna-
tion is not considered valid in
the • report as alternatives
are available.
Under term appointments
.there is no special contract
for teachers having positions
of ' res'ponsibility. As
members of the Ontario
Secondary School Teachers'
Federation, Federation of
Women Teachers' Associa-
tion of Ontario •and Ontario.
Public School Men Teachers'
Federation, all teachers are
employed under a standard
contract.
Mr. Gryseels' report notes
that "technically individuals
holding positions of respon-
sibility are employed on a
one-year renewable term ap-
pointment". • Clauses in the
teachers' contract ' which
state no teacher shall be
demoted, disciplined or
discharged without just
cause, limit the use of term
appointments.
Provincially the OSSTF
has come out in opposition to
term appointments. The
same holds true for Huron
County. In 1975 a local com-
mittee made up of OSSTF
representatives, trustees
and administrators in-
vestigated term appoint-
ments and while some
teachers favored such a con-
cept the majority didn't. No
further action was taken at
that time.
To give trustees an indica-
tion as to what Ls taking
place in Huron County
schools, an overview of
elementary school prin-
cipals was included in the
report. The average age of
these principals is 44, the
average number of years as
principal is 15 and the prin-
cipals have been at their pre-
sent schools for an average
of 9.8 years. Also 11 prin-
cipals have been in their cur-
rent schools for 11 years or
more.
The report concludes with
issues that should be ad-
dressed by the board if term
appointments are adopted
by the board. The issues in-
clude the philosophical base
the board will be using,
should term appointments
apply to both elementary
and secondary teachers,
should it apply to new ap-
pointments or to past ap-
pointments and if appoint-
ments may be renewed.
"If the board adopts the
concept, the details and pro-
cedures should be negotiated
with the respective branch
affiliates," concludes the
report.
Mrs. Van den Broeck ask-
ed if a survey by OSSTF, ad-
ded to the report, provided
the most current informa-
tion. The survey indicates
that eight of 56 school boards
in the province have adopted
some form of term appoint-
ments. Mr. Gryseels said he
had been informed the
survey is the most recent.
Board chairman Dorothy
Wallace called Mr. Gryseels'
work an "illuminating
report".
Raise money
By Marcia Boak and
Chris Farrlsh
During the Hallowe'en
season our school raised
5329.28 for UNICEF.
Friday, November 5 was a
Professional Development
day, and while the students
stayed home some teachers
toured Douglas Point. some
went to the Outdoor Centre
in Bruce County. others went
to observe individualized
reading programs at St. An-
thony's School in Kincar-
dine, and some attended the
Conference of the Council of
Exceptional Children in Lon-
don.
During the last two weeks
the nurses have been in the
school testing sight and hear-
ing. They were also • in on
November 10 for' immuniza-
tion shots.
On November 10 there was
a Remembrance Day cere-
mony held at 9.00 a.m. The
scripture reading from Psalm
23 was read by .Cathy Dow,
who also led in reciting the
Lord's Prayer.
Mr. Roberts from the
Dungannon -Nile United
Church spoke on. Children
and War. Jim Wright gave a
reading called, The Poppy...
The,,,, Flower of Remem-
• brance.
\The Senior Choir led by
Mr. Cameron, sang Solfeg-
gio. Heidi Fillmore read a
story entitled, If You Can't
Remember ... Think!
All the students then wat-
ched a film called. The Other
April, Mrs. Jolly led the
hymn. Onward Christian
Soldiers.
The Grade 8 students
played, Amazing Grace and
Edelweiss. Some played the
soprano' and tenor recorders.
Julie Thompson plaved the
Brookside
Broadcast
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tone bells and Chris Simpson
played the auto harp. A few
students chorded on the
ukeleles. Leroy Dougherty
accompanied on guitar. All
were conducted by Mr. Cam-
eron. •
Kindergarten through
Grade 3 carried on the tradi-
tion with the laying of the
wreaths at the cross. The
La) Post and Reveille were
then played. The flags were
manoeuvred by Tracy Tyler
and Mark Johnston.
On November 12 Mr. Doug
Neal . of F. E. Madill Sec-
ondary School, Wingham
came with the Intermediate
Math Review.' He sat in on
some math classes and inter-
viewed some students from
grades 7 and 8.
Also on Novefnber 12 Dave
Dawson. Dungannon came to
our school. He brought his
musket and showed it to the
grade seven students. He
told them how it was used
and what for. They have
been studying pioneers. and
how they hunted game.
This week was the first
meeting of the library club.
There were 25 members.
Officers elected were presid-
ent. Heidi Fillmore; vice-
president,Angela Minim'
and secretary. Heather Stor-
ey.
Wesley Brennan, 8, ( left) John, 3, ( middle) and Crystal, 6, have placed a time capsule in the
new house which their father is building off of Bluewater Beach Road. The capsule contains
items such as Canadian coins, E.T. cards, Wesley's baby shoes, a picture of themselves,
their family history and a Rubiks cube.(photo by T.Marr)
et seven new trustees
By Stephanie Levesque
There will be seven new
trustees on the Huron -Perth
Separate School Board as
five present trustees retired
and two lost their seats in the
Nov. 8 municipal election.
Both current board chair-
man John O'Leary and long-
time trustee • Greg Fleming
lost their chance to repre-
sent taxpayers on the
separate school board.
Mr. O'Leary was defeated
• by Louis Maloney by a 61
vote margin. Mr: Maloney, a
former board member,
received 272 votes and Mr.
O'Leary received 201 votes.
Mr. Maloney will represent
the townships of Hibbert and
Logan.
Incumbent trustee Greg
Fleming was defeated •by
Michael Ryan. Bothare
from the, Mount Carmel
area. Mr. Ryan received 199
votes and Mr. Fleming 165
votes. The newcomer will.
represent Exeter and the
townships of Stephen,
Usborne and parts of Bid-
dulph and McGillivray.
Stratford's two represen-
tatives for the next three
years will be incumbent
Ronald Marcy and
newcomer John Devlin. Mr.
Marcy got 1,229 votes while
Mr. Devlin had 1,140 votes. A
third candidate, Gerry
Culligan took 925 votes.
The only other election for
school board took place in
Goderich, Clinton, Bayfield
and the townships of
Goderich and Colborne.
Michael Moriarty topped the
polls with 358 votes to gain
the one seat. He defeated
Anne Steward who received
310 votes. Mr. Moriarty
takes over the seat vacated
by rethink trustee"°Vint:ent
Young.
The rest of the separate
school board trustees were
acclaimed. They include:
William Kinahan for Blyth
and the townships of East
and West Wawanosh and
Ashfield; Ronald Murray for
McKillop Township;
newcomer Gerald Groothuis
representing .Seaforth and
the townships of
Tuckersmith and Stanley;
Dave Durand ' representing
Hensall, Zurich and Hay
Township; Ray Van Vliet for
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How close radar work?
Ever been stopped for
speeding? Ever wondered
how the police knew it was
you and your vehicle and not
that other guy? Ever say
nasty things about the radar
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are two separate modes of
operation of the radar set.
One as while sitting sta-
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the cruiser is 'travelling
along the highway. The prin-
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except that while moving,
the radar can compute the
speed of the police car and
also the speed of the oncom-
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displayed by two separate
read-outs.
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by transmitting and receiv-
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signals travel outward from
the radar transmitter until
they strike a solid object.
The object reflects some of
the signals back to the radar
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' If the object is moving, the
reflected signals will differ
in frequency to the
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