The Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-05-04, Page 2news
Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 4, 1983—Page 2
Change special education program
By Stephanie Levesque
The special education plan
approved by the Huron -
Perth Separate School Board
has undergone a few
changes after a year in
operation.
Superintendent of educa-
tion John MacCauley outlin-
ed the changes to the
separate school trustees at
their April 25 meeting.
The increase of a half-time
special education resource
teacher was needed because
of fluctuating caseloads at
some schools within the
system. The plan originally°
called for 11.8 special educa-
tion resource teaching posi-
tions for 1982-83 but t was
increased to 12.3 teaching
positions.
Mr. MacCauley also
outlined the changes in the
number of teachers required
for self-contained special
education classes in 1982-83.
The plan originally called for
fiveteachers for special
education classes, but the
number will remain at the
present three.
"The numbers are not as
high as predicted," said Mr.
MacCauley adding that a
number of students are serv-
ed in the remedial class
caseload.
The number of self-
contained special education
classes remains at the pre-
sent three.
Other changes made to the
plan do not increase or
decrease the number of
teachers. While a half-time
teacher for the gifted and a
half-time psychometrist
were initially approved in
the plan, the superintendent
reported that the teacher of
the gifted has been hired full-
time but no appointment of a
psychpometrist has been
made.
Two special education
resource teachers in speech
and language were hired to
instruct exceptional pupils
and while this is a part of
their task, they will also be
instructing remedial
students, reported Mr. Mac-
Cauley.
Bruce county welfare caseload
increases 28.9 per cent
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was hired effective September on a perm.
anent part time basis. A contract to purchase
counselling services with the Women's
Centre in Owen Sound, for women in crisis
needing short term accommodation, was
ratified. The parental support program was
increased to full time status, whereby the
program acts as an agent on behalf of the
county within the Family Court System.
The day care program continues to grow,
including an increase in services for both
non -handicapped and handicapped children.
The increase in demand for services and
subsequent cost ramifactions will be a major
concern in 1983, said Verrips. Immediate
staff support will include an additional
contract social service worker and increased
clerical time. Students will be utilized to
supplement existing staff where necessary.
The Youth Employment Program will be
introduced to provide employment counsel-
ling services to "hard to place" youth 16 - 24
years. The Canada/Ontario Employment
Development Program will be followed
aggressively by staff, in order to employ the
maximum number of general assistance
clients.
Day care will continue to expand with the
introduction of the Pre-school Integration
Program for handicapped children and at
least three additional day care contracts,
Wiarton, Saugeen Band and Tobermory, will
be ratified to provide services to children in
these communities.
Other services/programs to be reviewed
during the 1983 year may include home
support services for the elderly, counselling,
social planning and integration of income
maintenance yrograms.
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The cost of the program
was 13.7 per cent higher than
originally anticipated. It was
budgeted at $587,645 1982
dollars and actually • cost
$668,218. The increase
represents the half-time
special education resource
teacher increase and the
cost of the new salary agree-
ment.
In other special education
business, the board ap-
pointed Stewart Thompson
of Goderich to the special
education advisory commit-
tee from May 1, 1983 to
December of 1985. Mr.
Thompson will be Huron
County's representative to
the committee.
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528-2822.
Separate school tax bill up 12 %
By Stephanie Levesque
Separate school taxpayers
in Huron and Perth will pay
an average of $37.50 more
per $5,000 assessment to
raise $1,528,900 as the local
share of the 1983 budget.
The Huron -Perth Separate
School Board approved a
$7,622,314 budget for 1983 at
its April 25 meeting. This is
an increase of 12.53 per cent
over last year's budget of
$6,783,402. The local share in-
creased from $1,295,800 in
1982.
Chairman of the finance
committee trustee Ron Mar-
cy of Stratford reported that
the board will be able to hold
its increase to 10 per cent
because of a $46,000 surplus
last year and because one
mill raises $900 more this
year than last year. One mill
raises $24,400 in Huron and
Perth for separate school
purposes,
"This is due to the fact that
our assessment base has in-
creased by close to $1 million
( this increase in assessment,
which is becoming an annual
event, shows that the sup-
port for our system con-
tinues to grow)," stated Mr.
Marcy.
The finance committee
chairman pointed out that
even if the board kept its ex-
penditures equal to 1982, the
1983 budget would reflect a
6.04 per cent increase. This
means the Ministry of
Education sets a mill rate
that determines the amount
the board has to collect from
taxpayers before the amount
of grant to be received from
the Ministry is determined.
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