Times-Advocate, 1985-01-23, Page 11St. Boniface principal promoted
Gaetan Blanchette, principal of St.
Boniface School in Zurich for the past
six years, has been promoted to
superintendent by the Huron -Perth
Separate School Board. His primary
responsibility will be implementation
of the French Immersion program
the Board has decided to introduce in
September.
To prepare for the new program, a
second superintendent of education
position was created, and Blanchette
was chosen to fill it, effective
Februar 1, for a three- ear term.
NEW SUPERINTENDENT — Gaetan B anchette has been promoted
to implement the Huron -Perth Separate School Board's French Im-
mersion
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program
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A BUDGET STRETCHER
MACARONI & CHEESE
Blanchette will share duties with
the present superintendent, John
McAuley. Besides heading the French
Immersion and taking charge of the
existing core French program for the
whole system, Blanchette will also be
responsible for drawing up the plan
for special education required annual-
ly by the ministry. As his appointment
is so recent, other areas of respon-
sibility have not yet been sorted out.
Blanchette is well qualified for his
latest undertaking by back ground,
training and experience. French was
his first language as a child, living in
the English section of Welland. By
age five, association with English-
speaking playmates had made him
fluently bilingual.
Blanchette was educated in French
from kindergarten to grade 12, swit-
ching to English for his final year.
After majoring in political science
and history at UWO, he graduated
from London Teachers College with
the standard certificate plus the addi-
tional qualification of French as a se-
cond language.
Blanchette was hired by the Huron -
Perth Board as an itinerant French
teacher to introduce French instruc-
tion to grade seven and eight pupils
in Dublin, St. Columban, Kintore and
Hesson. Two years later his territory
was changed to Kingsbridge,
Wingham, Goderich and Clinton for a
further two-year stint.
The next three years were spent at
Ecole Ste. Marie, where he taught
French to grades five and six, and all
subjects to grades seven and eight,
before coming to St. Boniface in 1978.
Blanchette is already familiar with
procedures at the Board office in
Dublin. He worked there last year as
acting superintendent from January
to August while McAuley temporari-
ly filled the director's post, giving
director William Eckert time to
recover from a heart attack.
Blanchette confesses to mixed
feelings about his move. He is looking
forward to the challenges implicit in
his new job, but will miss the close
relationship he has enjoyed with St.
Boniface staff, students and parents.
"This school community is the
greatest, and very supportive. I hope
to keep in touch", he said.
For the next few months, most of
Blanchette's time will be occupied
with organizing the French Immer-
sion program. Total Early French
Immersion will be offered from
kindergarten through grade two at St.
Mary's School, Goderich, and St.
Michael's, Stratford. The optional
program has already attracted 46
students from the Goderich area and
42 from the Stratford district for the
first year.
The Board will also be hiring four
qualified full-time teachers of French
Immersion for September.
Final date for registering children
in the program is March 4.
Times -Advocate, January 23, 1985
Page 11
PETITION — Phil Erb holds a copy of a petition that was circulated
to C.G. Farm Supply customers to show support for Case dealer Cleve
Gingerich, who has been informed he is losing his franchise. Over
600 signatures were collected in 48 hours.
Farmers support dealer
When Cleve Gingerich was sudden-
ly given a two-week deadline in which
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to sign a termination agreement en-
ding his Case franchise with the giant
US conglomerate Tenneco Co., his
many customers decided to do
something to try and avert what they
perceived as an injustice to a business
that had served them well over the
years.
Dairy farmer Larry Merner and
cash cropper Lionel Wilder (also Hay
township reeve) drew up a petition
last Wednesday which stated: "We
the undersigned farmers of Huron
County, are extremely displeased
with the franchise closing of our local
Case dealer, C.G. Farm Supplies of
Zurich. We feel there is too much ter-
ritory for one dealer to properly give
the service we require. The service
provided by C.G. Farm Supplies has
been excellent over the past 23 years.
Your company will suffer the conse-
quences from this action."
Ten volunteers circulated copies of
the petition from farm to farm to C.G.
Farm Supplies customers in a 20 -mile
radius around Zurich. Others were
left with local businesses. More than
600 signatures were obtained within
48 hours.
Merner, who runs one of the most
modern, computerized dairy opera-
tions in the county, said he had always
been well served by Gingerich, and
would continue to deal with him no
matter what line he sells in the future.
Wilder said every person approach-
ed signed the petition and expressed
support and sympathy for Gingerich.
The signatories hope the sheer weight
of numbers ma piompLTennec9-tO.
reconsiderits decision.
Wilder himself had two reasons for
adding his own name. As a farmer, he
does a great deal of business with the
Zurich firm, and as a member of the
Huron County planning and develop-
ment committee, he wants to retain
all businesses presently located in
Huron, and encourage others to come
in.
Cleve Gingerich signed the ter-
mination agreement by the January
22 deadline in order to receive the
$10,000 signing bonus. Ile has mailed
the petition to Case headquarters in
Racine, Wisconsin, but said officials
held out little hope they would change
their minds.
Ilowever, the cloud has one silver
lining. Gingerich found out on Satur-
day that he still retains the utility con-
tract for backhoes, bulldozers, and
other similar machines.
More computers
for Huron school
Sixteen recommendations in-
cluding spending $88,8410 for computer
hardware and hiring a computer co-
ordinator could affect Iluron county
schools by September
The Iluron County Board of Educa-
tion. at its January meeting. referred
the recommendations to various
board staff to have therm included in
their 1985 budget.
Computer committee chairman Art
Clarke of Wingham. said the most
controversial iteral In the 16 recom-
mendations was the computer co-
ordinator position_
•'Will this be another body within
the system?“ asked trustee John
.lewd!
Clarke said it would he up to the
hoard's personnel committee to sug-
gest if the position can be handled
with present staff or a new person is
to be hired.
Other recommendations include
allotting 51.200 for each elementary
school to purchase computer hard-
ware and .10.0(1 for the county's five
secondary schools to purchase com-
puter hardware
Another recommendation sug-
gested that a standard model com-
puter be used at elementary school
for introductory computer courses al
the secondary. level No specific
model was named by the committee
"Trustee Murray Mulvey. after be-
ing told there is a "slight lack' of
computers in 1turon's secondary
schools. asked if money would he bet-
ter spent on more equipment rather
than on a co ordinator
Clarke said that in discussions with
surrounding school hoards, co-
ordinator was necessary al least in
the initial stages of introducing com-
puters to the schools
The co-ordinator w(njId he respon
sihlc for ensuring quality computer
programs and the actual use of the
computers by providing training for
leachers. said Clarke