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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-05-07, Page 124-09PPtlqi 09N4L,sTAR, wupx,qpxy, MAY 7,1980 Public: school education taxes rise 1 BVD4VEH slams .The taxpayers of Moen County will face a 14,65 per cent increase' in public school eduCatiOn taxes this year. The littron County Board of Education ap- proved its 1980 budget at a special meeting Thursday, endorsing . expenditures of $25,452,768 -That represents an increase of 7.9 per cent over the $23,583,350 spent by the board in 1979. Much of the almost $2 million increase is blamed on inflation and declining enrolment which subsequently resulted in less provincial grants. The biggest portion of the budget goes to teaching instruction where the board has set aside$18,637,191 an increase of 8.1 per cent over the 1979 allocation. The budget tendered lengthy debate and much of it centered on the provision cutting the hoard members honorariums by $600 to $3,000 a year. Trustee, Dave Gower, suggested the move was necessary in reducing costs. "We shouldn't get emotional about the cuts but we better start looking at long term ramifications," he said. "We haven't done any long range planning and political aspirations aside the board has to look at school closings to reduce the budget. The honorariums is just one step in cutting back." Trustee John Elliott argued that board members spend a good deal of time away from their jobs and added that he attended over 100 meetings a year as chairman of the board. "Now the budget committee says we are not worth the money and I think they are over reacting," he said. "You've skrimped and embarassed the trustees and at the same time reduced supplies and, services that hurt the students. -e .LLj. per cent in board s 1980 budget Elliott was concerned about a 14.5 per tpnt reduction in the education services and sup- plies budget. He maintained that cuts in that area would only cripple the education system. "We stress impact to the taxpayer and not the student," he claimed. John Henderson refuted Elliott's arguments about the honoriariurn decrease claiming the board has to set examples. "If we aren't willing to take a cut then how can we talk about decreasing the budget," he said. "If you can't accept that well, it's your Elliott said his complaint was that the board nickeled and dimed the budget and services while greater savings could be realized with co- operative busing. Henderson explained that there is the same amount of money allotted to each student in services but declining enrolment has forced the budgeted figure downward. • Herb Turkheim claimed a cut in trustee pay was bad move and suggested that trustees who only attend a few meetings could donate some o their money. He later added that trustees perhaps, should have $50 or $100 taken from their pay for missed meetings,. Elliott said the reduction in honorariums was not important but that the principal was. "I am prepared for the reduction and further reductions of the money is used in supplies and services," he said. "Give the money back to the students." Elliott claimed that most municipal em- ployees in the county have recieved increases this year and insisted the board's cut in pay was a move just to suit the taxpayer. Gower charged that board of education trustees dgn't do near the work of municipal councillors. "There is no comparison between this job and municipal one," Gower said. "We do not earn the $3,600 and I would like the secretary to. prepare nUmber (on the number of meetings trustees attend)." Elliott made an ammendrnent to the motion calling for an additional $200,000 to be placed in the budget to be used for supplies and services or if not needed, to be placed in a reserve fund. Earlier in the meeting, R.B. Dunlop pointed fout that the reserve account was in bad shape. He indicated that if all the county teachers retired the board would owe over $2 million in gratuities and benefits. He said that the board usually -knows a'year in advance in a teacher is retiring and the gratuities are included in the following year's budget under benefits. A teacher is entitled to a pension after 12 years service. Hullett Township high school and grade school students to ride together BY CATH WOODEN The Huron County Board of Education got one step closer to its goal of controlling the entire bussing system for all Huron County schools at its May 5 regular meeting. Transportation Manager R.L. Cunningham and the Management Committee's proposal for the integration of bussing- arrangements for Hullet Township students attending the Central Huron Secondary. School, the Clinton and District Christian School and the Hullett Central Public School was accepted by the board. Students will all be bussed into Londesboro Vandalism down The Huron County Board of Education received the vandalism report at its May 5 meeting for the first three months of 1980 and statistics show that the number of incidents and damage done is about half as bad as it was this time last year. This year, ' there have been 72 incidents costing the board $2525.48 while last year $4418 was spent undoing the damage of' 148 act of vandalism to Huron County schools. The elementary school have accounted for 23 off the incidents causing $1742.86 damage. Huron Centennial in Brucefield was victimized the most, with $674 damage. • The other 49 incidents took place at the five secondary schools, totalling $782.62. The 15 incidents at South Huron in Exeter accounted for $545.69 of the total damage. TRAMP SPRAY COLOGNE 25 g_ $ ONLY 10 99 CHARLIE SPRAY COLOGNE g_fa 9 9 21 g. • ONLY V • SMILES N' CHUCKLES TURTLES $249 ONLY vp • 14 oz. SMILES N CHUCKLES PEPPERMINT') PATTIES 7-°$ 1 100g ONLY . R • MITCHUM SKIP -A -DAY 1 .5 OZ. ROLL ON $ 99 DEODORANT ONLY Alm TOOTHPASTE 994 loom,. ONLY \ • • ) kA4, SHOP THE TRIANGLE STORE IN YOL/R TOWNI S8THE SQUARE GODERICH MAIN CORNER CLINTON & SEAFORTH where Hullet Central is located and those that have to go to Clinton schools will be express bussed there. This will make- it possible to eliminate one bus and save $5,000 a year. Hullet now • joins Usborne Township, Ashfield Township and the Seaforth area in the in- tegrated bus system. In the same recommendation to the board the committee stated that the board should drop the idea of combined bussing for Stanley Township. (The students involved attend high school in Clinton and Huron Centennial Public School at Brucefield:) "We went over every route and no matter what we do, we won't save a mile," said trustee R.K. Peck. He explained that the Bayfield River makes it a more difficult township than Hullet. Trustee John Elliot said he could not accept that part .of the recommendation and stated that it._w_orks in Hullet,. why not Stanley? Why not bus them all to Huron Centennial and then bus the high school students on to Clin- ton?" As a result, the boar'd suggested that the committee look into the matter again. Another section of the recommendation also came under the board's questions, but was grudgingly passed. It stated that -the present arrangement whereby the Clinton and District Christian School settles its financial respon- sibilities for such transportation directly with the bus contractor be continued." Elliot again protested, arguing that, "if the Huron County Board of Education is going to establish co-operative bussing, then it should control the paying of the contractors. There should be no private deals." This triggered a discussion among trustees who said that the whole county should have integrated bussing now rather than doing a bit at a time. Trustte Herb Turkheim said that Kent County Board of Education controls the bussing for all the schools including the Christian schools and Roman Catholic schools. "They save a lot of dollars," -• Trustee John Henderson reminded him that the separate schools here "just won't go along with it, so why not let the Christian school settle their bill with the bus contractor without us?" "Well, it's time to approach the separate schools again. It will save everybody money," said trustee B.P. Morin. "But we can't do all of this at once. It's no time to be rash." 11111111111111111111101110111111111111111111111111 USED TRUCKS 1980 GMC 1/2 TON 4 WHEEL DRIVE Garage shop truck. Sierra - -Grande—eab-,-- tone, tinted glass,- sliding rear window, mats, large chrome mirrors, positrac- tion, 350, V8, automatic, auxiliary fuel tank, rally wheels, cargo lamp, roof marker lamps, clock, radio, stone shietds, rock guards, steel belted radial lug tires, regular fuel engine, only 45,000 miles. 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