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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-10-07, Page 13o -f On Monday afternoon the. is one reason why the needs of Huron County Board of the children with learning Educationwas asked to disabilities, though certainly initiate an independent study .not ignored, can not be met." into special education needs ' Need.Follow Through , in the County. in presenting her brief Mrs. `,Joan Van den Broeck: of Van den Broeck suggested Goderich, who told the board. ' that innovative and highly : she had a son in grade4 who specialised • programs and "could not read", said, :She. follow-through were ' needed was speaking for herself and so that these students, who • many other parents" in the are mentally' ;capable of • county whose children were , learning, - may make the not getting the speciaii help adjustment ..within them - they needed to cope' with selveswhich will allow them learning -disabilities, to continue effectively` within Mrs. Van. den Broeck, told the system. the board that„such a study should be done independently "We are painfully aware of 'BY someone outside, the the fact that 'children system,.that the study should elsewhere are receiving the evaluate not only what is help they need in order' to being done in Huron but also learn how to read,'* she said. what, .is being done with. "Will ©tier child be denied the similar 'problems elsewhere right to an education because and that the study provide these - specialized programs recommendations based on are, .not 'available- in Huron its findings. - County?". "As:parents," she told the Recognizing that the meeting, "my husband and'I' highest school . board ex.- have x.have watched with growing penditure goes toward alarm ` the' effects: that an salaries, "is it not reasonable apparent lack of policy in this for us to expect a high level of area has had on our childover efficiency in the regular the past four years." classroom and • specialized "We believe that until such . help for those. Who need it?” time as the Board she asked..• acknowledges the need- for In her brief she -also' asked SPecial Education Policy and What criteria is used to is willing to establish evaluate a teacher. guidelines and programs "Are your . reports which geared to the need, the •you . use to evaluate a educational rights of many teacher's worth as vague and children -in Huron County to sometimes misleading as. the realize their full potential will report . cards our. children be denied," she said. bring home? Are you paying 'In presenting her plea, Mrs. teachers simply on the, basis Van den— 'Broeck said she of their :own education or on recognized the national scope the basis of their abilityto of some of ' the problems teach?" which the Board faced. She Mrs. Van den Broeck asked said she had been told that _what •incentives there were there are'students, even at for a teacher to ' be en - the secondary school level, coui-aged to become a better who are unable to read. She teacher. She suggested that noted' concern being ex-' Board policy of recognizing pressed by universities who university coursesto be of ac"knowledge that they . are greater value in the' long run receiving students from the than Department of system lacking in basic Education • .Courses on language skills and who need .• teaching methods created a to upgrade themselves' in feeling in teachers of `Why order to cope with university. , take a course to be a better "But," she added, "may .I teacher when I can take a ask you, because the problem university course . that is P appears to be so complex and g g t g' ive me a e b tt er go ng o wide spread, does that excuse salary -whether or not it has you (the Board) from taking . Anything to •do with any course of - responsible teachings: ; action?" She went on to point out that "Is it not time for you, as the best salaries 1 i the school our representatives, to take a system . were' '. in ad - close look at what is hap:' • ministtratioli. `'.0pening in our own -schools?" . "Therefore I` vould like to she asked•.know how mark 'of our best. Mrs,' Van den.Broeck.asked teachers are aspiriQlg :to if'remedial•teachers were not administratide goals instead: being flooded with students of teaching go.als?'she • who , recjuire upgrading of asked: basic skills because they are In view of the tremendous - not being stressed enough in differentials in pay between . the regular classroom. teachers •and- adm-inistpators She went on to suggest.that she suggested that the, Board: the skills of special. education was creating incentives to teachers were being used as a make administrators out of. substitute • for re-infdreing teachers. • . basic skills in the primary A tremendous amount of grades..,energy is now.being directed She askd if "special towards testing -. and education and remedial evaluating children,"' she teachers are being faced with said "This is -f particu1 having to make the choice of concern to- us- and I would offering a.little bit of help to a suggest thatthis policy, as it fairly large numbe,r of . now stands, is questionable at students to supplement what best. By testing' children you should: be . dorie . in ' the are deceiving parents who classroom instead of . ex- will • assume that, - because pending • their energies on the their child has' been tested, specialized needs of the smaller group of per - follow-through programs will be automatically for-• ceptionally, hearing or. sight . thcolning." „ •handicapped children in -their.• • Without -follow-through she. charge?" charged that,the Board was, "Unless' you are able to •- "wasting the 'time of . the show me studies which have testers, wasting tax -payers been done to dispute .this," money; raising hope of false she said; "we believe that this. :expectations in. parents to whom you are responsible and failing the child." She suggestedthat the talents of these "people h'e applied in'programming and follow-through, not . just testing.; - In addition, to asking for an Independent study ..of the question she asked that an interim prograin beset up to assist students with specific„ difficulties until• the other avrt A:hearing before a Master at the Supreme Court of Ontario has established that Keith -Homan is the rightful owner of the property along the Maitland river known as Indian Island. The Municipality,. of • the.. Town of Goclerich, who at one time also claimed ownership of theproperty, are still st study is completed and a policy has been' established. "The interim . program:," Mrs, Van den Broeck said, "should consist of grants to allow older children with learning difficulties to board at schools which' have been. established .to meet, their. needs; 'assistance, with • the financing and setting up of tutoring programs- " where warranted.; .provision of a rules liaison Orson to work specifically with parents and to assure that -specialized needs are being met, to set up workshops, films on learning disabilities for parents and staff . and • co-ordinate volunteers to ' assist with remedial work so that the •. imjriediate needs- • of specialized-assistance•can be met•" , egdeavoring to `reach -:an - agreement .with Mr. Homan which` would provide public access from North Harbor. Road to the bank of the Maitland River. Town Clerk Treasurer Harold Walls ' explained . on. Tuesday •.that the town is at present trying to arrange a meeting with Mr. Homan and GaODFRICH SIGNAL -STAR, TIIURSDA"iI'-,OCTOB 0,197• AGE 3 NOT ENO GH STAFF , Director t' c or of Student Ser- vices ` for the board, Ila Keyes,. explained to the meeting that• following testing, a list of recommendations are left at the school to be acted on by. the teachers involved . with thesachildren. -_ -She' : also :explained that 'More than 2 _ 0. students -Were tested by the Student. Services staff and that insufficient staff meant . that a more complete program of services after testing could not be offered. ! • "With a staff. of 50," she suggested, "perhaps mare. could be done." • • • - "I have. 309' referrals on my ueax today and this -is only the end of September," she •ex •• pia fined.' Board 'member R, A Z liliiott said he thought Mrs. Van den Broeck was correct on at,. least one point. He said it was very • :likely that ' remedial teachers were :being flooded':" because basic skills "tray not be taught' n the'ciassroom", The :Board' accepted Mrs. Van den Broeck's brief and referred it to the education committee for "furtherstudy and for possible recom- mendations. • ,,,. 'omen owns Indian Islan his lawyer to discuss the opening of a 30 to 50 wide strip. along, the edge of the railway,' embankment to the river, Mr. Homan had claimed he owned 67,9 acres of 'property, including the island- itself, and all the land above and beldw the water. He " an- nounced plans last spring to build a $200,000 marina'. on •. Indian Island and put up "No - Trespassing" signs .on the - gate j.dst• west of the CPR railway bridge. This prohibited' public access to the Maitland River by a road which crosses what was ,once known as Ship Island. cepted the- fact that it did not own Indian Island, but was. riot ready to concede that access: to the Maitland River should not be available to the public, Town Solicitor.. Dan Murphy told- the town -that while it lid not. have claim to the title ' there was some Before. the matter ever reason to believe the Crown went to, court the Town ac - Corner of Bennett and Bayfield Rd. Proposal f •�' -: • r•. • ......••.,• • ..• The Goderich• Planning Board balked at a suggestion by a representative of Gravco Inc. that an amendment: to the town's official plan be hurriedto allow his company to construct a convenience store at the corner of Bennett Street and Bayfield Road. oar a Art . Clark met :with .the board Tuesday night .not 'quite - sure of what he wanted them to doand offered several suggestions- at what could be done to permit construction of a store at the location:: He conceded at the outset of his' presentation that he was not At the 'regular ':monthly meeting ' on Monday the liurbn .County ' BOArd ;tof education supported" the recommendation of Director of Education D.L. Cochrane that permission be granted to advertise a `Royal t Dutch Airlines (K,L',M.).:'student tour of Europe ,,�-i the County Secondary ° `"chools, L. DeHaan,. a teacher at South Huron District High School in Exeter, had requested such authorization. During_the spring break of.. )976, K.L.M. sponsored and organized 'a nine -day student .. four which took, students through •parts Of Germany,' Belgium and. Holland. Among the highlights of that tour were' trips through the Black Forest and. Rhine ' Valley, visits to medieval castles and _ .city_-rte-mparts,,- -as--well---as- itei7ns of special interest to technical "students, namely, visits to the Philips electronic plant in Eindhoven, the Mercedes: Benz plant in Germany,. •shipyards in Rotterdam, and the Delta waterworks plan in South- western Holland. Schools from the Tillson- burg-Delhi`area participated' in this,1976 tour. The Board also 'authorized, sure -whether he was ;meeting with the „board ' to ask for something . or to get in- formation. H• e said his original presentation had • to be - abandoned at the last minute when,• he discovered that the aliows ertise trig three other school excursions to places not so farraway• ,Permission -was' l antedlq' Clinton Public School..Grade-8 class of 60, with three - teachers, to ,visit •Camp Sylvan. Half the group; *ould Leave for the camp on October 13 returning the following .day with `the remaining 30 students'' visiting the camp between October 15 and 16. Objective of the trip is the "extension of the classroom to the out-of-doors. and the development of social ski.lIso-. and rapport between''students . and teacher ' The cost of the outing will .. come out of. a $4. fee paid by each student, $240 raised by student projects and $252 from the board for the provision of supply teachers. TheBoard also approved a _-.fi..eld_trip_for_5S1-students ..in the grade 13 Biology class at South Huron District High may have -had claim to -it. The - court' ruled' otherwise: Council had also pledged - itself .last June that following the coirtproceedings it would negotiate with the proven owner of the property for public access to th'h river. Councillor Dave Gower said at the tine that.`ic is not so much who, owns it or who develops it, but the river is being sealed off." • Flood waters in the spring removed a gravel causeway built by Mr. Homan across the water ' which divided Indian Island and the ad- jacent low lands (ships 1$.Iand) and council did not want that causeway rebuilt. Because of that causeway,ur.r-e • town was considering widening the streets: that intersect where his company plans to build the store. Mr. Clark said the store was basically" one that offers convenience by virtue of its location and accessibility."He _ said the property in question. was 'ideal because it was near . residential areas and was on the highway. He said plans called for a 2,000 square foot store to be built on the property, which now is used for a single family house: • of one suppiy teacher, at. an. estimated$52. . Prelirninary approval was granted for a Grade 8 ex- cursion o42 students from Usborne Central Splh�`o1m'to. visit Montreal and .Quebec City'between May 16 and May 19 next.year. Community and ' parental discussions will now be held on the subjeco set specific details .which. are• to be brought back to the board for final approval. The trip is planned because thejuebec City,,,an Montreal area •.is closely related to Grade seven and eight. Geography, History . and French programs and the. school' staff ' felt that first hand experience would reinforce material taughtin the past and material to be taught in future: st-1- _....determined._. _ Co s veil -1 -be when the matter domes:back .._ ' beforethe , •.' School in Exeter. That class plans to visit Stokes Bay in the Bruce, - Peninsula • over the weekend of October 15 to 17 to do field,. studies- in . ecology and the flora and fauna of the Bruce Peninsula. The students will pay all the transportation and dther costs excepting the provision einigiMniriMnivMini- Grants reduce ni COME IN AND ORDER.,YOUR THANKSGIVING FOWL lA.lI114 • •FOliopm "DASHWOOD" ' TURKEYS • OVEN'READY. CAPONS • OVEN READY DUCKS • MAPLE LEAF ALL AT COMPETITIVE' SMOKED' HAM PELICES Fl0.1111 1414 1)1tI SI V, A 'Arl,Atill AINSLIE LIMITED' CALL 524.8551 Home Dressed inipected.Meat's at Wholesale Prices aiigtegegiMaigiMnigi ;Goderich _ Recreation and Community Centre Board Chairman Pete McCauley' said"Wedhesday morning that the `,Goderich Memorial Arena had been declared eligible- fat a larger 'com- munity centre grant than had originally been , calculated and that the town as a result was very close to raising their share of the arena roof costs. •' McGees t0•• . Alvin McGee denied on Tuesday reports that McGe Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac Limited of . Gbderich was expanding into a new truck dealership, ite ,. confirmed that the General Motors dealership would be stocking more light duty trucks but said nonew dealership • arrangements were 'nvo'lved. The GMC' ' dealer declined "We will have norne in- 1 con -it -tient on whether or not tru ventory in the ck 1-'" the Colborne 1-1Atel property he explained. "This- is in would provide sufficient responseto an eitpanding space for the planned stook iriatiket in trucks and van's.- expansion noting only that We are just trying; to keep "at the moment we do not abreast • the changing have full use and control of market." property presently in use." M•r•. McCauley said that the awn would received $150,000 *under the -community centres grant rather than the $75,000 originally calculated. He said that arena roof fund raising activities to date have raised. $70,000 and that under the new grant- structure the town's share of -the project was reduced to $94,000, leaving $29,000 left to raise. stock more. • Mr. McGee said that the property on which the soon to be demolished Colborne Hotel ',now stands will help his company to carry this larger inventory of trucks but stressed, "We are running out of parking space regardless." "I learnedthat. the widening plans'. for the street would not permit that size of building and I guess our application will standexcept the figures will be changed," said Mr Clark. "We will lose 1.7 feet on • one side of the. property and 16 feet on the other and cur store will have to be reduced to 1,820 feet." •. Mr. Clark said that he was aware of the zoning df the land as residential and added that his firm planned to build . under • a ' commercial designation that .permits neighborhood . stores; He added he understood the town was promotinghighway property forcommercial development and that he felt that his proposal met those standards.. " . ' . ' -_ _it.a f a n-...... - z us , cou m y planning . department representative. on the board, told M•r. Clar}c.that- his proposal was insufficient for the board's comments. He said normal. procedure calfs _for. a developer to submit a detailed site plan, drawings of, the proposed building and• some facts about its func- tions: He' said that projects, like this can sometimes have serious implications: that...the Board has to have time to Weigh before making any recommendations. "That corner is a busy one and your store' may result in'a traffic hazard," explained Mr. Dzius. `'Normally the plan doesn't allow for anywtype of building within 100 feet of an intersection."'. • - The .county planner went on to explain that tle.board will.. be. interested in seeing if the store wi.11.fit into the tibricept des igne for the area: He said basically they want to knei:w if this location is desirablefor, °What Gravco has planned. "Is .there: any way I can get the. ,pall :rolling?" . asked Mr. Clark`. S`I hate to lose a whole month:" May`:or. Deb Shewfelt for discussion • was 'Voted. commented to the developer upon, ` only Mrs• Wallace that the last project similar to- 'supported the suggestion this took ,eVer•a'year and that Mrs,. Wallace, in explahiing perhaps Mr• Clark . was the proposed Motion, Said overestimating the., speed at that she ' felt it "insulting".to which the proposal will be' the principals to have to bring processed. the name of a proposed new Mr. Clark said he 'would employee such as secretary make all haste in getting the or custodian before one of the final drawings and trustees before officially specifications tothe planning hiring. board -to Try -to -give :them tim e---- At -present this -method -of to make a decision at the next hiring is;board policy and so it meeting: will remai-ri Councillor Bob Allen' ex-,,, plained; boaters wishing to go up -th r ver have to 'go all the way to the 'river's mouth before being able to proceed, up the river. In a letter to Transport Canada last spring'Mr. Allen had said, "We feel this land ' should be . developed in right of the people of Ontario, that they should not be harassed by blockades of the land, fees,:' or verbal attacks 'when fishing and boating."'' Wallace alone on motion _ Goderich 'trustee Dorothy Wallace failed towget -a proposed motion before'the board at Monday: afternoons meeting of the Huron County Board of Education- which : 'would' have given school. principals the right to hire non teaching staff • :such as secretaries and custodians on their own.' . In fact, when the matter of bringing the motion forward This class gathered at night in the GDCI automotive"sho to g. l� . geta first hand glimpse of how the shops ns and what the students are taught during class. The 'group eonsisting of 1,n C• • p.irents, future emplo vers 'ati'd fourth year .students were visiting .an•opc- house in the G»CI technical wing; .(staff • - photo) • • 7-' ilp