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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 41 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 ALL YOU CAN EAT! Plan Your CHRISTMAS PARTY NOW... And let us help with the fixin's NOW IN STOCK •LOBSTER TAILS • CRAB LEGS • SHRIMP *FROG LEGS and by order only OYSTERS Also FRESH LAKE HURON FISH .®PERCH WHITEFIS • H • PICKEREL • TROUT • SALMON Have a great Christmas Party ' Have a -seafood Party Captain tip South Dock Goderich' - 524-9211 I Shrimp Fry. 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It's been used for traffic control since 1948. Several different types are used in No. 6 District. Generally speaking, there are two separate modes of operation of the radar set. One as while sitting sta- tionary and the other is when the cruiser is 'travelling along the highway. The prin- ciple is basically the same except that while moving, the radar can compute the speed of the police car and also the speed of the oncom- ing traffic, These speeds are displayed by two separate read-outs. Simply put, radar operates by transmitting and receiv- ing radio signals. The signals travel outward from the radar transmitter until they strike a solid object. The object reflects some of the signals back to the radar receiver. This is commonly called the Doppler principle. ' If the object is moving, the reflected signals will differ in frequency to the transmitted signals. The faster the objects •t -i, the greater will be the entice between the transmitted and received signals. 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