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•'Altar. 15 years. as• *odor of education John
• brane will retire from the position effective June
39,1983.•
Aiaron 'runnty. 13000, of Education chairman
• tothi Vi_______01hrklnitlallY made the announcement in
Per isaaWal*. add, ieSa• at *e board January 10
IneetiC4he bOard accepted with regret Mr.
cocbrane!sforMalresignation letter.
"Forie*erolyears I had, planned to retire at the
640'3,5 yams!' the teaching profession, ie. on June
30; 1994, and I CND assure you that this decision to
leave one , year earlier than planned has not been
made lightly or easily,"stated Mr. Cochrane's letter
of resignation.
Mr. Cochrane and Mrs. Wallace pointed out Mr.
Cochrane's reason for early retirement is based on
the changescoming to the educational system.
'4As you ltnow, the year 1984 will see the beginning
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to search for ways •to spendenoughto qualify for our
gt•ant morales (although this isn't, the ease anyMore),
through dealing with fractious trustees, thrOti0J.
unPleasant experience of a strilte,thrOugh cliangeain
board and adrItintstration natithotH,_ of operadon •to
mention 001Y feW and has 'done SO with *mesa,
convictionand eqUanimity. We shall misahhn."
Mr. Cochrane started teaching in September of 1949
in Kemptville. He was there for two years theft 1951
went to Mississauga where he went through the
various positions of teacher, department head and
vice-principal. On January 1, '1961), be arrived in
Clinton as the principal of Central Euro Secondary
School. He left Clinton on 'July 1, 1965 and then he
became a school inspector- with the Ministry of
Education out of Woodstock. He 'served the four
• counties of Norfolk, Oxford, Brant and Perth. Mr.
Cochrane stayed in that position until January of 1969
when he became director of the new county board of
of a large number of changes in the school system. All education in Huron.• .
of these announced changes are going to require The director of education was born in Toronto and
• heavy emphasis on • long tange planning. In my went through the Brockville school system.. He
opinion it would; be inconsiderate of me to fleeme -, -graduated from high school in 1942 then served in the
involved in such planning and then leave before it was , army. He later graduated from the University of
finished or the resulting projects started. Such a Toronto.
move would be unfair to the board, to the staff, and to His' plans for retirement are not definite, but he
the students, not to say anything about being unfair to plans to do things he hasn't been able to do because
a successor who would have to inherit iny work, his job came first. He did say he and his wife, Lina,
whether he or she agreed with it or not. I believe very may do some travelling. He may also do some
firmly that the person responsible for any long-term volunteer work which he knows has to be done.
planning should also be the person responsible for the Presently a resident of Clinton, Mr. Cochrane intends
implementation and the successes or failures," said to remain living in Huron County.
Mr. Cochrane. Mr. Cochrane and his wife have four children,
Mrs. Wallace commented, "he has endured a Joanne, 25, and Michael, 22, both of Toronto and 19 -
mixed bag of experiences from the time when we had year-old twins Lynne and Ian who live at home.
Trustee says board should roll
back honorarium to five per cent
By Stephanie Levesque
A trustee on the Huron -Perth Separate School
Board tried once again to have trustees' honorariums
reduced without success.
Stratford Trustee Ronald Marcy asked if the
trustees' honorarium should be rolled back to a fiye
per cent increase at the board's Jan. 10 meeting.
The previous board increased the wages effective
Dec. 1 to $200 from $180 representing an approximate
12 per cent increase.
"I feel something should be done," commented Mr.
Marcy.
Superintendent of business and finance Jack Lane
said the board had not yet received any worksheets
from the provincial government on which the salary
increases would be filed. He said a report would be
• made to the board once the documents were received.
Mr. Marcy had asked the previous board to roll
, .; back the increase to five per cent but it was left to the
• discretion of the new board.
• "Would it not show a good example if we rolled it
back to five per cent?" asked Trustee Louis Maloney.
Trustee Tim McDonnell pointed out ,the
honorarium should have been at $200 before last •fall.
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' ' The Huron County Board of Education will have its
lawYgr speak to the Town of Exeter's lawyer over
• that town's decision to withhold the education portion
of Exeter's uncollected taxes...
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At its Jan. 10 'fleeting the board agreekto have its
lawyer, the legal firm of Donnelly and Murphy 'of
Goderich, get in touch with Exeter's lawyer. ••
The decision follows receipt of a resolution from
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Exeter to the board. The resolution is as follows:
"That the Board of Educatiodshould bear some of the
awyers as e •to 1
4Mr. Lane added that when honorariums were based
on the amount of students in a school system, Huron -
Perth's maximum figure was $200 per month. Since
last fall, school boards' were able to set the •incoming
board's rate with no limits: The present board may
not increase trustees' honorarium, but it may roll the
stipend back.
The board will take a wait and see approach.
In other business, the board was introduced to.
Brian Annable who will be working two days a week
as superintendent of education. Mr. Annable is prin-
cipal at St. Mark'sSecondary School *Kitchener. On
loan from the Waterloo SChookBoard, the
Huron -Perth Board will be billed for any expenses in-
curred by Mr. Annable during his time here. The ex-
tra administration help was required because
superintendent of education John -McCauley is filling
in while director of education William Eckert
recovers from a mild heart attack.
The board approved a request from Justin
Tomasulo'of St. Mary's Separate School, Hesson to be
in the teacher funded leave plan. For four years Mr.
Tomasulo will receive 80 per cent of his salary and
then the -fifth year, which he will have off, he will
receive the heldtack pay. • • •• • ,
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into problem.
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burden for taxes uncollected due to poor economic
cohditionsi, Now therefore be it resolved that .the
ToWn of Exeter withhold the education portion of
Elpter takes uncollected as of last due date •
tuber 15, 1982, until such times as the Town is..
abieto collect these." •
Director of education John Cochrane uaid—the-i2
lawyers could "sort out the matter". •
• Exeter clerkAreasurer Elizabeth Bell said that as
of Dec. 31,,the board of education's .portion of the .
uncollected taxes is $37,000. • ••
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