The Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-09-02, Page 5Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, September 2, 1987—Page 5
Still treasuring the moral values we inherited
To the Editor;
The election is almost here naw so we
have the chance to assess our politicians.
ou may recall that last December, both
Jack Riddell and Murray Elston voted for
Bill 7, the law that forces us to accept prac-
ticing homosexuals into our . schools,
workplaces, etc. If you agree that Bill 7 is a
bad law in this regard, then I would urge
you that neither get your vote.
Both Jack and Murray have had very
high profiles as Government Ministers,
which will, no doubt, help them both get re-
elected. However, please consider voting
for someone else. as a reduced majority
will give them both the message that a lot
of us out here still treasure the moral
values we inherited from our parents.
Yours Sincerely,
Peter. Edisbury
RR5 Lucknow
To the Editor,
We have two boys, Dave age 9 and Kevin
age 7, both with moderate to severe
language delay disoders with central
auditory processing defects. They are be-
ing tested by Kr. Ivey, Audiologist and also
visit the communication rehabilitation ser -
School is
ready to go
LCPC
Summer is over and we're ready to roll
once again! Here are a few L.C.P.S. up-
dates to start this year's reporting of the,
events and activities at the school.
Mrs. Clooney has requested a years
leave of absence. We wish her the best in
her time away and look forward to having
her back in September '88. Mr. Cayley will
be our acting Vice Principal for this year.
Mrs. Broad has transferred to Walker-
ton Public School. We'll miss her very
much but wish her well in her new position.
We welcome Wendy Armstrong to our
Grade 8 class and Mr. Mike Dennis who
will 'be sharing Grade 4 with Mrs. Lash.
If you are available to help a handicap-
ped child in Kindergarten one morning per
week, please let us know here at the
school.
New news
Hot lunches will start the first day of
school and promise to be delicious and
nutritious.
I'm trying to organize a night school for
interested parents that will run late fall
and early winter.I already have leads on •
beginning computer literacy, oil painting
and an introduction to guitar. If you have
any courses you'd like to see offered, such
as cake decorating, dancersize, etc, please
let me know by September 11.
Fundraising
I created a policy last year that the
school would become involved in a max-
imum of three fundraising efforts. This,
however, neglects a number of worthwhile
charities that seek the help of the school.
We are therefore going to help a few
charities each year but still limit the
number of times our children will seek
community support for school funding.
Thanks to your support last year we
were able to purchase new school
uniforms, create a baseball diamond and
purchase a video camera. Thank you!
In conclusion this week, we look forward
to keeping you informed of school happen-
ings through the L.C.P.S. Insider news col-
umn. Thanks to the Sentinel staff for their
generous patience and help in this matter.
If you , have any questions, concerns or
suggestions, please feel free to contact the
school at 528-3022.
Respectfully,
Wm. Pike
Principal'
TO
vices in Lambeth. As young children they
were often sick with high fevers resulting
in hearing loss. Dave and Kevin are both
three years in speech development below
that expected of their age groups. They
both use FM -auditory trainers in the
classroom. Margo Clinker -Farquhar,
speech-language Pathologist, recom-
mends that Dave and Kevin should be in-
volved in a direct therapy program with a
speech-language pathologist for three ses-
sions per week at 45 minutes per session.
The fee per hour is $60 per child.
We support and send our children to
Lucknow Christian School. This, as
parents, we fund 100 per cent. As you can
imagine due to the costs involved we are
not able to have extras in the curriculum.
One of these extras would be a speech
pathologist.The public and separate school
systems do have these teachers available
for those in need with no cost to the
parents. Without belabouring the point we
find ourselves being discriminated against
because we belong to an independent
school system. The question is why? We
support the public system with full share
of provincial and school taxes just as
everyone else does. Would it be unfair to
expect some service or funds to help our
two boys with their learning disabilities?
As we were waiting to see Murray Elston
for some form of help, I glanced through
his pamphlets in his sitting room. In the
OHIP pamphlets it states, and I quote
"The Home Care Program also provides
school health support services for pupils
with special health care needs which, if not
provided in a school setting, could in-
terfere significantly with their eductional
program. And in addition OHIP benefits
are provided for speech therapy when
prescribed by a physician as a medically
necessary course of treatment."
Also in the Child and Family Services
Act it states and I quote "Services may be
provided to a child with a special need, and
also the Act continues provisions for
special needs agreements. Parents of
children with special needs caused by
behavioural, development, emotional,
physical, mental or other handicap may
enter into these agreements with their
local Children's Aid Society, or directly
with the Minister of Health. Also children
should receive services that are tailored to
their needs and respect differences in
culture, religion, background and physical
and mental development," unquote. All of
these statements are false because they
have failed to mention that we are not
allowed to use this service because our
children go to an Independent school.
Since we are sending them to an indepen-
dent school, they state that we opting out of
the public school benefits, yet we are still
expected to pay public school taxes. We
are not fighting to get their education paid
for, but we hope that Mr. Elston will help
us in some way that our boys may receive
speech therapy and still remain in the
Lucknow Christian School. Thank you very
much.
Bill and Mary Piel,
R. R. 4, Ripley, Ontario.
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