Times-Advocate, 1978-10-05, Page 27 (2)Goderich experiment said successful
Secondary schools to have buses for field trips
By JEFF SEDDON
The Huron County Board
of Education decided
1lomday that rather than sell
six of its surplus buses it
would otfel' them to its
secoiutary''•schools for in
house use.
The board- dopes to cut
costs al the secondary school
level by using board owned
buses, driven by teachers
.tr'nm alio schools, 10 tran-
sport students on field trips
and school teams travelling
lo other schools for athletic'
Competition.
A year long experiment at
Goderich District Collegiate
Institute proved that costs'
can be cut by locating a bus
al a secondary school and
makiiig it available to that
school and elen many
schools near it. GD('1
principal John Stringer
asked the board in October of
1977 to give the school a
surplus bus on a trial basis to
see if money could be saved is
from the school's field trip
and transportation budget.
In a letter 10 the board
Stringer said the bus had
travelled :3,492 miles since it
was delivered to the school
and that it had bill used by
Goderich Collegiate,
Colborne Central Public
School. Exeter Public School
and two elementary schools
in Gcxferieh. The principal
indicated that maintenance
costs on the vehicle htpd been
high for the year but noted
that some repairs were
extensive and that the bus
should be safe from major
repairs for the next several
year's. •
'Despite the unusual costs
the board owned bus was
cheaper than the con -
vntional method of hiring a
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bus and driver tor field trips
and athletic events. Stringer
poi ntefl out thal the
availability of the bus has
enabled elementary schools
to retain worthwhile field
slntilar to Goderich Hen-
derson asked that the
principal of the school be
given the chance to have a•
busl' wanted it stressing
i ( a cdr 5 s
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Mat it "be one of the better
hips and has made thl;, _buses". .
outdoor education program' Exeter trustee Clarence
at GIIC_I much more ef- McDonald told the board
tective. • that when the program was
The principal told the/first suggested he fought it
board • the bus "remains a but said that "if this is the
valuable asset to the GDCI way we are going to go we
students and the elementary
schodls that use it".
Seaforth trustee John
Henderson asked the board
lb give Seaforth District
Secondary School one .of the
Leiter buses to permit that •
school to operate a program
may as well Have one at
South Huron in Exeter".
McDonald Suggested that
each of the secondary
schools he offered a bus
stipulating that if the
principal took the vehicle•
costs to maintain and
operate it would come out of
the school's field trip budget.
Director of education John
('onhrane suggested that the
board "put this can of worms
►s
hilted once and for aII".,lie
asked if the board intended
10 make 11 policy to give each
school a surplus bus rather
(hall sell the vehicles by
tender.
"I can't see us keeping'a
whole fleet of surplus
bust's," commented
Colborne trustee Shiries
Hazhlt
Board c'hairman John
Elliott reminded the board of
the !Manila) problems it •1s
plagued with. Elliott said the
board faces restraint in
TIME FOR FUN It was a time of tun and fellowship foi the children who turned .,,t to, the
lust meeting of the Ailsa Crag C.O.C.•s Monday afternoon' The lntei.denominane,,til u•uup
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Seniorsenjoy bus trip
despite one slight injury
By JOY SCHEIFELE
While a,°minor accident
roused some anxious
moments. the Ailsa ('raigi
-e and districl senior citizens
spent a thoroughly enjoyable
day last week becoming
hello acquainted with • our
American neighbours. As ' earl al 7:43 Wed-
nesday morning. Sept. 27th.
over forty seniors from the
Ailsa Craig area gathered on
the village's main in-
lelseclion .A few minutes
Tater a charter bus arrived
on the scene and the group
quickly boarded it and.
headed 011 Tor Aionlrose.
Aiiciligan.
On a recent bus trip to
Niagara Falls. the two
groups of seniors had Met
The seniors from Montrose
invited the Canadian group
to visit them Over lunch in
Montrose. and the offer was
gtiickly accepted The bus.
completely filled with
seniors lel t Wednesday
morning in the. crisp a ulumn
an•.
Shortly bel ore arriving in
A10ntrise unfortunately Ors.
Lillian McEwen of Ailsa
Craig slipped and Slightly
injured _ 11er finger. After
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Harvest Service. was held
Sunday morning with
Reverend Miss 1.1 Rouche of'
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guest preacher. The choir
rendered an anthem.
Those attending and
guests in the village were
Mrs. Claire Sisson,
Slraihroy, Mrs.' George
Davis. Mrs. .las. Kirkland.
Exeter. Mrs' W. .1. Blacklcr.
Mrs. ilarold Henry and ,teff.
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Fairbairn
and Mr. Hobert Dobson.
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Visitors from Sydney
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and her daughter Jan.
Reverend Toni Paul who is
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Mrs. Charlie Paul, Mr. &
Mrs. Leon Paul, Mr. & Mrs
Harold Davis and Reverend
Mrs: Mills attended the 50th
wedding anniversary open
hoarse for Mr. & Mrs. Heber
Davis at Saintshury.
Mr & rs. Wayne
Stephens and Allanna. Oak-
ville, Mr. & Mrs. Keith
Stephens, Kevin. Valarie and
Marie, Anderson 'were
dinner guests Sunday with
Mr. & Mrs. Hera Stephen.
lunch It became apparent.
medi('al aid was required
and stitches were applied at
a nearby hospital.
. Although the group was
delayed true 10 extreme.
emergencies at the hospital
the• group found the day most
pleasant: Gond weather
(• opt tnite(1 - 1-11t'ntrgliout
although the leaves hind not
Yet stalled 10 turn.
COC START
Although c411' a few
children gathered for the
° lirst sleeting of the season.
the ('.( ).('.'s present • had a
thoroughly enjoyable hour
and a half last Monday af-
ternoon. • • •
The interdenominational
Children of the church.
referred to as ('.t).C'.'s, meet
every other Monday at the
Ailsa Craig Presbyterian
church following school.
The group is designed for
both boys and girls nom six
to eight years. 01 age. and
includes stories. crafts and
games at each meeting
This year's leaders are
Jlrs..fane 1Valker and.tlrs.
Adele u1c('allu111 The -next
meeting___ is s(heduled:__for
bnatas. "October 1(1. from m 4
1n 5:17, p.t1.
mane areas adding that it
already had several
delegations of departinent
heads requesting more
money tor academic areas 1n
schools. Elliott said it was
obvious that something had
lu be sacrificed to provide
lunds for board priorities
and asked trustees if surplus.
buses was a, priority the
board wanted to establish.
"Are we going to expand
field trips or hack up and use
the money elsewhere? ' he
asked. "Where's, our
I prior It les?"
Henderson pointed out that
the move man' be • saving
looney the board is going to
have to spend anyWay. He
Said many • elementary
school students are being
bussed to secondary schools
tor shop and home
-economics at a cost of 60
cents a mule Ile said with a
little co-operation. and
management the surplus
buses could be used to gain
big savings 10 the board.
"The board provides buses
this year and has to make
cuts ext. year and may be
forced to cancel field trips."
'said Elliott. "Are we going to
cut academic costs tor more
recreation"
Separate school trustee
Eugene Frayne pointed out
that the only. costs 10 the
board was for the bus. He
said the buses may have
brO5ught 57111) to SI .000
through a sale but 'that
money iv outd.have been used
tor held trips for Goxlerich.
"It appears Goderich
made it work. said Frayne.
Board transportation
rnanayr R. L. Cunningham
pointed .out that the main-
tenance costs were absorbed
by the' school .but that the
board maintained fleet in-
surance on the bus. He said
the Iflsurancc cost about S25n
a year.
Elliott suggested that 1 -fie-
-bus located at the school
didn't save a lot last. year
when everything is con=
sidered Ile said the school
may save standing title
costs Mr a driver by having a
leac•her'operate the bus but
suggested -that the board
paid a supply teacher to fill
in for the one driving the bus
He said the supply leacher
-c'osts the board quite a bit
more than the'four dollars an
hour a driver costs. -
"1'ni pretty sure that a
pr►ncrpaI would. not take a
teacher out of a classroom
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When he can get a driver for
tour dollars an hour,,'i said
Henderson. "1'nm pretty sure
they're broader minded than
that
11 was pointed out to the
hoard that much of the
success of the surplus bus
program depends oh luck. If
the buses can be operated
without major repairs the.
board will realize+ ubstantial
savings. 11 costly repairs are
needed obviously those
savings wall be reduced.
Zurich trustee Herb
'fur'kheim" told- the board
either "all the schools have a
bus or. none have One". He
said - 11 ,wasn't fair to
discriminate and offer-
Goderich an(j,Sealorth a bus
and the remainder nothing.
He said the board has to
dectde to offer a bus to each
sc'haol or sell the buses and
largely the program
al together.
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