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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-12-04, Page 24Page 10A -Crossroads-Dec. 4, 1985 You Are The Detective The high, blustery wind whichhas beep raging through the city all evening whips your topcoat around your legs and you keep a tight clutch on your hat as you walk along the traffic - clogged street this evening. You have just passed a drug- store, when suddenly two shots ring out. You wheel around and determine im- mediately that the shots have come from inside the drugstore. You hurry through the front door of the store, and there sprawled on the floor in front of the prescription counter is the white -coated, bulky body of a middle-aged man. Kneeling beside him is a frightened -looking young man dressed in gray slacks and a gabardine jacket. He is hatless and you notice that he wears his unusually long, silky -looking hair neatly combed in ducktail fashion. "He . . . ran out the back door," the young man blurts out to you. You run to the rear door of the store, and scan the alley- way behind. It is deserted. Then you walk back into the s store, and with your hand d kerchief carefully pick up the gun that is lying next to the victim's body. You sniff it h and determine that it has been fired very recently, and r then you phone headquarters . s and have orders issued for H blocking off the area by the police. Then you turn to the young man and ask for his story. ' "Well; my name is Don Stratton . 4 I live in an apartment in the next block from here. I had just come in here tonight for some cigarettes, and right away I could see something was wrong. There was a man standing in front of Mr. Hud- son, the pharmacist here .. . and when he heard me come in, he spun around and I saw he had a gun. I was paralyz- ed . . then Mr. Hudson suddenly made a grab for the man's gun. It went off .. . two shots ... and Mr. Hudson fell to the floor. I guess the robber got panicky, because he threw the gun down, and ran out the back door ... just before you came in." "Did you get a good look at this robber?" you ask. "No . . . everything hap- pened too fast. About all I can say is that we was wear- ing a gray overcoat, had a gray hat pulled down low over his face, and he was kind of tall ... about six feet or so." "A real good description of omeone who probably oesn't exist!" you remark. "Why • . . what do you mean ?" Don Stratton stares and at you. "I mean that there's a flaw n your story that leads me to uspect you of killing Mr. udson!" Why do you suspect Don tratton? TO FUND WITHOUT REALLY FUNDING. Dear Parents, The report from the Com- mission on Funding of Pri- vate Schools in Ontario has finally been published. By the Report's own ad- mission, "private schools are more likely than their public counterparts to stress academic activities, school attendance, homework as- signments, and classroom discipline." "Private schools produce higher academic achievement than public schools with similar students not because these schools are private but because, as a matter of specific policy, they create higher rates of Solution •mors patanay s!p `uMotgpu!M e u! uaaq aney mom Stu!eaaaa rleq sly `noiS pion ay se `sallaaa!a aoJ Alsno!naad sa)nulw maJ a u! atuoa. )sof pay ay JI 'noiC oa Alms sly ui pamw -pe ay ueya .ra8uoi uospnH toim aaois ayl apisui uaaq aney isnw ay sueaw yDfliM „nut{ u!)toot-S3llis Sllensnun„ s,uolleals tura pagwoa ,iiaeau .parou aney noif `ap!slno spu!m Om Sian am al!dsaU VOF 7 10 # aielritt s011idor fliA 11/"EA VP" irdir szt Stocking Stuffers For Everyone On Your List • Calligraphy Sets by Sheaffer • Address Books • Recipe Files • Home riles • Portafiles • Glue Sticks • Coin Rollers • Telephone List Finders • Stamp Keepers • Birthday Books • One and Five Year Diaries • Desk Accessories • And Much More! Stopy and . see us today. The LiStowelBanner 188 Wallace Ave. N. Listowe 291-1660 • 1WINTER TUNE-UP! Ot4R 1-4 "PO'FNT—M'E=UP-MAKE THE -MOS f OF YOUR MILEAGE Check it out.. Learning The Hard Way Fred Gore engagements in academic activities, enforce stronger classroom discipline, assign more homework, etc.” A result the Commiss recommends that fundin made available to all priv (independent) schools. This is good news to families presently struggl to meet the financial bur of tuition. But there are so conditions that must known first before you to that deep sigh of relief. Commission in its wisd has recommended that vate schools be considered two categories: associa schools and Special Edu tion schools. Briefly, sociated schools would private (independen schools that reach a shari agreement with a sch board. Facilities, transp tation and monies would negotiated and shared. "T associated school and the cal board would receive n less than 75 per cent and per cent of the annual gran equal to the average pe pupil operating costs expe ienced by the local board the previous year multpli by the enrolment of the a sociated school in the sam year." The major concern ave with this recommend tion is that the commissi uses a "per -pupil operatin cost of $2,297.00 elements and $3,140.00 secondary. This is based on class size hat you and I know do n xist in private schools, an s one of the reasons parent ave 'chosen private edu atio, over public. An as ociated school would the eceive, according to th ercentages, a maximum o 1,952.45 for each elemen ary student and $2,669.00 fo ach secondary student. I he public system, one ele entary class in an as ociated receive $73,504.0 hile one elementary clas an associated school with students would receive a aximum of $29,286.75 to rovide the same education aclass of 15 students were exist in the public system en it would receive 4,455.00. But the only 15 udent classrooms that ist by design in the public stem are Special Educa- n classes. All special edu- tion classrooms receive ants ..in •addition to this sic per -pupil grant. These ants can amount to double, ple, or even quodruple the sic per -pupil grant. Both these classes need a cher and a room. Which ssroom will get and keep. better teacher? How ny private schools will be e to afford to accept fund - and still survive? pecial Education private ools on the other hand ap- r to have an advantage m a funding •point of view. e Commission recom- nds that public school rds be allowed to pur- se services directly from ate Special Education ools with "the costs of special . edueation._pco m placement in an ap- ved independent school sa ion g be a to all ing den me 'be ke The om pri- in ted ca- as - be t) ng ool or - be he lo- ot 15 is r- r - in ed s- e I a - on ry s C of t d s s tr _ • fu m n la e co f " - co ✓ co n sp to _ tic o bo s , bo no Co the pr pr bo pro wa spe ser T mis vat ver in it cep sch fun vive Edu will fund .to B Ont tion fund and tinue ca us has ing. of th fundi gove to wh would ents' ern m h e h c s r p e w in 15 m p If to th $3 st ex sy do ca gr ba gr tri ba of tea cla • the ma abl ing sch pea fro Th me boa cha priv sch any gra pro (being) shared equally be- tween the school board and the Ministry of Education." This means that a private (independent) Special Edu- cation school will be able to levy a tuition that will meet its financial needs to educate exceptional students, and the board will then pay the en- tire tuition. There are two catches to this recommendation. First, the parents would have to proceed through an Identifi- cation Placement, and Re- view Committee meeting and then most possibly an Appeal Board before the board would consent to the purchase of this service. Second, the Commission recommends an amendment to subsection 8(2) of the Edu- cation Act "to specify that appropriate special educa- tion programs and services are those that, (within the limits of a board's resources and other responsibilities), provide each child with the opportunity to, reach his or her potential." This change to the Education Act literally' and effectively will elimin- ate the need to purchase ser- vices from a private Special Education school, because the public board will always argue that it is meeting the exceptional student's needs within the limits of its re- sources and considering all its responsibilities. "The ommission understands hat the suggested change eems an unfortunate re - eat from the 'apparently Iler and more ringing com- itment of the present legis - hon." The Commission ntinues on to suggest, however, that the entire mmunity - including, of urse, those children with pecial needs - will be bet - ✓ served by amore'realis- understanding of (the ards) resources and (the ards) capabilities." I can - understand how the rnmission can believe that "watering down" of the esent legislation, which ovides public school ards with an excuse not to vide service, can in any y result in children with cial needs being better ved! his Report from the Com- sion on Funding of Pri- e Schools in Ontario is y devious and deceptive s design and intent. If ac- ted as written, no private ool will be able to accept ding and continue to sur - financially. No Special cation private school ever receive public s because of the change ill 82. The government of ario will then be in a posi- to state that it provides ing to private schools if parents have. to con - to pay a tuition, its ,be- e their private school' refused to accept fund - In effect the acceptance is Report will shift the ng issue from why the rnment doesn't provide, y the individual. schools n't _accept--Ache,-pa-r- argument, in the gov- ent's opinon, would now E-: Thermo' Controlled Air Cleaner CT Carburetor Choke 1:1 Engine Idle Speed Filter & Evaporation Control System C; Early Fuel Evaporation System ET Spark Plugs Carburetor Mounting Torque GUARANTEED, PRIcE GUARANTEED Mil PANTS PARTS Block Heaters .... 15.95 Plus installation for most GM cars Idle Stop `Solenoid and/or Dashpot .' Vacuum Advance System' Engine Timing and Distributor Fuel Filter ' Cylinder Balance C; PCV Valve and Filter Elements Fuel Cap, Tank and Lines Heavy Duty Batteries .. to 89.95 reg from 59 95 be with the private school and not the province. 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