The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-04-12, Page 8PAGE 8—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1979
Clint
BY WILMA OKE
The Huron -Perth
County Roman Catholic
Separate School Board
was asked by three
members of the Catholic
Parent' Teacher
Association of St.
Joseph's School in Clinton
to provide additional
space at the school to
meet the needs of 110
students enrolled there
this year.
Mrs. Carole Kerrigan,
vice-president of
C.P.T.A. at St. Joseph's,
read a brief outlining why
the addition is needed.
Others attending with her
were the president,
Seamus Doherty of
Clinton and member
Marris Bos of R.R. 2,
Seaforth, and the school
principal Donald Far-
well.
The C.P.T.A. wants two
additional portable
classrooms set up to
provide the addition. The
school now consists of
three classrooms, a staff
room and principal's
office, as well as two
portable „ classrooms.
There is no basement in
the school.
Mrs. Kerrigan said
under board direction
there is a higher standard
of education in the school
and a' large number of
Catholic students have.
been attracted into the
school from the public
school system.
' "As interested parents,
we feel that unless we can
continue to grow
physically, as well as
academically, we cannot
maintain the standards of
education that have been
achieved at St. Joseph's
over the years. We
therefore, cannot con-
tinue to increase our
enrolment and further
the goals of Catholic
education for future
students. The school
community is trying to
meet the needs of the
children, but our limited
space makes this in-
creasingly difficult," the
parents said in the brief.
Mrs. Kerrigan pointed
out that thedproblem was
not with the number of
students .as they fitted
into the school nicely but
with the small groups
such as the French
classes, the, music and
special education
classrooms.
She pointed out that
Grades 6, 7 and 8 French
classes have to be held in
the hall, as well as the
library -is–located-inthe
hallway here too it is used
to view video taped
programs.
She described the
number of classes that
move around such as the
spelling classes which
are held every day and
rotate from the hall to the
Kindergarten room to the'
office; special math
classes are•held either in
the kitchen or in the
hallway when the kitchen
is full; the Health Nurse
works in the classroom or
in .the hallway or staff
room; Mass is in the hall
or in. the Kindergarten
room; for music classes
the piano gets pushed
from one room to the
other and sometimes this
class is held in the hall.
She pointed out that all
the classes that are held
in the hall or in the kit-
chen or in the office have
no provisions for black-
boards. She said the
blackboard is propped on
top of the' drinking
fountain in the hall. She
sa-id the hall is -constantly
congested with tables and
chairs blocking exits and
washroom doorways and
the traffic to - the
washrooms and the staff
room, as well as to the
library continually in-
terrupt these classes.
She said audio-visual
equipment is stored on
the floor in the principal's
small office, making it
very congestdd and as
well the secretary's desk
is also in this office. She
said tumbling mats and
other gym equipment is
stored on the floor of the
washrooms, inviting
accidents and is not very
sanitary as a storage
Spot.
Among other problems
she pointed out there is no
room for parent in-
terviews in the office and
sometimes they are held
in the hall and the speech
therapist has to use the
Kindergarten and then
n
parate SCJT.1tOOl
the spelling class has to
be moved elsewhere.
There is no couch for a
sick child.
Mrs. Kerrigan ex-
plained her group was
asking for the portables
in case no grants were
available from the
ministry of education to
build a permanent ad-
dition to solve the
prolefhs at the school.
In the question and
answer period trustee
Michael Connolly asked if
some students could be
bused to another school,
suggesting the Kin-
dergarten students being
located in Seaforth.
To this Mrs. Kerrigan
replied that 15 were
expected in the Kin-
dergarten class this year
and "if we move them to
Seaforth I think we would
lose them".
Principal Don Farwell
said he would object very
strongly to transporting
students to Seaforth. He
said there was a feeling of
uneasiness in the school
community. He said it is
•a family school, the
students have a feeling of
achievement, not a
feeling of defeat. He gave
credit to the teachers who
are a high calibre, and as
a result the children
coming out of St. Joseph's
are better than other
students, he said.
He pointed out that the
crowding situation is
becoming more difficult
all the time because of
the improvements that
are corning into the
school and it is difficult to
find space for them.
Seamus Doherty stated
"we are here tonight to
let you know the situation
and our feelings."
Mr. Doherty said as a
high school teacher' he
can vouch for the fact
that the students from St.
Joseph's do well when
they reach high school
level. -
Mrs. Kerrigan con-
cluded, "unless you read
the copy of the brief over
carefully you won't un-
derstand how constricted
we are. For anyone who
believes in Catholic
education as we do, it is
important to keep school
where it is. These are our
concerns as we see it,"
In other business the
board accepted the
resignations of Sister
a
ly in
Louise Lowry, principal
of St. Boniface School,
Zurich and of Susan
Kraftcheck who teaches
Reverend Fred Day of the Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle managed to
scrape' away' enough snow to turn over the first sod and officially begin
construction of a new church for the. Goderich congregation. Work had
already begun on the site prior to the Sunday ceremony at the Bayfield Road,
location. Joining in the ceremony were Reverend John Wood of Victoria
Street United Church and Mayor Harry Worsell. (photo by Jim McLarty)
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ed of expansion
music (30 per cent) at St.
Michael's School;
Stratford.
Chairman Nt\illiam
Kinahan commended the
teachers for submitting
their resignations early,
making it easier for the
administration to plan.
Mary 'Flannery and
Jim McDade will con-
tinue, with their present
roles and responsibilities
in the area of special
education and
curriculum development
respectively for the
school year 1979-80.
Re -appointed to the
Declining Enrolment
Committee this term
were Ronald Murray,
John O'Leary, Ronald
Marcy and Mickey Vere.
Mileage for board and
staff was set at 20 cents
retroactive to January 1,
1979 until the end of
August, 1979, when it will
be 22 cents beginning
September. I. Presently
the rate is 18 cents per
mile. It is the first in-
crease in four years.
Several trustees had
requested to have their
names stand ' for at-
tending the second World
Congress in Education in
Vancouver in June at the
last board meeting. Only
three are permitted to
attend with all expenses
paid according to the
board by-law. Following
a vote by the trustees, the
three chosen to go are
John O'Drowsky of St.
Marys, Tim McDonnell of
Gadshill and Keith
Montgomery of
Wingham. Mickey Vere
of Stratford was named
an alternate.
A presentation by the
Physical Education and
Health Curriculum
Committee was made at
the meeting. Presenting
the outline of the
curriculum for the
trustees were: Co -
conveners George Van
Slyck of St. Ambrose
School, Stratford; Lorne
Rideout of Mount Car-
mel; and other members
Patty Anderson • of St.
Joseph's School, Strat-
ford Jim Steffler, Sacred
Heart, Wingham; Jim
Date, resource teacher in
board office.
The board approved the
financial statement for
the year ended December
31, 1978. Included in the
report Total expenditure
of $4,551,354 compared to
$4,313,756 Education
services cost the board
$3,065,064 up from
$2;879,007 in 1977; plant
operation and main-
tenance amounted to
$455,561 up $22,220 from
1977; transportation costs
were $499,963, down
$32,067. Net expenditure
amounted to $4,401,069,
and this was raised
mainly from government
grants of $3,642,700 and
local taxes amounting to
$719,633, up from $647,731
in 1977.
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