HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-10-08, Page 9THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1970
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
Stephen Parents Ask Bus Service
Three Stephen Township
parents were representing the
mothers and fathers of 34 kind-
ergarten students at Stephen
Central School Monday evening
when they appeared before the
Huron County Board of Educat-
ion meeting in Clinton to req-
uest transportation to and from
half-day kindergarten classes
for their youngsters.
Spokesman for the delegation
. Ted Wright, Dashwood, said
the Stephen parents would not
favor an every -other -day kind-
ergarten system in order to simp
lify transportation for their child
ren.
Wright said it was the opinion
of Stephen parents that kinder-
garten aged students were not
ready for a full day at a school
and needed the home environ-
ment at least part of each day,
that students were apt to become
unhappy with school if they were
pushed into it too fast; that noted
educators believed the half-day
system the most superior to all
other systems; and that cost is
the only factor preventing trans-
portation both ways since buses
and drivers are available.
The delegation stressed the
safety factor saying that quite a
number of cars were travelling
in and out of the school grounds
around noon each day and that
accidents could happen with the
board having no control over the
drivers of those vehicles.
Another member of the group,
Donald Gaiser, Dashwood, said
parents were using car pools to
get the children back and forth
to school and wondered about
the board's involvement in the
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event of an accident on the way
to classes.
Another argument put forth
by the delegation was their cry
for equality with urban children
who can attend kindergarten on
the half-day system.
It was estimated by the board
that the extra costs would be
about $20.70 per day or an ad-
ditional cost of about $3, 400
until the end of June.
It was also noted that Stephen
Township was the only township
in Huron where rural children
were attending kindergarten
classes on a half-day basis all
year with the parents providing
the noon -hour transportation.
In Hensall and Zurich, how-
ever, parents provide noon -hour
transportation for their children
to half-day kindergartens until
the end of December. From Jan-
uary on, the students go for a
full day every other day.
Vice-chairman Robert Elliott
concurred that half-day kinder-
gartens were the best for e
children but he reminded the
delegation of the increased cost
to taxpayers if the system was
adopted county -wide. He sug-
gested more study on the situat-
ion before any decision was
reached on the matter.
The group was informed that
an answer to their request would
be forthcoming at the next
meeting, Monday, October 19.
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