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Board hoping alternative education
will help dropping enrolment
By Stew Slater
Special to The Huron Expositor
Officials of the Avon
Maitland District School
Board hope various
alternative education
programs help ease what has
traditionally been a
significant drop-off of
secondary school enrolment
following Sept. 1, and help
keep enrolment numbers
close to what board planners.
had projected for 2001-02.
Education superintendent
Bill Gerth presented opening
day enrolments during a
regular board meeting
Tuesday, Sept. 25, but he
noted that the
most important enrolment
dates, from a Ministry of
Education funding
perspective, are Oct. 31 and
March 31. And with Sept. 4,
2001 secondary enrolment
sitting at 42 students above
the Oct. 31, 2001 projection,
he hopes the traditional post -
opening day drop-off will be
relatively small.
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indicate that enrolment on
the Oct. 31 count date will be
approximately 50-150
students less than opening
day," Gerth's report states.
Dropping below projected
levels by Oct. 31 could
adversely affect the board's
provincial funding.
Initial reading of the report
suggests elementary
enrolment could be a bigger
problem, since actual Sept. 4
elementary enrolments were
about 50 below projected
Oct. 31 values.
But Gerth explained the
board can't do much about
that now, since elementary
levels don't traditionally
change following opening
day. Secondary enrolments,
however, can be more fluid
over the school year.
That's why he hopes the
board can effectively
promote what he called "a
variety of programs for folks
who would not normally be a
part of the regular day school
program," some of which
weren't reported on opening
day because their
"alternative" nature means
students weren't actually
enrolled by Sept. 4.
These programs include
on-line learning and
cooperative education
initiatives.
"We think, through
judicious marketing and
proper counselling, maybe
we can ameliorate the
amount (of enrolment) we
lose between opening day
and Oct. 31," Gerth said,
following the meeting.
He also noted that an
economic downturn and
accompanying scarcity of
employment opportunities
can inspire more people to
remain in school.
"History would tell us that,
in difficult economic times,
our high schools tend to
maintain their enrolment."
Asked about the board's,
failure to meet projected
levels of elementary
enrolment, Gerth attributed it
&Idquo;almost entirely (to)
families that have moved out
of the district."
Smith looks at school suspensions
as a reason to move Grade 7 and 8
From Paye 1
"Existing permanent facilities are healthier
and better student accommodation than
portables," Smith's Notice of Motion states.
At the same meeting, Smith used a report
on 2000-2001 student suspensions as an
opportunity to promote preserving high
school buildings and decreasing portable
utilization by relocating Grades 7 and 8
students from elementary schools.
The report, delivered by education
superintendent Bill Gerth, showed the
number of student suspensions, board -wide,
for both Grade 7 and 8 students was above
250, putting those grades at similar levels to
students in Grades 9, 10 and 11. Suspension
levels for Grades 5 and 6, meanwhile -- as
well as in Grades 12 and 13 -- were 166 or
fewer.
"Of course, I don't know which schools
those suspensions took place in,"noted Smith.
"But it would seem from this perspective
that, perhaps, (Grade 7 and 8 students) would
be less disruptive of the JK to 6 students if
they were in that (high school)
building."
In the past, Smith, along with other
supporters of Seaforth District High School
(SDHS), have proposed relocating Grades 7
and 8 students from Seaforth Public School,
which has portables, as a means of preserving
SDHS.
Following the meeting, Gerth said he chose
not to respond to Smith's comment.
However, he said, "even if I were to agree
with that point, I think you would have great
difficulty convincing most parents of that."
Twelve years olds set shed on fire
Two 12 -year-old boys,
one from Seaforth and
another from Grey, were
arrested Sept. 26 at noon
after they were found
behind the the Seaforth
Manor in a shed that was on
fire.
Huron OPP were called
after a man discovered the
two youths in the shed, one
-with material in his hand
that was burning. The floor
of the shed was also on fire.
During an investigation it
was discovered that the
Seaforth youth was
involved in two break-ins
that took place at the
Seaforth Co -Op building
and the Seaforth
Agricultural Centre.
In both of cases, pop,
candy and cash were stolen.
Also the youth has been
charged with theft of cash
from a motor vehicle in
Seaforth.
He was charged with two
counts of break, enter and
theft, one count of theft
under $5,000, one count of
mischief and possession of
stolen property.
The youth from Grey was
charged with mischief.
Bullet holes in bulldozer
More than $1,000 in
damages was done to a
bulldozer in Tuckersmith
when holes were shot into
the two radiators and the
muffler system sometime
between Sept. 7 and 20.
The bulldozer, owned by
Heard Construction, was
parked in a gravel pit on
Centennial Road in
Tuckersmith.
Anyone who knows about
any shooting of guns in the
gravel pit is asked to call
Huron OPP or
Crimestoppers.
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