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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-09-16, Page 13A 124th YEAR - 37 Qb'ericfj SIGN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1971 • • • • 4 1 SECOND SECTION eementa ake classes in the d Victoria Public School in Goderich this year boasts 'six new members to their staff. Left to r .front; are•Gayl Redmond, Glenda Waiter and JoAnne Telford. Standing are Beth Roder, AI Syg and Nancy Routly.—staff photo ht, ove There are two new faces this `tern, among the -staff at Colborne Central Public School in Carlow. Mrs. Linda Henry'. left, joins the staff in a. --part time ,capacity teaching French while Mrs. Louise Sygrove'is a full time teacher at the school instructing grade five. —staff photo 5 County School, Board • Enrolment down in Huron kanrotmeht In the Huron. ('ounty.:..public school system,js down, it was learned last. Tuesday evening at the board's regular meeting. nrolmen t Sep tem ber7was 13,171 students. Last year, on the first day-, 13,434 students registered. E:Iernentary schools have 5,519;- secondary schppik �4,609; and schools for' the retarded 43. It was also learned that the secondary schools are ' fully staffed despite the fact- that the board ,was pi0-listed, during the , past few Months. A Science teacher from South District High School and a French teacher from Seaforth -District High School were the only. two teachers who didn't sign contracts, again after the salary, dispute was ended. The Science teacher had gone into private business and the French teacher had moved with her husband to anotheriocation. i hjs'year".tile sta" atRobertson-Public School in Goderich were joined by four new members. The new teachers are, left to right, Gail Brown, Brenda Hutton, Mary McKee and Carol Shannon. —staff photo Karen Stoddart, left, and Helen Corrigan are new faces around the School this year'having joined the teaching • Idff there as of this grades three to eight and Helen teaches grade seven. —staff photo r. staff room at Holmesviile Public term, Karen will teach -French to $t. Mary's Separate .School in Goderich this year welcomed four nevi/ Amembers to.its staff as well ...a;BS�i� ns �f C i � t fltlf «.f @1P.L''� t�R1k S a � .� �, � r r t ak .•� +� eL;� ��w 1n � s'overr�he _� h u rrn�ai at s,- atnt as .ear'�ititYr:�lc A p � � t ,p A t Y ; Morrissey, New Staff members are Larry Lane, standing right aand4,44ated left to right, Sister Gloria -Jean, Sister 'Callean=Ma'rie.and Mrs. Mary DelV'1arco. —staff photo ,, �I. Q • Aft tt t'tigfvt, Mrs. Am* Sil.'at°d"ou'vn,'Mrs:-Germaine Wtourde; are the new staff members this y'e'ar at St,;Joseph's Separate J M ' Mrs; Barh• Ev iv° MIti Mirs.'l<' ria Hogan School in Kingsbridge. —staff photo The cafeteria at Wingham, District High School will be Operated this year by Bill Lee on a concession basis at po profit or loss. to. ..the..board. z . In Goderich, the previous system will prevail again this year• with the board hiring cafeteria operators and paying the bills: , However, it •is • understood there will be some reduction in the' number of. choices on the menu. At Seaforth, there will be investigation into the need for an express line where students may . purchase items such as hotdogs, soft drinks, ice cream, etc. The new addition to the', Seaforth Public School opened on schedule although" there is still work • to be donf, ,on 1t. Grade 7 and 8 students are' housed at the high school at the present time however. The situation 'with the McKillop kindergarten students seems to have righted itself for the time being. The board after considerable study, agreed to our�� hold ki'nder•garten .classes On ,an, alternate day basis 'until' Christmas at which time ''the matter will be reviewed. -The-- board _ ~a-#►eiksthe �:.�. member from McKillop,' John Henderson, seemed satisfied with only a two ' students "misplaced", for short periods that day. • The new system involves nine buses meeting at Winthrop and a grand transfer, of, 410 students. "The time was good but will get better," stated superintendent ` Harold Knisley who said the change took about 20 minutes on the first day. of - school. During the meeting, a motion` was approved for the 'Huron County Board of Education to to propose to the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School .Board` , that the cost of transporting- , public and secondary 'school pupils in McKillop Township be shared on a pro rata number of pupils basis. Board now considering transportationfor_deaf George Ives of Blyth and Pat Mason or Londesboro were on hand at the recent ,meeting .of the Huron County Board �of Education to ask for the board's consideration in the matter of Administration Act which now permits a school , board to. provide transportation for ,a student 'to and from an Ontario School for the Deaf. "It is my understanding," transportation for five deaf wrote Kennedy, "that school children in Huron County to the boards assisting • parents in this school for the deaf in Milton. way will be able to claim all or "The students, they said, part of the transportation cost as L _ "were located •in the central area an approved *expenditure and of the county with one .ea,p, i in 'sub1ect to. grant," Goderich, Londesboro,` ''B1y't i; " 'A The two...visitors were then Clinton an,d, Seaforth," " invited to speak on, the subject The men appeared.at the first of the ' meeting b.ut were only• invited to state their business. Board chairman Robert. Elliott said he could riot permit any discussion on the matter. since the . men had not announced themselves as a delegation in adv lhce of the me=.ing. "We didn't the procedure," said Ives, "so just took the bull by the h and came in." we and the' board, learned that .the parents of these five students •at Milton from Huron—have been transporting the • children home and back to Milton every two \,veks. It was also learned there are five or six deaf students in Perth County attending school at Milton who might be able to be r. sported in a joint agreement rns with the Perth board. "We can't take' ,any action However,' later -in the ey,ening,-.,.because" we haven't all.. the a letter was read from ,D. E. . facts," said Chairman.Elliott. He Kennedy, superintendent„of the did promise, though, that thea Ontario School for the Deaf in board administrators would get • Milton. to word ; on the matter and The letter gave *particulars present a recommendation at the ” a b o u t.,,,, th•e Schools next meeting. Clinton's smoking school population wants area 4 ' BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER-" Even 'though the Huron County Health Unitand the staff at Huron County secondary schools are making continued efforts to discourage young people from taking up the smokinaabit, there still seems to 14e a considerable number of young people who prefer 'the "weed" to other forms ' of diversion, This - fact was made abundantly clear at the recent • meeting of the Huron County Board of Education when a requi't from 'the Central Huri'r Secondary School principal, R. J. Homuth, was heard. Mr. Homuth was 'asking for the establishment of a "grassed area for. a lunch area, and the gravelled area for" --•a ,,smoking area." to the west of the school on board-owned.property, The principal requested that picnic tables and benches be placed in both ' areas; that garbage containers be chained to trees throughout these areas; and, that a student organization be set up to provide daily maintenance of those areas. The letter from : 'Homuth reviewed the situation which has existed at • Clinton for years. Students congregate on the sidewalks in front of the school to smoke and to lunchn'They then to,Ascbtheit cigarette butts and their refuse on the privhte properties which surround the school. In the past, this situation has' caused considerable 'grief for Clinton' ntcfli" ratepayers, Clintin Town Police, the principal at .CHSS and the school board. "No' doubt the board' is ware of the perennial problem that 'now exists between residents in the immediate area of out school and our students," wrote Homuth "I feel that these viti3fztoltff"'iit$te'Wii Iit% concetwett over •stub Tris • congregating in front oil' their buses, eating, smoking and scatteriyg cigarette butts" and garbage on the street in front of their homes and on 'their lawns." "With an outdoor eating and smoking area," continued Homuth, "students at CHSS will have ` •an opportunity to demonstrate that they too are concerned ' about our public relations, •and with such an, area under my jurisdiction 'I am reasonably certain that the problem outlined above will be eased considerably. I• shall then be able to direct students to these areas," Homuth told the board in the letter that students will smoke whether -or not they are offered a smoking area' and that the habit is already condoned by the. Please turn • to Page 7A Education staff heads get pay hike Salaries for the administrative staff of the Huron County Board of Education were adjusted at a special meeting of committee of the whole "in -camera" August• 23. • It is understood the ne salaries are effective for one year only. • ' 1'he director of education. received a $2,000 per annum increase from $27,000 til) $29,000. The fiv'e superintendents will receive Salaries ranging from $21,000 to $23,000. - The chief aecotntant was raised .from $13,500 to $14,500; .(the,4tiant.,,supezint-togientrilp managelr , of purchasing from '$9,000 to $9;600.