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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-12-08, Page 3The Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board held a dinner on Friday, December 3 to honor its retiring teachers and trustees. Those who are retiring are (left to right) Vincent Young, Ted Geoffrey, Jeannette Eyberpen, Gregory Fleming and John O'Leary. Missing. are Lorraine Devereaux and Keith Montgomery. Board honors. teachers By Wilma Oke The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board honored its retiring teachers and trustees at a dinner party in Stratford on Friday, December 3. Mrs. Florence McDonald of Listowel has retired after 29 years as a teacher at St. Mary's School, Hesson. Of those 29 years, she was prin- cipal for 20 years.. A graduate of London Teachers College, Mrs. McDonald will be keeping herself busy with her family, her hobbies and travelling. She and her husband have recently returned from a trip to California. Miss Mary Kennedy of 118 Coburg Street, Stratford, graduated from the Univer- sity of Manitoba in Win- nipeg, 45 years ago as a teacher. She .has been a religion consultant_ with the Huron -Perth Board for the past 12 years. She will be spending more time with her hobbies and travelling. Recently she returned from a trip to Europe. Seven- t llstees will be leaving the Huron -Perth Board on December 6 when new trustees will be in- stalled. Vincent Young of Goderich retires after serv- ing a total of 22 years as a trustee, of which J3 have been _with the Huron -Perth Board when it was formed in 1969. Ted Geoffrey of Zurich retires after serving for the past 13 years with the Huron - Perth Board and before that 14 years as a trustee at Ecole Ste. Marie, St. Joseph. Mr. Geoffrey also, served for seven years representing separate school supporters at South Huron District High School, EXeter. Jeannette Eybergen of Stratford retires after serv- ing for only one year. Gregory Fleming of Crediton has served for the past eight years with the board and John O'Leary of Staffa, six years with the Huron -Perth . board and before. that three years as a trustee on the St. Columban Separate School Board. He is i Education tithe present chairman of the on C angel board. . . • Lorraine Devereaux of • announced by minister pr com- 1 ting one tltwo-year term Ontario will move .to a strengthened, one -diploma secondary school system during the next seven years, Education Minister Dr. Bette Stephenson announced last week. Under the new program, which was developed in response to the Secondary Education Review Project, 30 credits will be required for the new diploma. The number of compulsory credits will increase to 16 from the nine compulsory credits now required. Five of the 16 compulsory credits will be in English. Two credits will be required in mathematics and science and single credits in French, geography, history, social sciences, physical and health education, arts, and business or technological studies. French, physical and health education, arts and business or technological studies are currently optional. Dr. Stephenson said the present grade 13 program will be converted to more prescriptive, provincially designed Ontario Academic Courses. These courses, she said, may be counted as credits toward the new 30 - credit diploma, and . com- pleted during four years of study, or be studied after receipt of the diploma, dur- ing a fifth year in secondary school. Dr. Stephenson' said that the introduction of the Ontario Academic Courses will provide common univer- sity entrance courses across all the secondary schools of Ontario. To evaluate student achievement in the new On- tario Academic courses, the Ministry will extend its cur- rent testing program for use by sample groups' 5f OAC students on a regular basis, she said. The Minister said that in the • next ` felt • years -the Ministry's curriculum guidelines -will -be modified to provide clear directions for the development of •..general .and -.basic. -education programs. These programs, she said, will focus on preparing students for the world of work and for assum- ing the responsibilities of citizenship. Linkages between the secondary school programs and those of the colleges will be strenghened, particularly in the area• of apprenticeship, and will be built into Ministry guidelines. The new program could be available by June, 1986, ands by 1990 the province will only issue the new Ontario Secon- dary School Diploma. and Keith Montgome>ry of Wingham four years. Mr. Montgomery has been .vices chairman of the board this past year. • GODERICH SIGNALSTAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1982 -PAGE 3 Trust needed between board • from page 1 director of education John Cochrane wouldn't agree with. The chairman also said she couldn't see why an individual trustee couldn't speak to the press. "It would do a good deal to remove the impression we all vote the same way," she noted. Refusing to bring this exact topic to the table at the board's November meeting was, said Mrs. Wallace, "another nail in our coffin". "We have nothing to hide," the chairman added. Inviting the press to in -camera meetings did not go over well with the board members. Trustee Jean Adams said she doesn't agree with allowing the press to sit in on in -camera meetings. She indicated with a hand gesture that she doesn't trust the press an 4nch and expressed concern of possible leaks. Mrs. Wallace countered that if a subject in camera is "that hot" the press would not be allowed in. "I'm trying to break down that feeling of mistrust," explained Mrs. Wallace. Trustee Dave _McDonald agreed with Mrs. Adams nlotine that quite a bit of the in -camera_ discussion.. relates to employee negotiations. The chairman suggested the various teachers' federations be asked for consent to allow the press in. To have a better understanding of why a decision -name about, said Trustee Joan Van den Broeck, all information should be given to the press. "You can't give the press piecemeal information," said Trustee Van den Broeck. She added that if the press is more aware of what is happening at the board, they'll be more sympathetic. "The public has the right and a crying need to be aware of what is happening," added Mrs. Van den Broeck. Mr. Cochrane noted that a previous reporter had been invited to sit on in -camera meetings but was told, by her newspaper she was obliged to report if she attended meetings. "you can't say to the press, you can't print this," added Mrs. Adams. Retiring Trustee Marion Zinn spoke in favor of holding two meetings a month. She said when the board first became a county board, meetings were held twice a month and "all the information came out". Trustes"Frank Falconer expressed his concern for doing away with the board's committees because it is his fear the board will be meeting once a week. Mrs. Wallace acknowledged no changes could be made now as it is the 1981-82 school board's last meeting. . "We can't dictate how the next board operates," commented the chairman. Mr. Falconer accepted the report with thanks and suggested it be turned over to the 1983 executive committee for discussion at ° its first meeting in January. Mrs. Wallace had said she didn't want the matter postponed "until sometime next year". The chairman's paper came as a result of a seminar for trustees and principals held on Nov. 18, 19 and 20 in Kincardine. She said that at that seminar "evqytodysgot the-singars that communication Z- a priority. Two break-ins There were two break-ins here during ,,,the past week. A small amount of cash was stolen from the Goderich Elevators on the night of December 2-3 and a small. quantity of cigarettes was stolen from Kirkey's Car Care on the night of December 5-6. Both incidents are still under investigation. Police laid charges during the week against a man for stealing two bicycles and against a youth for knocking down street signs December 4. There have been two thefts of Christmas lights already and Police Chief Pat King warns people to secure their outdoor lights and ornaments properly to help prevent such thefts. Teachers host conference Qn November 26 and 27 at the Holiday Inn in Toronto, the Federation of Women Teachers' Association of On- tario hosted a conference en- titled "Help! The Microcom- puters are Coming ! " Major speakers at the con- ference were Ronald Ragsdale, author of "Com- puters in the Schools": Bob Robinson, Director of th.. 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