The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-02-17, Page 4Lucknow Seatinel, Wednesday, February X17, 1982 --PP
uron board opposes teachers' strikes
By Stephanie Levesque
CLINTON - Huron . County Board _of
Education is opposed to teachers striking
and boards locking -out and will restate its
position before the Ontario Public School
-Trustees' Assogiptiog. .
An OPSTA letter said it supports these
rights. The letter was sent to: the board after
it supported a motion from the Timiskaming
Board of Education requesting strikes and
lock -outs be made illegal. •
Trustee R.J. Elliott, the board's represen-
tative to OPSTA, referred to the subject as a
"hot potato". It is difficult to get unanimous
consent between trustee associations,; he
said
"I personally disagree with the stand of
the OPSTA," Mr. Elliott said.
While stating opposition to strikes and
lockouts, Mr:' Elliott said arbitration is not
the answer either.. He opposes arbitratikn
because it is done with no guidance and
doesn't consider the wishes of• the public, he
said
Bert Morin said he disagreed with
the . • PST • w> etter, even though it was
• ted for orrnation only. The working
of etter implies; no more action is to be
taken, he said;
"What I would like," said Mr. Elliott,
"is another letter from this board to, the.
(OPSTA) director so it may be discussed at
the next meeting."
The °OPSTA. did agree with Huron and
to push for a change in legisla-
tion to excivae principles from teachers'
union.
In other business, the board was advised
that school buses owned by a school board
will continue to costs each for licensing. It
had been understood the preferential fee for
municipal) -owned commercial motor
vehicles being withdrawn included school
buses, but the Treasurer of Ontario has said
it doesn't.
The board also endorsed the implementa-
tion of a county science fair and approved.
paying 1982 fees to the Ontario Federation of
School Athletic Associations (OFSSA), bas-
ed on 25 cents per secondary school student.
Up till now, fees were paid by individual
schools
Education committee receives public input...
*from page 1,'
child who had grade six reading abilities,
grade two math capabilities and was actual-
ly
ctually in grade three. "Children could work in-
dependently," she said. „ •
She added that any parent who felt their
child wasn'treachingfull potential could
send him to this type of :school. "The im-
petus would come from the parents," she
said. .•
Another teacher said he would like to see a
school that downplayed competition but em-
phasized co-operation and had a different
grading system than : letter grades. : "We
would teach by encouragement," he said.
Not enough money
Another public school teacher, Ann
brdburn who visited a school in Scarborough.
•
that had a gifted child program, said she felt
a program for gifted children was feasible
° within the Bruce board.
"This program would benefit other
children' as well but it will take money," she
said.
"I feel the board is ready to support' this
program. A lot can be done with what we've
already . got but teachers will, have to
become more co-operative, flexible and car-
ing," she added. ,
Don Carrol, superintendent with the
board, said next : • year the elementary
schools in Bruce County will be getting only
$70,000 more than this year. The secondary
schools will get $306,000 more.
"The' public is going to ° have to let the
ministry of education know we're not get ,
ting enough money to implement the pro
grams it wants."
Mr. Mowry, said the ministry of education.
was granting less and less money all the
time. • • •
"Lookat the provincial mollies granted to
school boards in the past decade. Grants
have gone gone way down. We're getting far less
money now than. in 1972 and that was less
than in 1965. Queen's Park .has been shrink-
ing
hrinking grants. The school boards are going' to
have to put the squeeze on the taxpayer,"
Mr. Bayley told the group that their
thoughts would be taken to the planning
committee and a plan for programs would
be presented to the public in May. •
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Cross examine
Ontario Hydro
at hearings
STRATFORD Ontario Hydro was close-
ly c on its environmental
studies method at hearings here..
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Lawyer Thomas Lederer repeatedly ques-
tioned L. E. Wilton, manager of the land use.
and environmental planting department of
Ontario Hydro on hydro's methods.
Mr. Lederer said a recommendation
brought forward by an agricultural working
group suggesting more current and detailed
information • be used in hydro studies was
disregarded. Ibis suggestion was made in
)975-
Ontario
9 5.Ontario Hydro is still presenting evidence
and that presentation is expected to con-
tinue for a couple of days this week. It is also
expected the Consolidated Hearings Board
will adjourn the hearings this week and not
reconvene until March.
The board is hearing .evidenceon the`
preferred transmission line route from' •
Bruce Nuclear Power Development to Lon-
don, then on to Middleport; near Brantford.
This route, Ml, is one of six alternatives
presented by Ontario Hydro.
Council briefs
*from .page 1
area which is planned,sloag the banksof the
Lucknow River and to groom the area near
the old waterworks building by the. Lucknow
River, for use as a picnic. area. Council is to
discuss such projects to make a submission
to the provincial government for funding at a
February, 2.5 meeting. .
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