The Huron Expositor, 1997-11-05, Page 3BERNIE MACLELLAN
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One question not answered by teachers
BY CALE COWAN
SSP News Staff
One simple question was
not answered by Huron
teachers during a public
meeting to talk over Bill 160
in Zurich Thursday night.
Why was an illegal strike
the only course of action?
This is as close as they
got...
"There were too many
things in Bill 160 that were
unclear ... and we couldn't
wait any longer," said
Seaforth Public School prin-
cipal Lorne Rideout. "I'm not
going to apologize for that
and I'm not going back until
it's cleared up ... never."
That answer — the only one
given all night — didn't
directly answer the question
posed by St. Joseph -area resi-
dent John Vanderburgt.
"A lot of parents feel
manipulated by both sides,"
he said during the question
and answer period of what
was set up by local teachers
as an information meeting to
outline their concerns with
Bill 160.
No representatives of the
provincial government were
present as about 200 people
crowded into the Zurich
arena auditorium.
"If kids are the big concern,
then they should be in school
right now," Vanderhurgt con-
tinued, wondering why the
teachers were opposed to
staying in school while nego-
tiations continued.
"As a parent I'm really
pissed off. Why couldn't you
have just stayed in class and
negotiated those points?"
And the illegal strike will
continue. Hope of ending the
walkout this week failed
Monday when a provincial
PHOTO BY DAVID SCOTT
FULL HOUSE - A packed Seaforth Legion hall of parents and teachers asked and
answered questions about Bill 160 Monday night while Seaforth Public School principal
Lorne Rideout, at tar right, chaired the proceedings. Similar meetings have been held
around the county.
judge declined the govern-
ment's request for an injunc-
tion that would have forced
the teachers back into the
classroom.
It was his ruling the week
old strike has not yet done
irreparable harm to education
in Ontario and the govern-
ment shot{ld wait and
approach the Ontario Labor
Relations Board in conjuc-
tion with its school boards,
which normally are the bod-
ies that negotiate with teach-
ers.
Thursday, the evening start-
ed with teacher representa-
tives from Zurich's public
and separate schools outlin-
ing what they felt were prob-
lem areas in the education -
reform legislation.
Zurich Public School prin-
cipal Deb Gill ran the meet-
ing, starting off by speaking
of the bill's "emotional"
impact on teachers, but also
understanding the bill itself
can be confusing.
• Knowing that, they took a
good chunk of the meeting to
outline what areas of concern
lie within the 262 -page pro-
posed bill.
The educators worked to
bring some understanding of
their fight, from agreeing
with funding reform to bal-
ance rural and urban educa-
tion dollars, to being out-
raged by what they see as a
power grab by the provincial
Tories with no regard for
quality of education.
They also addressed what
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Gill said the teachers are
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classes, teaching time versus
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qualifications, school clo-
sures and board closures.
What it is not about is
money or jobs, they claim.
"We're not doing this for
the money. If we were doing
this for the money we'd be in
class ... we'd be in another
business," said Hensali
Public School teacher Doris
Becker. •
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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
NOV. 9"
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Pra erat9;30AM
Church
Services:
You are invited to attend
these area churches
first Presbyterian
Church
Goderich St. W.
Seaforth
11:15 AM
Sunday School
during Church Service
Minister:
Rev. Nicholas Vandermey
Bethel Bible Church
Meeting at Seaforth High
9:45 a.m. S.S. 7:00 p.m.
11:00 Worship Evening
Bible Study
Small Group meetings Weekly
An Associated Gospel Church
CAVAN UNITED
CHURCH
9:30 AM
Winthrop
NORTHSIDE UNITED
CHURCH
11 AM
Seaforth
Sunday School during
Church Service
Seaforth Community
• Church
(meeting at Bethel Bible Church
48 Water St. Egmondvitle)
Sun. 11 AM Praise & Worship
Thurs. 7:30 P.M.
(at 146 Jarvis S. Res.)
a church with a pentecostal messagt.
St. James
Catholic Church
Victoria St., Seaforth
SUNDAY
MASS 11:00 A.M.
Father Dino Salvador