HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-09-09, Page 10•
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IONAL.-STAR; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
Itwas back to school on Tuesday morning for the students Eddie M.cNichol,.:Tammie Allen and Kevin Lennon. Also
and teachers and asusual there were a number of new faces new on the scene was second' grade teacher Marylu Taylor.
about.. At' Victoria Public School. Principal Dori.O'Brien_ _ (staff -photo) • 1 •
.welcomed three new students to Grade 2 (left to right)'ntis
• Enrolment in: elementary.
schools in the Goderich, area
is down.thls. year from.last as;
figures from area . schools
seem to indicate that' the
community is not _ getting
larger, jdst-older: The trends
. at the outset of the 1976 school
year "indicatea gradual
'decline of new students in
`-elementary schools with
' ' Goderich District Collegiate
Institute;figi es_up•5-1:10tl ,.. ..
GDCI Principal,. 'John
Stringers ;said Tuesday
morning that he had reported
a total enrolment of :955
students to the county board
of education office on the first
.day of •'school. He added that
the. figure should increase to
about 970'as'student's absent
Tuesday report to .class later
• `in the week.. . •
Mr. Stringer . said the
student body increased by
about 20 to 25 students this
year with the largest Grade 9
class ' in the history of the
school reporting in this year.
• Theincrease in --the "junior,
grades. prompted' • GDCI'.
adminstration to press two
portable • classroomsinto
service to accomodate the 250
Grade . 9, students enrolled.
Font new faces appeared in
the GDCI staff room.'uesday
to beginteaching here for the
first time.
The trend in 'elementary
schools this year• indicates a
decline of new students from
last year or •in some cases
figures nearly identical • to
•
1975..No schools' in the GDCI
feeder area reported, anin:-
crease
n=crease. of students:
Victoria School has 427
Students enrolled this year, 51
" of them kindergarten age.
That figure is very close to
'1975's total of 422 and is on a,
par 'with figures :of .three or
four years ago. Victoria had
an influx of students last year
and is'Year levelledoff to its
-not<ma1 growth.
. The •administrative staff.
•reported that .the, junior.
grades: -at the school are, just
about what was expected but
the primary •grades seemed,
to have increased: The staff
speculated that .perhaps new
families _ mo.ving into.
Goderich 'prompted the
change.
Two new teachers began
work at the public school this
'fall and. one othet transferred
to Victoria from 'Robertson
Mernoria l• Public... •
.
Robertson 'Public' reported
the largest decline itr num,...
gibers • this year, down 45
students from 1975:A total of.
536 students attended
Robertson last year and this
"year, that figure is down eto'
491. The •Robertson kin'-'
dergarten increased b;y. one
this year to 38. There are two
new teachers at, Robertson,
both Grade 7 teachers.
The administrative staff of
St. Mary's reported identical
enrolment • figures this year
as last. The total number of.
students at St: Mary's this
year is 220and 16 of those are
kindergarten age. The reason
for 'identical . numb.ers
coincidental according to a
spokesmah 1 who.:.said that
some -of the school's families
moved out of town but an,
equal number moved .ii,
r$place them. St. Mary's. has
one new teacher `this 'year. .
Kingsbridge School didn't
fare as well as its counterpart.
in Goderich. A new separate
school in Kincardine 'changed
the ' feeder pattern : of
Kingsbridge. bringing . 'the'.
school population down to. 137;
The ' Kingsbridge kin
dergarten class is 11 strong
this year, also . down. froth -
1975:
class is 11 -strong this year,
also down from 1975. '•
Last year . 160 studen'C's.
attended Kingsbridge forcing.
the staff to make use of tWo:
portable classrooms for the
year. This year one. of t1se
portables has been taken out
of service..: -
Brookside Public : School'
reported''jhe largest. student
decline of rural elementary
schools, down 34 from last
year: Brookside reported a
kind kindergarten class of 29-
and a studenfbody 'of '350 for
totarolment 379:
''Last year .413. students
attended.Brooks'ide andthe
staftexplained that the school
has experienced °'a steady
deeline iri 'numberi for the:
past 'several years. -.Only. one
kindergarten class is enrolled.
this year while in previous
years there have been two;
The junior classes. are still
large at Brookside again.
pointing to a gradual decline .
of student numbers.
' Hblmesville Public ,Sch o1
`hes ten students Tess this Year
than last reporting a•: total of. ,•
3Q7 students. Of that number •
40 are enrolled 'in' kin-
dergarten, ...'
Colborne Public is . -down
.:only five students from their
1975• total, The school's -kin- •
clergarten
chool s.;kin-
dergarten class is half of
what it was last year with. 19
s:tuden.th'. starting this. , year.
The staff. -anticipated 252•
.,students this year kaut during
the summer seven students in
the Grade 1 thru Grade 4:`age
groups moved into the'
Colborne district with their.
families. The total registered
: Tuesday morning was 259•
with •three. `'new --teachers.
starting work also;
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