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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-09-19, Page 7ss DUPATIQN 'Survey shows - afavor • h o1 ' expansion of ore French By Stephanie Levesque French as a First Language school would The Majority of Catholic school sup- have compulsory attendance. It was noted porters in Huron and Perth are in favor of that enrolment in such clases would be expanding the Core French program. voluntary. This was the overriding result of a The nubmers in the survey show that 130 French survey conducted by the. Huron- people in the two.counties are in favor of Perth Separate School Board and released French Immersion while 508 are not.•Strat- at the board's September 10 meeting. No ford and Goderich have the highest con - action was taken,on the survey as trustees centration of people, wanting French Im- agreed to take some time to study the mersion. Goderich has 24 people in favor of survey further. The survey was not ex French Immersion and 34 against it. Strat- pected until the end of September or early ford has 37 people in favor and 146 against October. the French Immersion program. Superintendent of education John Mc- ' Conley said the survey follows a request The only concentration of people desir- from a parent group In Goderich for ing a French as a First Language School is French Immersion and a Stratford parent in Stratford where 25 people want it and group's request for French as a first 171 don't want it. language school. The survey also includes a section where There were 814 surveys returned ,to the the numbers have been compiled into board office. McCauley noted that the - zones. • The , four zones represent school response numbers don't agree with the areas which are geographically close. number of surveys returned because some In the first zone, which includes the five respondents only answered certain sec- Stratford schools plus the schools in St. tions -of the survey. Marys; Kinkora and Hesson, 226 About 2,000 surveys were sent out to respondents would like to see Core French separate school ratepayers in Huron and expanded; 113 would not. A total of 58 Perth Counties. There are approximately would like to see a French Immersion 1,500 families with children attending class while 238 would not and 31 would like Huron -Perth Catholic schools. French as a First Language and 270 would The numbers in the survey show that 464 not. people would like to see the Core French In the second zone, which includes the expanded, while 264 said they wouldn't Catholic schools in Dublin, St. Colurnban want it expanded. Core French is current- and. Seaforth, 60 would like to see Core ly taught from Grades 4 to 8 with 20 French expanded while 33 would not. minutes per day for Grade 4 to 6 students There were 11 respondents interested in and 40 minutes per day kr Grade 7 anti 8 French immersion wwith 51 against and students. five interested in French as a First A high number of respondents, 549, in- Language and 106 not interested." , dicated they are satisfied with the length In the third zone, made up of schools of time Core French is now taught. from Goderich, Wingham, Clintgc}nn, and Trustees pointed out the discrepency Kingsbridge, there were 95 people wanting between the number of people saying yes Core French expanded and 55 who didn't. they are satisfied with the current level of A total of 36 people were interested in a Core French in the schools and the number French Immersion program with 99 not in - wanting Core French expanded. Stratford terested and 11 desiring French as a First trustee Ron Marcy said those numbers in- Langauge with 107 not interested. dicate that while in general parents are '1'he tourth zone includes scnoois rrom satisfied with the current French pro- Mt. Carmel, St. Joseph's, Exeter and gram, they would like to see the length ex- Zurich. Sixty-two respondents would like panded. to see Core French expanded and 46 would Marcy remarked that some of the 'corn- not. The survey shows that 25 are in- ments from the parents, included in the terested in French Immersion and 84 survey results, indicate that at least some aren't and 12 would like French as a First parents think French Immersion and Languageand 101 wouldn't. GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, SEP°YEMI ER 19,1984T -PAGE 7 RALPH ADAM5CHAFF'NER AND FRANK A. 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SHARP ECONOMY A tug-of-war was one of several activities which Grade 9 students participated in during an initiation day assembly held last Friday afternoon. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Brookside Broadcast Five new teachers welcomed to school by students by Debbie Rintoul and LeaAnne Livingston The Brookside students would like to welcome new teachers, Beth Garland, teaching Kindergarten, Class 1; Judy Jewitt teaching Grade 2; Lois Ottewell teaching Grades 2-3; Al Sygrove teaching Special ;.earning Needs Class;, Rudie Hooftman teaching French Grades 3-8 and En- vironmental Studies in Grade 5. Miss Jewitt is already familiar with Brookside as she taught Grade 1 last spring while Mrs. Young was on maternity leave. Pat Allen and Lois Tebbutt took the Prin- cipal's Course at Huron College, London during the summer. 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