The Citizen, 1987-01-21, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987. PAGE 23.
Jewitt alarmed at import of funding shift
With legislation in place as of
January 1 to divert all provincial
funding for the education of Huron
County Roman Catholic Secondary
School students to the Huron
-Perth Roman Catholic Separate
School Board, Huron Board of
Education vice-chairman John
Jewitt has expressed concern that
the social impactofthenewlaw will
be high.
The Londesboro-area farmer
said that rural communities have
historically had a “tremendous
allegiance” to their schools, and
that he fears the greatest impact of
the provincial government’s move
to divert funding will not be
economic, but social.
“The social costs (of the move)
will be high,” he predicts. “Socie
ty has come a very long way in
getting along with each other in the
past few years, and this could have
a very divisive effect (on relation
ships) again. The public is going to
be the big loser.”
Mr. Jewitt’s remarks came in
answer to a letter presented by
Colborne Twp.-Goderich trustee
Joan Van de Broek at the regular
meeting of the Huron County
Board of Education on January 12.
It expressed concern that some
separate school supporters in the
county feel that the only way their
children can get a religious
education is to support the concept
of a separate high school in the
county.
The letter asked the board to
again make it clear that Huron is
willing to accommodate religious
education in existing high schools,
but because of a legislative
technicality, cannot take the initia
tive in making the offer.
In answer, Mr. Jewitt reiterated
that this has always been the
position of the board, saying that
the subject has come up repeatedly
at joint meetings with members of
the Huron-Perth Separate School
Board of Education, the body now
responsible for the education of
Catholic students in Huron Coun
ty, despite the fact they may be in
full-time attendance at a Huron
high school.
benefit other special interest
groups in the county as well as
providing the Huron board with the
opportunity for “flexibility and
creativity” in meeting community
needs.
Bob Allen, director of education
for Huron County, says there is no
firm indication of the financial
impact of Bill 30 on Huron County
yet, but estimates that the assess
ment for as many as 500 students
could be transferred away from the
public school board in 1987.
He said that in 1986, the
provincial grant for education
amounted to approximately $4,000
per secondary school student.
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education (by way of courses,
resources, services) available in
this county ... compared to some
other school jurisdictions not far
from here.
Why should my child (and I have
one in a Huron Board’s school) be
denied equal educational oppor
tunity just because he was born in
Huron County? That was the prime
purpose of having county school
boards and consolidated schools.
Sure it costs more. ‘Tis always
been thus. We get what we pay for
.. u n less you ’re like me. My net
pay shows me that almost half of
my salary is gone in deductions and
almost half of my deductions go for
such things as U. 1 .C. for which I
will likely never collect benefits -
and income tax, a great deal of
which goes to pay for items such as
agricultural subsidies, farm sup
port programs, farm equipment
manufacturer’s bail-outs, market
ing agreements, deficiency pay
ent plans, etcetera.
Oh! Oh! Now 1 get into that
delicate area of offending local
agronomists ... for whom, you
Dear Editor - must be their
champion. Many of them have a
Mabel’s Grill mentality capable of
finding always simplistic solutions
to complicated issues. These nay
sayers usually are against any idea
that is not locally oriented and
costly. I am positive though, that
these same people readily endorse
the principle of strength and
efficency found in large numbers.
The good found in unity of purpose
-isthatnotthecasewiththeold
harvesting bees? Farm Co-ops,
Credit Union movements, retail
and wholesale organizations, im
plement dealers, feed-seed-fertili-
zerservices, drying-storing-shipp
ing of crops, stock breeders’
associations, marketing boards ...
? Most any agricultural enter
prise? Size counts - it costs too!
LARRY PROULX
R.R. #1, ETHEL.
He says that if separate school
supporters in the county would
petition the Huron-Perth trustees
to offer a religion credit in Huron
high schools, his board would be
‘wonderfully pleased’ to make it
available.
“Asa public board, we have an
obligation to provide an education
for all children. If it is legal for a
separate school board to provide
religious instruction for some
students, we should be able to as
well.”
Mrs. Van den Broek agreed,
saying that such a move could
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