The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-08-12, Page 3AV�flMaitIafld Schc.oi.Board has
deadline to deal with extra space
By Lee Ann Watekman
The Avon Maitland
District School Board has
until the end of the year to
decide what it's going to
do about excess space in
area schools or risk losing
grants from the province,.
"The review does not
necessarily ITIC.411 (aCh001)
closnres,' says board: chai.r
Abby Armstrong. "Put
frustrating that we have to
deal with it .so• quickly—
The province is forcing
School boards to closc
schools,"
The Ministry of
Education recently agreed
w requests from many
boards across the province
asking that it delay the
requirement for board to
dispose of surplus space
by Sept 1, 199. The
province agreed topush
deadline back Onelyear,
Instead, scho41 boards
1111141, devekip a "pupil
accomodation review"
policy and a strategic plan
for the "rationalization of
program space" by Sept,
and the board most
pass a re.solutitin stating
how it plans to 'reduce
excess space in wheels by
Dec. 31.
litheboard does not
Meet this deadline,. •the
province May penalize the.
board . by reducing or.
refusing -grants for new
pupil places. in Mitchell
or Listowel or any .tither
location., where schools aro
operating beyonti sehotil,
capacity, explained Janet
s.uperinten-
dont • of •business and•
finance.
•
4 draft studet4 ageorno-
dation study' condgeted in
February,. indicated that
there are. more than 20 .
scheols, in the district
operating below Capacity
and abottt I5'•operating
above optinanni capacity.
According to the study,
both Mitchell Pub -lie
School and Upper Thames
are operating-abovecapac.
ity and Mitchell Nistrict
High School is operating.
below,capacity.
o al Food EraltLs effort willbe
featured on television documentary
• by Amoy Nellends •
• The efforts of local vol-
unteers' for the 11,tickiww‘
•FQ0d: Orains Bank will be
reeognized'in acable tele- •
,vision program featuring .
• this local. "Christian
tOSp011SO to hunger„"
Vision Television, a
faith specialty netwerk,
was in. Lucknow on
Thursday videotaping the
• local Food Praili,S.' field
'and interviewing vOlttn-
teers of. the program...This '
will be featured on the
C'hristian Reformed
'Church prOgram "Who is
My Neighbor?"; which is a
series. of four half-hour
•doeumentaries that, look
inside the lives of the less
advantaged throughout the.
•World. The series,. read a.
press release frOm, the net
wOrk, will also Introduce
us to individuals; whOse
faith' conamitinent
moi -
vats them to come along• side the poor with procti-
cal helti and understand -
nig." • ,
The documentary on
the Canadian Food Qrains.
Bank will lea at the prot,
gram in Winnipeg, vvnere.
the whole project vicas
started some years ago, It
will. look also: at the Food
Crrains-Banks in Blyth, •
vv,her'e the program, has
been unde,rwaY for a: few
,years, and will also high-
light , the firstyear
Lticknow •Project` •
"We Want to, show tne
progres's of theLticknoW
'project oVer, a period oI
time," said Eleanore
Lannin, produceri,direetor,'"
of, the show. She said•theY
wit deelnl ent t elt
Pro$ress" from 'panting to'
•
harvesting".
It was the LuckneW•
'group's sigp,, that: q4t4ght
the eye or,the ProdUeev'
S.tte added- that stiehad
• been in toub' n,
te
'coordinators •cif ' the
iQntario Food QrainS13.1ult
who showed her*Pieth!es"
of the 1-mcknew effort.
"It's uniqueness was
why it was chosen,"„she
said, adding, that it was
• one of the nieest,signs for
a Food Grains. Bank she
•
Vision, TelevisiOn„wai in 1..,O015ogw,oli Thursday, uideotoPirt9: Seene6.•erId..•
interview160,,volitnieers of the 4ttokriczo:: Food Grains Bark Mary Purldiall • -
Gary Nortkee and Rev. Peggy Kinsmen got reedy to 'be interviewed
(Npitanos photo). ,.1' ,, : •
, , . • • ' .:- ,
• • -.......,
had seen,:
The local group. Q01:13-
prisQd of volunteers froth'
the South Kinloss and
LucknoW Presbyterian
Churches. St,„ Peter'„s
Anglicair, Church, 'SC'
Mary's -Roman Catholic
Church, LucknoW United
,ittireh, and the. LieknoW
and District 'Christian
Reformed. Church,, have;
been working togethee
since the spring ftindrais:-
ioa and worc'lug the /and
••' $2,000 was raised between
•'the churches through such
,
factidvi,iesas Yardd sha4lrecs
ov
, hes•
fie
A soY hear) cropwas
planted in May on. 10
'acres of' laud east of
• Lucknow at the intersec-
tion of Highway 86 and
• the $t. Helen's 4ine• .
Margaret Burkhart and
Rev. Peggy Kinsman vol-
,
untceret.1 to look after the
sign for the sight.
"We had 17 people
involved in making the
sign," said -Burkhart,
adding, that there wa$ at
least,One persOrt frOna each
church involved, i the
Project.
• Burkhart noted that the
group .had lotiked into
having the sign profes-
sionally designed and
made, but the cost was too
high they' under took
tno sip project thern-
selve.s The Canadian
EcOd Grains Bank leg()
was Ncaillied onto a e'oni-
puter and traced onto a
four foot' by eight toot
'
pteceo wgod
,
ii san added
that they wanted the Fo• od,
Grains. Bank logo high-
lighted of* the sign
Christian response to
'hi„triger" - so passerby
would know that this was
a local group of volunteers
working on the project,
not a big business,
• 'We have had really
Burkhart Cif ine 1900,1
• rtoe:Stphoeripsre:jecOt,',th* aria
Tho, cana4fau' Foovs
grains 'Rank is, a
.iCanadian-based Christian
organization that fneili-
• tates the distribution of
food and development
assistance to people in
need, It is funded throtiglf
the generosity of its, 13
church p_rinand
ers. is a
a
federal iy-iricOrporated
nn-rPortiotiat scoAvocrhaaliroistarbegie-
a
organization. The ArtOti,Va-
• non Of the utCIB is,rooted
in tbc,bettet, the to
adequate food, at alt tittles
'by, all people, is a basic
h
riugrahta.i.tTnheredsw
u:h t agesa
n_
• erosity, guidance and corn-,
patsiOn ol its partners and
Other Canadians, the
CFG13 has provided thou-
sands of tonnes of grain to
hungrypeople in. Africa;
•'Asia, the Americas and
positive comments " said Europe,
•
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ELEMENTARY TEACHING STAFF
and
IVIEMBERS,OF
ELEMENTARYSCHOOL COUNCILS
The Ministry of Educator! and Training has recently,released
new ppt4rioctkrricoolp.DQrunients-..fqr:.'
• kealthaod Physical Etilicatie19,. Grades 1- 8
The, Arts, 499$,,Grades 178 , •
French as 'a, second', lariguoge: Core French, 1998, Orhds•4 8
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; These doeurnents will.be distributed to all sthodis inth
:r.Avin; Maitlad District School Board on er before Friday',
August 21, 1998. They Can be picked dp at. yciur home School,'
after that date, •• •
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