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PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN. THURSDAY. JUNE 22. 2006.
Students must purchase own gym clothes
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
From now on, no secondary
school student in the Avon Maitland
District School Board will be
prevented from using their school
library if they haven't paid their
student fees.
But if they hope to successfully
complete a physical education
course, they will still need to find
enough money to purchase shorts
ana a t-shirt.
At a regular meeting Tuesday,
June 13, trustees were provided with
details about a new "Administrative
Procedure" governing the charging
of fees to high school students.
"The procedure makes it clear that
student fees may not be charged for
materials basic to the completion of
a course, and that students may not
be detrimentally impacted if they
choose not to pay fees charged for
optional or upgraded materials."
states a report prepared by education
superintendent Ted Doherty.
Two types of fees are addressed:
those that apply to compulsory
portions of the curriculum: and those
that apply either to optional
activities — often organized by
student councils — or to things which
enhance the already-available
services.
According to Doherty, this
includes a course-specific workbook
which might assist a student
organize their studying but is not
crucial to learning, or to a
woodworking student who decides
they'd rather work with oak instead
of the more economic pine.
"In that case, the school will make
that oak available to the student, but
they'll have to pay the difference
over what the basic material would
cost," Doherty explained in an
interview.
The superintendent explained the
procedure was altered "as a result of
some questions that arose last year at
some schools," largely due to the
diversity of features covered by
Student fees at different sites.
The main goal of the changes, he
adds, is not necessarily to make all
high schools follow the exact same
rules, but rather to unite them all
under a common approach to
developing those rules.
"The big part of this is that fees are
now developed in consultation with
school councils," he said, adding
principals had previously been left to
create rules on their own.
There are some rules which will be
applied across the board, however.
For example, physical education
students will be required to spend
their own money on a special
uniform of shorts and a t-shirt,
despite the fact they wouldn't be
allowed to take the course without
them.
That's because, according to
Doherty, phys-ed uniforms aren't a
curriculum requirement — like a
textbook — but rather a hygiene
requirement.
"On warm days, we don't want
somebody coming to school in a
regular t-shirt and shorts, wearing it
for gym class, then going back to
class in the same outfit," he
explained.
Students won't be prevented from
signing out library books, however,
if they haven't come up with the
cash for a student card.
"That concern was raised,"
Doherty said, referring to the
student card requirement now
being eliminated at some school
libraries.
"I don't know how many schools
had that in place, but certainly we
want to make sure that every student
has access to the library."
Province invests $12.5 million in ethanol plant
The McGuinty government is
supporting the renewable fuels
industry by investing $12.5 million
in Commercial Alcohols Inc. in the
construction of a new ethanol plant,
Carol Mitchell, MPP Huron-Bruce
announced on behalf of Minister of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Leona Dombrowsky.
"This is excellent news for the
Village of Hensall and the
surrounding communities. The
ethanol plant will be a major
economic driver in the area. I want
to congratulate Commercial
Alcohols on being one of the
successful proponents who secured
funding through the Ontario Ethanol
Growth Fund." Mitchell said.
The government investment,
totaling $32.5 million, will support
the construction of three new
ethanol plants in Aylmer, Hensall
and Cornwall, helping Ontario lead
the way in the development of a
successful Canadian ethanol
industry.
The funding is part of the $520-
million Ontario Ethanol Growth
Fund. which will also provide
annual operating grants worth up
to $60 million annually.
Commercial Alcohols Inc. Hensall
was awarded operating assistance
for 190 million litres of ethanol
production annually.
"This will be the most
significant industrial investment in
Huron since the Wescast plant at
Wingham about 10 years ago," said
Scott Tousaw, director, Huron
County Planning and Development
Department.
Ontario's Renewable Fuels
Standard requires that all gasoline
sold in the province contain an
average of five per cent ethanol by
2007. When added to gasoline,
ethanol helps to mitigate climate
change by reducing greenhouse gas
emissions, results in cleaner vehicle
exhaust and reduces our dependency
on non-renewable fossil fuels.
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Band 101
The Grey Central Public School's band ensemble gave its
first performance at the school's 40th birthday celebrations.
At the beginning of the year, teacher Peter Barlett began
teaching the 12 Grade 6, 7 and 8 students, who had no
musical background, to play their instruments. (Carol Burns
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