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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-10-23, Page 9Luckaew Sentinel, Wednesday, October 23, 18 6 - Page 8 • special needs kids lose resource time *from page 1 the best it can. the road, "the damage is "tour board does a done." good job from a local 111 In Bruce County, like perspective. Our trustees the rest of Ontario, are accountable to their i ►aykin said special constituents?' needs children have been She added that while hurt with the loss of there is lots of talk about resource time. the money school board "When you lose 4 trustees make, Daykin resource teacher and °said that is in Toronto. resource time, that's the Trustees in Toronto students' time. Special make between $40,000 education programs leave lig and $50,000: per year. eroded. Self contained Trustees.. with the Bruce special education pro- County Board of grams in Bruce .County. ,Education makes don't exist anymore." $7,084.32 per year. She said children ., "The trustees here are a. needing 'extra help- in paid a little better than math and reading, are not volunteers. They are trey - getting : extra help,, ing tokeep the system because the teachers running.' don't have time. She doesn't want to'see At the, north end oaf school boards eliminated. ruce CouptY, there Is That was .a one principal ..splitting news leak Was it a defib- time between. th+e::public grate attempt, by the gov-. schools in ions. Head event to:create coati - and Toberrmery7 ecause sion?" the principal is. only ate Isn't h ra t convinced a each school half'a day,' regional` school board, teachers are feeling. the `let's "say ,it would, be in stress of coping with ds :-London,- _ .would even • cipline and emergencies,. know Where some com- as ; r: -well as 'handling phone • munities in Bruce County calls intended. for the ` are. ,Now would : they principal. know better tl us what The . number of speech, we need? teachers in the county has ; spite _ the feelings ©f' been:greatly reduced and frustration and fear the Trail program, for among teachers, Daykin: gifted children, ' has also said when students : get been► eroded. 'off the bus in the Morn She said with $400 ' ing, ,they. are getting the million already taken out best education teachers of the Provincial educa- can give theme tion, budget, which trans- , . ` "But.the 'hest is getting rtes into $2 million from, less and less." .the Bruce ;County. ,Board She added that teach= ofEducatibn,.and the .talk' ing i's' hard work and of another $60:tt $'.moi teachers ',in .the county, million coming out;of I to take their job or prelar.7 provincial educatio .tin d- ig' the citizens of tonorr- get: next ear, things am". rowseriously.� going to get;worse.: Using _While Friday, ,Oct. 2 the sante formula as :Cast:,, is a professional_develop year; Daykin imagines ' mitt day coinciding with the cuts to the Bruce . 'unty `board of educa- tion' will be between $3 millionand $4.5 Million. "Snobelen says : he can nd that ` money in the *System. No matter what he says, no matter how palatable he makes that' sound, there is absolutely no way that won't affect our kids. I can't believe people think these cuts won't hurt." She said teachers have always done the best, they canunder the circum- stances given. "That's why they're not yelling. They're too busy doing what they can in the classroom." Daykin said teachers spend tax dollars careful- ly. She also credits the school board with doing he -Provincial ..day, of protest, teachers in Bruce County will be joining teachers across the province on Saturday, Oct;. 26, in a teacher's day of protest at Queen's Park. Family and friends of teachers are encour- aged to join the convoy of buses which will be leaving across the county. Teachers from the Kincardine area will be picked up at Kincardine District Secondary School at around 7 a.m. Anyone interested in attending should speak to their schools. "The more the better. We don't want to be mili- tant but we want to give the government a strong message, hank ..,tau to alt our customers for making this slid'. successful year. lb's been great! Also 'THANKS" ° to our excellent staff for your hard and dedicated work. You made it all happen!!' Roxanne Coimtney,kStep anle.L the Brooke Funstof Joel Casllek, Kerry Ferguson, Angela Moulder, Christine Farris Many anis also to our parents Robert and Wendy Scott Look For More 'Exciting'97 Shelby,Courtney Selections in