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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-11-12, Page 3Johns is h r > back in Liineram®w Semi/hell, WedraeRby, N®mmnleir 12, 11997 - Page 3 ppy student ehool Ily Cele Cowan If Ontario teachers are looking for thanks after ending their two-week illegal strike, it won't be coming from Huron MPP ' HelenJohns. The Tory member of the legislature said Monday she was "very happy today" because stu- dents were back in school, but reiterated, her condem- nation of the teachers' actions. "In any 'democratic process people have a right to comment on changes in legislation," she said. "But at no time is an illegal strike the way to go." Johns had been the tar- get of striking. Huron teachers throughout the two-week job action as they chose to .picket her. Exeter constituency office rather than schools or• board offices. She was also criticized by local union heads for — as they said -- refusing to meet during the strike. i; But now that everyone• . is back in• school this week, Johns said efforts. need to return to ironing out differences over Bill 160 and helping students catch up on work missed. She says the democratic. process is very much at work. on Bill 160 as "demands" putforward by the. Ontario. Teachers Federation have been con- sidered'by the govern- ment, which has accepted eight of 13. Johns stands by her government's willingness to bend, pointing to the • 101 amendments. to Bill 160 made by the Tories themselves; not to mention those. coming from oppo- • Summer school could be coming to Bruce County ., by Pat 'Halpin gram since 1984, and has.. hate to see the program in. jeopardy," Cumming_ said,. Grey Trustee Tim Nicholls- Iarrison said Summer school could seen enrollment numbers be cdming..to Bruce Coun- • increase steadily over the ty. thanksto the amalga, years: mation of the Bruce and summer school should go Grey County Boards. of Its maybe giving us a , ahead if it offers opportu education. message about year round " Grey, County has oper- schooling," said Grey nity for Students. ated a summer school pro- . Superintendent ' . Doug Kinloss will sell CNR lends Kinloss Township is selling 'its'recently pur- chased CNR lands back to adjoining landowners along the CN Rail line. The township' has instructed its road superin- tendent to tender for snow blowing' Washington and George Streets, east of Lucknow offIlighway 86. The tendering has resylted', because Reavie Farm: Equipment is no longer blowing snow: Kinloss 'Township's urea Of the landfill °site has dropped considerably., A letter from Mailtand Engineering Services was real at council's Oct: 20 meeting regarding the company's recent cross- ; sectioning of the site They planned to do another cross-section next year butcouncil has instructed the clerk to tell the •engineers to do it according to the regular schedule because' of addi- tibnal costs from any fur- ther cross-sections and potential changes ofh,the development and opera- tion plan. ' Cumming, noting that. 155 of .the .481. students who took courses bast, summer were taking new Credits rather than making up for. , poor or failed.marks. In ;1997, 130 students `from` Bruce County' took summer school courses in Owen Ssound: Cumming'. said that whiledemand for summer school has increased, ministry grants have gonedown and;trans- portation .costs have gone up'., The Grey board's goal is to run tle'prograrrl.on a break even basis. "The 'ideal situation is. cost recovery, but I would "'This board has a com- bined budget of $150 mil- lion. We should go ahead with a progfai 4hat (costs) - plus or minus $5;000, he. Said. Bruce. Trustee .Frank Eagleson said: summer school should' be more. widely promoted in the' new board, . and suggested summer courses 'could be offered ..at; 'secondary , schools in 'Hanover or. Walkerton, Port Elgin and Kincardine as well as in Owen Sound. The district .board has final say on summer school programs and loca- tions. Lucknow Legion Branch 309 President Ed tPyette presented Ladies Auxiliary President Joan Robinson with framed pictures of all the past Auxiliary presidents, at the annual Remembrance Day banquet on Nov. 8. (Helm photo), sition parties. "We have heard what people had to say," Johns said. But that would have • happened even without the destructive two-week strike, she claims. Johns refused to even hint the strike had any positive effect on reforming the education legislation. "Right now parents Want to ensure their kids make up for the lost time," said Johns, who has', school -aged children. "You can't just lose two weeks of time. It has to be made up." She said some students were able to continue with their school work through the strike, while others had nothing. That dispari- ty will have to be addressed now that they're back in the classroom, she said: "We have to find. some • way to make sure the kids are educated :.-and to meet our objective.",. 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