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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-09-21, Page 4r. {o 0 Al 4i0fhiteown1983budgettcame.i 'yfltb 7.f�e centincrease, PerthCounty C 01 • goingto l)itestiof the Perth ;Boards of . dead en its spending. tiCoD ter ;counc, is a dime ,.1 o 13. Vete•, ;11$149v$0 tIuestloning•the*Bos fEducay n,gt .s Suit.8 meeting, A. month earlier, county Counclt'supported'a resolution from Well,gtoncountywhichwasgttestipningits schoolhoard on the same topic Some reeves suggested individual-mun I. • polities should direct the questions to tt�e Heard of Education becattse,they, collect tf e• t ' taxes for. education. pp` fpr, "We are still the heads of these municipali- • ties that collect taxes," said Hibbert Reeve p. Ivan Norris. He added that while ,municipal councils may not hear from •taxpayers at their meetings about the cost -of education, "you sure hear it on the street everyday". "Maybe we ale out on the wrong end of the limb," commented Ellice Township Reeve Fred Knechtel noting trustees are elected and have the same status as the reeves. "Speaking as the clerk of the Cour}ty of Perth, council is completely out of liner It works both ways. There is -nothing to say the board can't question you next year. We don't ask the federal and provincial govetnments. We run our own ship and we are accountable for it," said county clerk -treasurer Jim Bell. Listowel Reeve -Elsie Karges said she is concerned about questioning the board because while the taxpayers' portion of the education budget came in, at 9.5 per cent increase and its overall budget increased 7.9 per cent, the county's 1983 budget increased by 7.5 per cent. The questions to be asked are: -"Why have the boards funding reouire- • .ments for 1983 sed a nttr *id netbeen het t be;Onta *moo* n s ottivtpe� portent • c r —What std s arei.betn 4ket toensuir`e that J%et etlr!tr. ol Is11rbftoine .averttpose.reas. of • the +boards' budg�et wtt ti ,are suppo wily beyondtltdMailla C colt Assumbtg at q ty education ^'1a a proper gnd primary 5 of the,��4�!rds,• end tuna shield toted oft Critictsmm Wnat +ye Itra are in place td monitor coag eness of tax dollars,spent? Mere p culsrlyyt�_ate board over.administeredto'do 'the' boards indulge in luxury programs? are altsalaries, teaching and non -teaching revs wed' in. relation to salaries of other *Ma, and , salaries of individuals outside the field of education with equivalent education 'arid. experience? - What are the details of the boards' 1983 budgets, not justthe superficial totals to be levied?" Councillors voting in favor of questioning the board, and their numbers of votes are: Blanshard Reeve Denham, ;two votes; Hib-. bert Reeve Norris, two votes; 'Elms Reeve Coghlin, three votes; Milverton Reeve ,Maurice Marleau, two votes; Mitchell Reeve Jim Spence, three votes; Morg4ington Reeve 'german Haid, two votes; and Wallace Reeve Robert Fotheringham, two votes. Those voting against and their number of votes are as follows: South Easthope Reeve Amos Gerber,, two votes; Ellice Reeve Knechtel, three votes; Fullerton Reeve Oliver McIntosh, two votes; Listowel Reeve Karges, four votes; and.. Logan Reeve Laverne Gordner, two votes. Warden John Lindner with two votes refrained from voting. Downie Reeve Calvin trines, also with two votes, was absent. g OPEN: MON. to SAT. 9 A.M. to 6 F.M. THURS. & FRI. NITES TILL 9 R.M. WS J At • y,. [ ,L. ti$ peri.r) TANG MITCHELL & SEAFORTH ONLY• ! •APPLE GRAPE *ORANGE'•MIXED Superior MITCHELL & SEAPORTH ONLY! SPICED • ftA11416 MILD FRICO ,,, ,DUTTIH • h Kindergarten enrolment up, more teachers hired in Perth Higher than expected kindergarten enrolment at several Perth County ele- mentary schools• has made it necessary for the Board of Education to hire more teach- ers. Presented with the opening day enrolment figures at its meeting on Sept. 6, the board learned while overall ele- mentary school attendance is down from what was antici- pated, some schools had marked increases inmnrol- ment. The overall enr'Stinent was 7.448; down from the 7,505 projected. "Kindergarten must be separated," said superinten- dent of schools Adam Stecher explaining that kindergarten, unlike krades one to eight, must be divided once the enrolment reaches 26 or more students. The four schools where half-time kindergarten teach- ers will be added are Elma Township, Listowel Eastdale, Mornington Central and St. Marys Central. In most cases present kindergarten teach- ers will become' full-time teachers. An expected increase that didn't occur at Mitchell Pub- lic School will result in only one kindergarten class there instead of two: The teacher, said Mr. Stecher, will remain full-time as the grade one to eight enrolment at the Mit- chell school was higher than. expected. The increaked enrolment at Mitchell, 28,3 students show- ing up for school on Sept. 6 compared to the 267 expect- ed, has resulted in the need to hire an additional full-time., teacher. Administration recom- mended that a teacher from Upper Thames Elementary School, serving Logan Town- ship but located in Mitchell, be transferred to Mitchell Public School because Upper Thames had a decrease of 20 students from grades one to eight. Superintendent of program Keith Thompson said statis- • tically the moving of a teacher could be made, but "I feel the program in the school will suffer." Trustee Rodney Bell sug- gested. that some students from Mitchell Mlle School be transferred to Upper Thames: He pointed out that taxpayers will see the reduc- tion of 57 students yet the board is adding teachers. Listowel trustee Rev. John Anderson also spoke against reducing the staff at Upper Thames. "1 don't think it's the appropriate time," said Mr. Anderson pointing out that classes are determined in the spring .of the preceeding school year and that in a half hour, the board shouldn't "throw the planning out the window". Mitchell and area trustee Ted Loughrey said very small enrolment numbers were being considered and he suggested the school be given a year's grace. Bill, Mike and Rita Crump invite you to an' S41.R eri.r) PKG. OF 3 MITCHELL & SEAFORTH ONLY! ! MITCHELL & SEAFORTH ONLY!! 1 $5.93 KG, CAMPBELL TOMATO SOUP HEINZ FANCY F , O 10 OZ. TINS . 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