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Times-Advocate, 1982-12-01, Page 40Pao. 14A Tim.s-Advocate. December 1, 1982 Position paper presented Trust with press, priority of Iluron education b d By Stephanie Trust and understanding ween the press and board staff will be the Huron ('nun= ty'Board of Education's top priority in 1983. At a special meeting on Nov. 23 chalritian Dorothy Wallace 'presented what .she called a ''position paper' outlining how the boiird is . perceived by botch the press and staff members.. bers. \Irs Wallace alsii gage sugges tions as to how cotntlnnuca tion lines could be opened The position paper was refer- • red to the hoard's executive committee's first nhecting.in January. 1 he chairman suggested that the press be invited to sit in un committee -of -the -whole meetings. that . the board revert to two meetings a. month - one • in the et'ening and one in the daytime - that agendas b e made available to the public prior to the meeting; that individual trustees be allowed to speak to the press on particular con- cerns. that a second line of communications .to staff be e,ta1111slied and also some kind01 arlation of employee groups getting. together to \discuss wars to improve the quality of the work area. i)n staff communication. Mrs. Wallace said the regular channel is for teachers to ____ to the principal who refers it 'to a superintendent who refers it to the director of education who in turn refers matters to the board. The chairman said staff should feel free .to talk to board members and while it has not been forbidden, neithe- has it been encouraged. She added that various themes of. "quality circles" should be explored. • The chairman said editorial comment in tt press sug- gests the boardTs thought to be a "secretive bunch". Mrs. Wallace also pointed out that ARTISTIC WORKERS — Jo-Ahn.Wurm and Jane Rogister of an art–.14111111111 class at SHDHS paint windows at the Exeter branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia. T -A photo resolutions are passed by board with almost no discussion. "To the visitor, we look 1i a. bunch of zombies," adm ted Mrs. Wallace. - Most of the discussion tak place in the various comm. .tee meetings for educatio personnel an ,,xecutive, the chairman e plained. She noted the pres . has been invited to these i the past, but the board has t face the fact that the press isn't going to . come. Ohe reason for this she said is the committee only makes recommendations to' the board and the press isn't go- ing to spend time at a meeting when the material being discussed may or may not become actual fact. Mrs. Wallace said criticism levelled at .the board sug- gesting it "rubber stamps" administrative decision is an idea she disagrees with and knows that director of educa- tion John Cochrane wouldn't agree with. The chairman also said she couldn't see why an individual trustee couldn't speak to the press. "It would do a good deal to remove the impression we all vote the same way," she noted. ' Refusing to bring this exact topic to the table at the board's November meeting was, said Mrs. Wallace,. "another nail in our -coffin." "We have nothing to hide," he the chair....,,, Q�, - Inviting the press to in- ot go camera meetings over well witthe did nboar'd it.- members. Trustee an Adams said she doesn't agree es with allowing thepresstosit in t- on in -camera meetings. She on. indicated with a hand gesture d that she doesn't trust the x- press an inch and expressed s concern of possible leaks. n Mrs. Wallace countered that o if a subject in camera is "that hot" the press would not be . allowed in. "1'm trying to break dowti that feeling of mistrust," ex- plained Mrs. Wallace. Trustee Dave McDonald agreed with Mrs. Adams noting that quite a bit of the in -camera -discussion relates to employee negotiations. The chairman suggested th various teachers' federatio beaskedfor consent to alto% the press in. 'To have a better understan- ding of why a decision came about, said Trustee Joan Van den Broeck, all information should be given to the press. "You can't give the press , piecemeal infortnation,"said Trustee Van den Broeck. She -added 'that if the press is more aware of what is hap- . pening at the board, they'll be more sympathetic: "The public has the right and a crying need to be aware of what is. happening," added . Mrs. Van den Broeck. Cochrane noted that a previous reporter had been invited to sit in on in -camera meetings but was told by her newrepspaper she shwas obligedattended meetings. "You can't say to the press, you can't print this," added Mrs. Adams. Retiring Trustee Marion Zinn spoke in favor of holding two meetings a month. She said when the board first became a county board, meetings were held twice a month and "all the infortna- tion came out." Trustee Frank Falconer ex- pressed his concern for doing away with the board's com- mittee because it is his. fear the board will be • meeting once a week. Mrs. Wallace acknowledg- 0 0 r ar ed no changes could be made now as it is the 1981-82 school toards's last meeting, "We can't dictate how -the next board operates," com- mented•the chairman. Falconer accepted the report with thanks and sug- gested it be turned over to the 1983 executive committee for discussion at its first meeting in Januar /j , Mrs. Wallace had said she didn't want the mat- ter postponed "until some time next year." The chairman's paper came as a result of a seminar for trustees and principals held on November 18, 19 and 20 in Kincardine. She said that at that seminar ."everybody got the signal" that communication is a priorit P. 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