Times-Advocate, 1978-11-02, Page 17 (2)•
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Ask for parental involvement
Lack of comrnunication: cited in education systeUse local resources
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.even panel discussions'
featured = Monday's
Professional Development
Day for South. Huron's six
elementary schools and
South Huron District High -
School.
...The PD day was held at
the Victorian Inn "in Strat-
ford. The public school
teachers.participating were •
from Exeter. Zurich. Hen -
salt. Stephen, .Usborne and
J.A.D. McCurdy.
One of the discussions
chaired by EPS principal
Jim Chapman centred on
Public attitudes toward
Education.
On the panel were parents
Pat Down and Dee Beuer-
man, newspaper editor
Susan White, Dashwood In-
dustries personnel manager
Gerry Kading and Rev.
Henry Van Essen, Exeter.
First speaker Gerry
Kading suggested more
farm safety should be taught
in schools. He cited the
death of four' children in
Lambton County -in 1977 in
farm related accidents.
The DI personnel manager
challenged. teachers to
produce as many achievers
. as possible. '
He told teachers. "rm
afraid the will to work is
built-in to children before
you get them. There are
three kinds of workers: -
those that work well,
mediocre and not at all."
- On the subject of class -
size, Kading said a U.S.
education report said
smaller classes will not br-
ing About studeht improve-
ment:
Huron Expositor editor -
Susan White said curriculum
should have more Canadian
content suggesting_fhe use of
local sources. This would in-
clude a visit to the Van Eg-
mond hom`ir. She added.
"Students should find out
about Van Egmond leading.
McKenzie's
eading-
McKenzie's forces in 1837."
Mrs. White also called for
more civic responsibility -in
students and suggested tax-
payers should have more
say in any budget cutting.
Pat Down who has
children in SHDHS and
Usborne Central suggested
the public wants more con-
trol of teacher competence
and choice of curriculum.
She asked for more
physical education and
leisure time and more com-
munication between board.
--parertts'and tea>•ttees-
Rev. Van Essen said the
exclusive task for religion
should be with the church
and the home.
He suggested the school
should remain a significant
participant in the learning
process and the preparation
for life.
"Schools should develop
skills. and orderly thinking
and allow freedom to.
develop in his or her own
right." he continued.
Dee Beuerman said her
first concern was an ap-
parent breakdown in com-
munications. She continued.
"It seems some teachers
only tell you what they feel
you want to hear about your
child "
Mrs. Beuerman who par -
Hallowe'en is
fairly calm
Halloween night was com-
paratively calm in Exeter
according to Police Chief
Ted Day. In 'all- 12 com-
plaints were received. which
included, throwing of eggs.
pumpkins and cabbages. ,
Some youths. were
ap rehended by police.
attempting to damage park-
ing signs. with baseball bats
and clubs.
In one instance. police ap-
prehended a number of
youths who .were in posses-
sion of the Victoria Park
sign. They had removed the
sign from the standard and
were attempting to leave
town wtien stopped by
police... •
Later in the evening police
received a complaint._regar-
ding an indecent assault on a
13 year old male person.
The complaint was .in-
vestigated -by Constables
Short and Robertson and a
local male person was
arrested shortly after the in-
cident and charged with in-
decent assault. This person•
will appear in 'court on a
later date.
SOCIAL SERVICES AND SCHOOLS — One of the topics at.a professional development day
for South Huron teachers held Monday in Stratford was the relationship between the schools
and the social service agencies in the county. Talking things over are teachers Sawaran Singh,
Mike Soldon and panel melmbers AliEpp of. Epp Homes and Richard Boonstra of family and
children's services. T -A photo
Accuses Huron agency
of noring boys home
The family and children.
services agency of Huron
- County was accused Monday
- of ignoring an -Exeter based
home for troubled youths.
The charge was made by
:1I Epp of Epp Homes in
workshop• held at a
professional development
day for the six public schools
and One high school in the
South Huron area. The
workshop which was held in
Stratford. dealt with the
relationship between social
service agencies and the
schools.
Epp told the session which
was attended by about a
dozen teachers, that during
the Home's four years of
operation the county agency
•has neer been in contact
with the home. -
Richard Boonstra who
represented family and
children services on the
seven man panel said the
reason why his organization
had not been in contact with
Epp was "Money."
Epp refuted Boonstra's
statement saying "That's
a bunch of B.S." He said he
knew of several troubled
youths in Huron who had
been placed in homes outside
of the county.
Boonstra replied the
agency has only three
children placed in outside
institutions and that two of
these had to be placed out-
side of the area. The other
child required specilaized
training that was not%
available in Huron.
There has been a swing
away from placing children
in an outside environment
Boonstra said, with the
further away a child gets
from his natural en-
vironment, the harder ,.it
becomes to reaquaint the
child with his environment.
One of the problems faced
by social services agencies
in "Huron is the release of
information to other agen-
cies, said "Arch Andrew of the
Huron Centre for Children
and Youth. •
He said many people in
Huron are afraid to use the
agencies available for fear
that neighbors or friends will
find that they are having
problems.
There is an attitude in
Huron that either you solve
your own problems or you
-don't have any, Andrew said.
In reply to a question,
Andrews- agreed that once
the parents of a problem
child give - up, the child
becomes a problem to the
teachers and to society as a
whole.
Boonstra said teachers
usually see few children
openly display :their
problems, as a study con-
ducted in Chicago in 1973
concluding more behavioural
problems come out in the -
home than they do in school,
with the school's structured
environment masking a
child's problems.
Jean Dunsford of the
Huron County Health Unit
said --one of the respon-
sibilities *hich the -health
unit assumes is to keep in
touch with the trouble family
and child.
By keeping in touch, it's
hoped the parents will break
down and ask for help, she
said.
In reply to a question from
Exeter Public School
teacher Mike Soldan Dun-
sford said the various social
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service agencies try to work
"fairly closely" with each
other.
Andrew agreed and said
his organization trys to
provide as much possible
feedback to the schools if a
particular problem is related
to the schools.
Carey Unich, a physical
education teacher at South
Huron District High School
asked if the schools are
made aware of children that
have come from a troubled
background.
Epp replied earlier that he
works together with the staff
at both the high school and
the public school. '
Glen Buck. of the special
services division of the
Huron County Board of
Education said "Our basic
philosphy is that we must
work on the academics."
His department places an -
emphasis on . early
prevention and identification
of learning problem: -
"The awareness of a
child's difficulties is the
most important thing," he
stressed.
Representing the ministry
of community and social
services was Linda Wooden
who said she would like to
see a better understanding of
the developmently han-
-dicapped in the school
system.
She said one of her major
concerns is that the
physically handicapped are -
not denied access to
.education or a job because of
their handicap.
Wooden said a vocational
rehabilitation program
funded by her ministry will
provide funds and equipment
to handicapped to ensure
they are on the same level,
for jobs and education as the
non -handicapped person.
Chairman for the panel
discussion was J.A.D.
McCurdy school teacher
Mrs. Donna Webster.
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ticipated in a recent county
study, indicated teachers
also felt they were not
properly informed by the
board. • .
. She called for more parent
involvement and suggested
policies aed ,objections be
•made more acessible to the
public.
Mrs. Beuerman con-
tinued, "I believe that
diagnosis of a learning dis-
ability should be done by a
professional and not the
teacher. I fear children are
classed early and never -
break out of that category "
In reply to Mrs. Beuer-
man's suggestion for parent -
teacher meetings. Jerry
Kading said. "this was tried
in Grand Bend and only 11
parents showed up and they
were the same.11 who take
their children to hockey and -
..ballet. _ - -
SHDHS teacher Al
DeHaan said parents could
become realistically in-
volved , in supervising
dances -
DeHaan said the school ly controlled system where saying this has been tried in
system was too big. He don grants follow students." the Netherlands where 25
Untied, "we need a ' • rental-. Rev. Van Essen disa : eed • - rcent of the total budget
k.f Jv s
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goes to education. He added,
"The situation is Justus bad
there."
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TALK ABOUT EDUCATION — One. of- the panel discussions at Monday's Professionol Development Doy centred on the
public's attitude to educotion. Shown prior to their appearance are panel members Jerry Kading; Suson White, Dee Beuermcih,
Pat Down and Rev. Henry Van Essen. T -A photo
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