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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
uelprice increuses 54 percent
A whopping increase in the
price of fuel oil has hit the
Huron County Board of Education
for the 1974-75 year. R.M.
Wright, manager of purchasing
said in a written report to the
board at their meeting in Clin-
ton on Monday that prices ten-
dered this year were 54L%, over
last year's heating oil costs.
Ross Scott Fuels of Brucefield
was the successful tenderer with
a price of from .3300 cents per
gallon to .3050 to supply fuel
oil to the 16 Huron Board schools{
that are heated by oil. Last
year the cost per gallon from
the sauce tenderer ranged from
,2135 cents to .2085.
Mr. Wright said the board
would spend about $78,665 on
fuel oil this year adding that
"if it's a bad winter this could
go up and it it's mild it would
go down, " An additional amount
of about $26, 000 will be spent
to heat school with natural gas
furnaces.
An area for retarded children
has been approved by the Dep-
artment of Education for Vict-
oria Public School in Goderich,
Board chairman Cayley Hill
said and will be included in the
call for tenders for the additon.
Architect Brian Garrett of Kyles
Kyles and Garrett in Stratford
showed the board working
drawings of the addition and got
approval to send out tender calls
this week, with September 11
the closing date.
Mr. Garrett said construction
should be well out of the ground
by the first of Deceinber" and
ready for occupancy by Sept-
ember 1975.
The two storey addition will
include a large multi purpose
room for retarded children,
home ec, industrial arts, and
music rooms. a boiler room and
and a library and two classroom)
with movable partitions up-
stairs,
Principal Don O'Brien of
Victoria School said the const-
ruction may involve housing
four classes in the gymnasium
but said disruption would be •
minimal. "The children will
probably adjust to it better than
we will."
The board akayed the appoint
ment of a Budget Committee,
to be made up of two members
each from the existing Educ-
ation and Management Commits
tees, The committee whose
members were named after the
board Meeting will hold office
until December, 1974. Mr.
Hill said the new committee
would help keep the board in
the picture as to the budget
and should lead to "finer corn -
munication between the board
and the administration.
Tenders have been awarded
to F. McGregor Ltd., of
Brucefield for renovations
to the heating systein at
Clinton Public School, the
lowest tender at $18,487.
Other bids were from Morris
Plumbing at $21,760 and R.T.
McBride at $18, 900.
Cale Doucette Construction
of Goderich, who submitted the
lowest tender at $82, 995 has
been authorized to proceed with
advance renovations at Victor-
ia Public School. Smith Con-
struction at $115, 635, R. T.
McBride at $104,770 and Iiudel
Construction at $82, 995 were
the other bids submitted.
Both tenders were awarded
following a telephone poll
of board members the results of
the polls were recorded simply
as ;"For, 10; Against nil, six
board members out of town."
Trustee John Broadfoot of
Tuekersmith said the names
of the board members polled
including those who couldn't
be contacted should be listed,
with the date of the call. "I
thought that was the idea in the
first place, " he said.
Mr. Hill said the trustee had
a good point and the board
voted to have the administrat-
ion follow this procedure on
future telephone polls.
Fees will be paid to the Wat-
erloo County Board of Education
so that Lloyd Eisler of Seaforth
can attend elementary school
in Preston, where he attends
daily figure skating classes,
following the board's approval
of a request from his mother.
The board has previously paid
fees for a pupil to attend school
there for the sauce reason,
Trustee Jack Alexander of
Wingham wanted to know how
fax the board would carry this
practice.."How about a student
who wants to take horseback
riding somewhere? or who wants
to be a pro -hockey player?"
he asked.
Board chairman Hill said
the board has no policy on this
and each request is treated
individually, "I don't see how
you can pass one and turn
another one down, " Mr.
Alexander replied.
Board member Molly Kinder
of Seaforth said it is up to the
trustees from the particular
pupils area to asses how serious
he or she is about their special
interest.
Director of Education John
Cochrane estimated that the
cost of attendance in Preston
might be $700 or $800 but said
the Huron Board would get a
grant for the child.
Field trips were approved
for students from Stephen Cen-
tral School to Cainp Sylvan,
September 16-18; Seaforth
Public School to the Bruce
Trail, Sept 20-23; F.E. Madill
Secondary School to Ottawa,
Oct. 22-24; South Huron to
Knight Electric
Hensel)
*Residential
* Farm
*Commercial
(Appliance Repair)
No job Too Large or Too Small!
Bruce Penninsula, Sept. 20-22;
and for two groups from the
same school to the Cypress
Lake area, Sept. 27-29 and
Oct. 4-6,
The board approved establish-
ment of the Paul V. Tiffin
Memorial Scholarship and an
Order of the Easter Star schol-
arship at F.E. Madill Secondary
in Winghaw.
A policy calling for annual
September reviews of the sal-
aries of non-union managerial
and classified personnel was
adopted. A decision on wheth-
er an amendment to the Huron
County official plan, involving
conversion of the former offic-
ers quarters at Vanastra to ap-
artments will affect the board's
present or future plans was
referred to the Education Coni-
mittee with a request for a
recommendation at the Sept-
ember board meeting.
A rotary exchange student
could attend school in Goderich
for a year at no cost the board
told the Goderich Rotary Club
SOUVENIR EDITION
which is contemplating partic-
ipating in an exchange.
(continued on page 12)
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