Zurich Citizens News, 1970-09-24, Page 13THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1970 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
McKillop Students Assured of Equal
Education In New Locations
All the students in McKillop
Township are to have equal
educational opportunities follow-
ing a Huron County Board of Ed-
ucation decision Monday evening
September 21, in Clinton to
build an addition of Seaforth to
accommodate all of the Seaforth
children and the students from
5-8 in McKillop and at Walton.
At the same time, the four -
room Walton school will become
a junior school for students from
Kindergarten to Grade 4 from
McKillop and Walton..
Several board members, in-
cluding chairman John Lavis,
Clinton, said that rumors of the
proposal had reached McKillop
Township ratepayers prior to the
meeting and there had been
telephone calls voicing disap-
proval of the plan even before
the matter had been aired before
the board.
"I thought we had some as
close to pleasing all the people
in McKillop as possible. "said
vice-chairman Robert Elliott.
The original addition suggest-
ed for the Seaforth Public School
had been for three new class-
rooms and a library as well as
some storage space, When Mrs.
Marilyn Kinder, John Henderson
and Donald McDonald as well
as members of the board's ad-
ministrative staff went to Lond-
on, they received tentative as.:
surance the new addition could
consist of an art room, a science
room, a special education room,
a library resource centre, an
industrial arts shop, a home
economics room, change rooms
with showers and storage spa ce.
It is thought that such an
addition, though larger than the
one originally proposed, would
be financed 100 percent by the -
Ontario Department of Educat-
ion if final approval is given in
Toronto. It was learned that
application had been made for
this addition even before the
board approved the proposal
since the committee sent to
London to meet with department
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officials had been given power
to act and to get "the best
possible for the students in Mc-
Killop."
John Cochrane, director of
education for the county, told
the board that in order to justify
the industrial arts shop and the
home economics class at Sea -
forth Public School, the board •
had to show that the shops
would be in use at least 80 per-
cent of the time.
The board learned that justif-
ication for the shops had been
proven through a plan to bring
Grade 7 and 8 students from
Hullett Central School near
Londesboro and Iluron Centenn-
ial School into Seaforth for
weekly classes.
"This has brought up a whole
new ballgame, " stated board
chairman John Lavis. "I don't
think we Jiave ever discussed
this possibility before tonight..."
Vice-chairman Bob Elliott
asked if it was the board's in-
tention to provide industrial
arts and home economics at the
elementary level throughout
the entire county.
"Ilave we got French all
through the county, " asked
John llenderson.
Elliott then suggested it might
be wise to complete one prog-
ram across'the county before
beginning another.
"We can't stand still to wait
for the have nots to catch up, "
observed Cochrane. "Personally
I would like to sec industrial
arts and home economics in all
of the High school districts. "
Donald McDonald termed the
pilot project of industrial arts
and home economics shops in
Seaforth as an "opportunity to'
get started."
Another Seaforth area trustee,
John Broadfood. said he had
"very little doubts" about the
worth of an industrial arts and
home economics program. He
said it had been tried 20 years
ago and discontinued. Broadfoot
also questioned the board on the
matter of bussing the students
from Londesboro and Brucefield
to Seaforth. He wondered at
the wisdom of losing about one
hour bus time to gain one or two
hours of industrial arts and home
economics insturction,
"I have no doubt that the
children would like it, " observed
Elliott.
Some board members also
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asked about the cost of bussing
students two ways in McKillop
some to Walton and some to
Seaforth. John Henderson claim-
ed it would "simplify" the bus-
sing and make it "more econom-
ical. "
"I don't think it would cost
any more than it does now, "
added Donald McDonald.
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