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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-04-09, Page 7student plan ram "A group of concerned stndents•" from CHSS Clinton `t, 4 . appeared before 'Huron County Board of Education Monday with their capable spokesman, Julie Waldron, .to ' outline their plans for Education' '7Q,a three-day 'series of open discussians;hedraled for May Q, 7 and_ 8 at CRSS, ' and to` ask the board's ipprova_.1 ,it,. Following a top-notch ,presentation by... the 'stude concerning, the' aims and objectives of Education '70, the board granted its approval of the • experiment. Only one board ist member, John Henderson; RR5 Seaforth, representative, for Hullett, McKillop, the town of Clinton and the village of Blyth, voted against the,project. Mr. Henderson stated that he would like to know much more *about the program -before.. he. could. _ vote in favor- of the scheme. Miss Waldron told the board she had originally conceived the - idea for Education '70 after hearing about a similar session in Forest Hill. With the aid of several other students, • Miss Waldron showed the board that Education '70 was an attempt to get away from the regular class routine for three :days ..-and inject - into the :edueaiional. systen at .CHSS the student's ' desire for more freedom of subject choice. • • She said that speakers, many of . them well-known personalities . in . Ontario had ' agreed to come to the school on the three days to discuss a wide variety' of topics. The 'students would have th, opp_ortunity._to_, select those lectures they, wanted ' to attend, or if _.nothing area couple °honoured at surprise party`. .Mr. and Mrs, Ray Filsher, of Carlow were pleasantly surprised ata Party at Carlow Mall Satuurday, April 4, given by their family, Mr, and Mrs.,, Doug ` • Fisher of London, and Mr. and Mrs. Doug Currie of :Goderich, on the occasion, of their 25th, Yeddling anniversary., • ° n �bt P.eck of: Varna,,, helped to Open* lovely glfts. NIr.:, and ;Mrs'. Fisher thanked those present and a delicious lunch was sxvedf Present at the, party were relatives and ,,friends from • Allenford, Galt, London, Toronto, Windsor and surrounding. districts. , Helping to make the "party a success were neighbours, friends and relatives. The evening was t• Spent " playing euchre, after which the 'best man of 25 years ago, Wm. Gilchrist of Toronto, ' gave an address. Following this, Mr. Gilchrist, - and Mrs Fisher's attendant Of r 25ears ago, go, .her. sister,,_ Mrs... Mr. an°d. MYs. Fisher had just returned • from Rohe, ' Italy; where they'. had spent the Easter vacation. Before leaving for, .Dome, their 'neighbours had entertained therm. at a dinner at the home of M. XVIrs. Doug McNeil of Carlow. • appealed to them ' during a certain portion of the' day, they' could enjoy sports in the gym, • the film festival, the music.rooms .scr warn .�+r.u.1..n�...,wwa.w.m �... _WM . the communication room to talk freely about anything.. Attendance would be taken 'in the , morning, said. Miss Waldron, but the students would A not be forced to -attend Masses at all if they did not 'care , to. Teachers,-howeF,r, would be required to be Boll. Some of -them - �uIL�...I1e._cn�tducting seminars on various subjects -not necessarily those they 's -would • normally teach. John Lavis, chairman of the • board, wondered if the students had any estimate of the number of students who would attend the lectures or how many "Would think of it as a three-day holiday." • • Miss Waldron. ' told the chairman the committee- had made every effort t6 capture the interests of every student. "-If---they- are : not -interested -in - anything offered at Education '70," said Miss Waldron, "then I: 0, would say they have some retty peculiar interests. I' have faith in" my fellow students." ,,. Miss- Waldron. also. pointed out that ' the committee was comprised of a cross-section of the student. body, with -representatives from every"' department. • - _n Cochrane' asked the students • who would finance the venture. He learned that the students' council had voted, '$900 to the event and the' students felt this would meet expenses for. the '.r entire three days. - Dan Murphy, Goderich, said, "I am -amazed at what you (the Students) have done." "The students should be commended," noted John D. Cochrane. Some speakers scheduled for Education '70 are Dr. E. G. Pleva, UWO; Quintin Yardley, Toc-Alpha; Ann Fairservice, Blyth; Professor James- Scott; John Howe of Inglewood Free School, London; Dr. Andrew lr ., Mowatt, Clutton;.._1Zave Stuart, g Stratford; Sister Marie Therese and Sister Theresa Marie, Mount St. Joseph Academy, London; Richard' Lightbond, Company of Young Canadians; • and Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, provincial -treasurer. Another delegation,a group from Exeter planning a Toc-Alpha conference for SHDHS in the latter part of May, learned that the. charges made by the board for the use 9f Hie Exeter school are as low as �." possible and include the janitorial fees. It was. pointed • . out- that janitors are paid at the • rate of $3 an hour when they are called uipon to work more than their usual hours, and • that groups using school facilities' in ,•,... the county for . -educational • non-profit .Ventures are actually paying just the janitorial fees through the rent charged by the "Wiwi fciT the facilittesl n:.�,,u :.. nit is l't a morneymaking thilg," observed Dan Murphy.. Activity in GodeAhh Harbour is -stepping up now. that the - warmer' 'eather is approaching. Shipping is being made ready to sail and at least one boast has loaded with salt so far. No'news has arrived yet as to the date of arrival of the first boat but it should' be here before next week's issue. n. • -staff photo Teac ers reject saFary offer • Continued 'from -Page-1a Board to blame increases in ' Mr. ,.;Elliott told .he`r,'that--if considerably below. the: salaries taxation on 'teachers'. salaries 'two 'applicants impire sed the -on principals in surrounding since other expenditures are Interviewersto the same degree, countries, the Board has seen fit rising at a rate faster than the only difference being that to offer, the principals a 2.5 instructional salaries.'' one had more qualifications than " the other, the One with the. percent increase. _ q' ...,,::...thein - �,eachers �:-.better quali ;cations- d. be Y Vie•- .. re �.�°-1♦, _s �°. _ . , a _ ...._. ii.�._._h_-.,fie" T _.�,.... ,:lt�tt g�' i�d�coficernt:n concern for the . ratepayers of Saturday's session at which. It was also indicated by Huron County. We would like to teachers will be interviewed, several board members • that point out that the cost of James Coulter, superintendent r teachers who hold afore degrees education in Huron- county is of education said that 25 are not ' necessarily better spread over a provincial base_and elementary schoolteachers are teachers. ' that an unofficial "estimate needed to fill vacancies. v ``You have to use_.. your indicates that about- 70.5 He • " reported that • ' 58 intuition," advised John - D. percent .of secondary school applications had' been received _y Cochrane; director of education. edu tion costs' are(]7 Yr a ■v Qp y,� +, V.±k ; POO T. ,b• Mh.4 :�t�^ A� 3i�»y.-S.;d'.Re k1. :n �. M i • • ' '�,r� �.�� it al �, , , �!✓ : ll,���r't"�, """�,,� •r,1r ,s•a,►' z�' • • pr'ovir cia`i. treasury. • Since �erti icates". Uf these, .„12 are T' ” teachers' pay 'is. drawn from a • 1969 graduates from Teachers' provincial base, it follows that College wlfo were not able to get' provincial averages are important jobs last year. factors in determining Our pay. Mr. Coulter also said there are Huron teachers have in the past several applications from been close to provincial average "people still in school". salaries and the stability of staff Mrs. J. -W. Wallace, Goderich, in our schools has resulk-ed in remarked that there ° was a better educational opportunity. possibility that'' all the ,vacancies Referring to the Minister of for elementary school teaching Education's Annual Report, it is positions in the county could be • found that instructional salaries filled next year with teachers in are approximately 51, percent of ' Category 4. She asked what the Board expenditures. 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