Zurich Citizens News, 1971-04-29, Page 1...0111110110.--
No. 17 -ALWAYS FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THUR
DAY, APRIL 29, 1971
READY TO SAIL - This line-up of sailboats at Grand Bend are all ready for the summer sail-
ing season, but to date the weather man has not been co-operating with them. Cold west and
north-west winds have left the harbour at the Bend jammed with ice, with little hope for improve-
ment in the next few days. Meanwhile, the sailors are ready to go, whenever the ice disappears.
STILL ICE AT ST. JOSEPH - While the harbour at Grand Bend remains jammed tight with ice,
the situation is not quite as serious at St. Joseph, eight miles north. On Sunday afternoon a group
of youths were out on the lake with their rowboat trying to move some of the ice floes out.
County School Board Reduces Budget
A budget for elementary and
secondary schools under the jur-
isdiction of the Huron County
Board of Education was approved
last Tuesday evening in Clinton
and contains some good news
for county ratepayers.
With the 1971 net requisition
from the municipalities down
$97, 229 to $2, 679, 751. there
will be a reduction of 3.5 percen
on the overall expenditures this
year.
Gross expenditures in the coun-
ty for school purposed this year
are estimated at $10, 848, 473,
$190, 584 than last year's actual
gross expenditure of $10, 657, 889
However, provincial assistance
totals 66.1 percent this year,
two percent higher than last
year's 64.1 percent grants. That
means that county ratepayers are
having to raise less money loc-
ally, this year only 25.9 per-
cent,
Estimated net expenditures for
county elementary schools are
estimated for 1971 at $5, 036, 970
$34, 322 less than last year's
actual expense of $5, 071.292,
Net requisition from the ratepay-
ers locally is #1, 205, 213 for 1971,
In the secondary schools, net
expenditures for 1971 have been
estimated at $4, 948, 013 or $304,
228 more than last year's actual
expenses, $4, 643, 785. Net re-
quisition locally is $1, 474, 538
in 1971.
The budget as presented in-
cludes provisions for the •new
special education services at the
elementary and secondary school
level as well as the, inclusion in
the elementary schools of conv-
ersational French in Grades three
to eight.
The board of education went
into regular session Monday
evening in the board room at
Clinton, but became bogged
down when attempting to fit
the costs of three new guidance
teachers, one remedial reading
teacher and possibly one other
teacher into the secondary school
(continued on page 7)
Huron -Perth Separate School Board
Plan Salary Negotiating Meeting
(by Wilma Oke)
Trustee Ted Geoffrey, of Zur-
ich, chairman of the personnel
and salary negotiating committee,
reported at a meeting of the
Huron -Perth County Roman
Catholic Separate School Board
in Seaforth on Monday that his
committee will meet with the
Teachers' negotiating committee
for the first time on Wednesday.
The teachers' committee is
comprised of Sister Shirley Del -
isle and Patrick Monaghan, both
of Stratford, and Mrs. Bernadette
Perron, of Zurich.
The subject of financing will
be under discussion at a school
board conference to be held in
Toronto on May 30 to June 1.
The conference will be sponsored
by the Department of Educational
Administration, the Ontario
Institute for Studies and Educat-
ion and the Ontario School Trus -
(continued on page 7)
Separate Sc
Tax Rate for
(by Wilma Oke)
The Huron -Perth County Ro-
man Catholic Separate School
Board on Wednesday released
the 1971 tax rates to be applied
in the 45 municipalities in its
jurisdiction. The rates were det-
ermined last Friday at a special
board meeting but withheld
while the board prepared a det-
ailed explanation for the rates.
Of the 45 municipalities, 20
will pay less, 23 will pay more
and two remain unchanged from
last year.
The differences are a result
of application of provincial eq-
ualization factors on local mills
and consideration of under or ov-
er levies from 1969 and 1970.
Jack Lane, business administ-
rator of the board, explained;
"The provincial equalization
factors set out by the Ontario
Municipal Board have a direct
effect on local mills required
and determine the sharing ratio
of each municipality with regard
to the distribution of expenses."
"The wide variation in rates
is attributed to the provincial
equalization factor, " Mr. Lane
said.
"For example, a property in
the city of Stratford, with a
local assessment of $3, 500, has
an equalized assessment of $18,
000 which requires six equalized
mills or 31.72 local mills,
whereas a rural property having
a local assessment of $3, 500 or
$14, 500 equalized assessment
requires six equalized mills or
23.94 local mills.
"In other words, the two prop-
erties, regardless of the local
mill rate, are contributing prop -
Will Not Release
Names of Teachers
Resigning Post
In order to prevent 'embarrass-
ment to teachers° the members
of the Huron County Board of
Education have agreed to with-
hold the names of teachers who
have resigned from the staff until
the legal dates for notification
November 30 and May 31.
No one on the board elaborated
on the reasoning behind the board
belief that some teachers may
be unduly embarrassed if the in-
formation is released to the pub-
lic as soon as a resignation is
received.
However, the names of teach-
ers who will resign from positions
this spring were a matter of
public record for this meeting,
conducted prior to the new ruling
A report was also made by the
administrative staff to the board
members concerning teacher
interviews. It was learned there
were 17 resignations from the
staff; 818 applications received
from teachers seeking employ-
ment with the board; 316 applic-
ants present for interviews; and
508 interviews conducted.
All applicants who will be of-
fered contracts were interviewed
by at least two principals. A list
of the applicants who are recom-
mended for appointment by the
board will be presented at a
later meeting, it was learned,
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o I Boar, Sets
11 f,ia mars
ortionately to the board's expense
"By taking into account the •
application of funds into former
under or over levies from 1969
and 1970, the mill rates set rep-
resent an equal distribution of
cost among supporting municip-
alities.
"There's nn increase or de-
crease in the tax rates in excess
of five mills, " Mr. Lane said,
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0
Huron MOH Favors
Medical For
'Certain Students
Dr. GF, Mills, Acting Med-
ical Officer of Health, has adv-
ised Huron County Board of Ed-
ucation that he would favor a
system whereby all students ent-
ering kindergarten and Grade
nine would be required to have
a complete medical examination
with a record of the results on
file at the school office.
The move, according to Dr.
Mills, would ensure that the
school would have a general
knowledge concerning the child's
health as well as any particular
physical disabilities or chronic
conditions he may have.
A suggested form to be handed
in to the school by students after
a complete physical examinat-
ion and bearing a doctor's sign-
ature was studied and the direct-
or of education, D, J, Cochrane
was instructed to draft a policy
on the matter for presentation
at the board's next regular meet-
ing, May 10.
Some board members did ex-
press concern that county physic-
ians, already very busy, would
be rushed during the summer
months to make all the necessary
physical examinations in time
for the opening of school.
In other business, it was agreed
to offer Grade 13 home econom-
ics at Seaforth District High
School this fall if permission can
be obtained for the Head of the
History Department to teach the •
subject. It was pointed out that
the new home economics course
for Grade 13 is entitled The
Canadian Family in Perspective
and is a fairly in-depth course
having nothing to do with cook-
ing, baking and sewing.
Plan. Ceremony
A sod -turning ceremony for the
new Grand Bend area medical
centre will take place this Sat-
urday morning, May 1, at 10 a.m.
The building will be located on
the property donated by the
Grand Bend Lions Club, at 29
Gill Road.
A contract for the construction
of the new clinic has been award-
ed to George Kadlecik Construct-
ion, of London and Grand Bend.
Work on the project will com-
mence immediately following
the sod -turning ceremony.
According to Jack Mennel,
secretary of the committee in
charge, a total of over $23, 000
has been donated to the project
to date. The objective has been
set at $30, 000.