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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-05-11, Page 37I ! I GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY -11, 1978—PAGE 15A Board wants teachers in class opening day BY JEFF SEDDON If teachers at South Huron District Secondary School want to get organized for the 1978-79 school year they will have to do it some Other time than the first day of athoo1. The "T-Iuron County Board of Education recently approved the 1978-79 school calendars making only one change from the calendars submitted by school principals, denial of a request from SHDHS to use the first day of school as a professional development day. day. Herb Turkheim, trustee from Zurich, told th board he was opposed to th of school opening day a a PD ay. He said the teachers at South Huron asked for two development days in Sep- tember and that one of them was the first day of school. He said the teachers wanted the day to organize timetables and classes and iron out any curriculum problems. Turkheim told the board that he felt the use of opening day for those purposes was unnecessary, suggesting that teachers get together sometime before September 4, the first day of school. He said the teachers' contract was from September 1 and if they wanted to meet in the schools they could do so on one of the three days prior to the first day off school. "We're getting a lot of flack in the south end of the county over this,".he said. Delay final exams 4\days BY JEFF SEDDON. Huron County's high school students will have an extra four days to study for final exams this June aftera move by the Huron County Board of Education recently to make up time lost due to the recent 31 -day teacher strike. The board picked up an additional week or instructional time on the school calendar by delaying final exams. until -June 22, what would "have been the second last day of exams under the old school calendar. The date for`the com- mencement of final exams was the latest the board could have used to meet ministry of education requirements to have the school year completed by the end of June. ,:. In a recommendation to the board, Director of Education John Cochrane said the four days was all the board could add to the school calendar: He said recent moves by the board had added 14 more instructional days to the 1977-78 school calendar over the previous year meaning only 13 instructional days were lost over the 31 -day strike compared to the previous school year. The strike -lockout situation which began in Huron February 15 and ended April 13 closed classrooms in the county for 31 days. The board picked up some of those days by cancelling mid- term exams (six days), eliminating the need for course review for those exams (three days) and benefitting from a storm free winter which allowed schools to be open five more days than the previous winter. Cochrane asked the board to consider other moves which would assure continuous classroom instruction until the final examinations began. He suggested that athletic activities during regular school hours be eliminated except with the prior approval of the director, the elimination of 'student .field trips during class time, elimination of professional development activities during class time and general discouragement of special leave for teachers. The recommendations were approved by the „board. Fears laid to rest • from page 13A, officer can order the"' work done under the auspices of the bylaw. If the owner objects he can have his case heard by a property standards com- mittee set up by council.•If he is not satisfied with the. decision of that committee he may take the case to a county court judge whose decision will be considered final. Dzus said hopefully the "judgement and good sense" • of the property standards officer will allow .the matter to be resolved in a co- operative manner. But he pointed out that the process of having the bylaw enforced will prevent abuse of the bylaw because to enforce it the municipality or any complaintif must show that a problem is a "public hazard" before any action is taken. The planner said the bylaw was set up as a guide for the spending of government funds in private homes ad- ding that it may also be,a tool for council to use to have an undesirable housing problem resolved. He said many municipalities have property standard problems they are powerless to do anything about. "The bylaw shouldn't be interpreted word for word," he warned. "There is room for a broad area of distinc- tion.'' Haydon pointed out that one reason for wording the preamble for the bylaw to lessen some of the restric- tions may be to protect homeowners from future councils. She said it may be easy to justify the bylaw with present members of council but pointed out that in the future someone on council may not be as lenient. "There is enough safety buirt in to prevent someone abusing the bylaw," Dzus assured. Harbor busy again BY RON GRAHAM • May 4 the Algorail arrived light from St. Clair, Michigan for salt. May 4 the E.B. Barber cleared harbour for Milwaukee with salt. May 4 the Joan, M. McCullough cleared harbour for Baie Comeau with corn. May 5 the arrived from Bay with grain. May 5 the Algorail cleared harbour for Holland, Michigan with salt. May 6 the Prindoc cleared harbour light for Thunder Bay. May 1 the Algosoo arrived light to load salt. May 2 the H.C. Heimbecker arrived from Thunder Bay with grain. May 2 the Algosoo cleared harbour for Toronto with salt. May 3 the E.B. Barber arrived from Thunder Bay with potash. May 3 the McCullough arrived 1ht t from Port Cartier for "grain. May 3 the H.C. Heimbecker cleared harbour light for Thunder Bay. Prindoc Thunder Director of education John Cochrane told the board that the teachers at South Huron felt that they actually gain time by using the first day of school for professional development. He said the board grants secondary schools eight PD days at the end of June for preparation of curriculum for the next school year. The director said that practice was both "customary and necessary". He said three PD days were planned for the secondary school teachers by ad- ministration and ., the remaining two days were left at the discretion of the school. He said South HurOn took one of those days at the beginning of the year and felt it was justified. Colborne Trustee Shirley Hazl-rtt said she was inclined to agree with Turkheim claiming the teachers should be ready to teach when school started. She said opening day was normally used to settle students problems over books., timetables, and scheduling and was not an instructional day. She said the second day was an in- structional day but that South Huron would not be teaching the second day of school because of the PD day. Cochrane told the board that for teachers to use one of the three days prior to opening day would require them to use the Labor Day weekend. He said the teachers' contract began September 1 but pointed out that teachers only get paid for the days school is open and that they wouldn't be paid -for using one of the days on the weekend. "This is not the year to be suggesting that teachers be in school early," warned the director. Goderich Trustee Dorothy Wallace said she couldn't understand how the matter got to the board. She said the board was a policy maker and this matter fell under the -duties of administration. She ,..duties she felt it was something the principals should be doing themselves. "If administration doesn't do what the board wants it to do maybe it's time to tell it what to do," said Turkheim. The board approved an amended motion giving teachers at South Huron any other day than opening day as for professional development. The school calendar has four statutory holidays for both elementary and secondary schools, Monday, December 25, 1978 to January 2, 1979, both dates inclusive as. the Christmas break, Monday, March 19 to Friday, March 23, both dates inclusive as the mid -winter break, and seven PD days for elementary schools and 13 for secondary schools. JiSCOiiiit DAq'@90 HOME CENTRES ca3 DASHWOOD INDUSTRIES LIMITED re Discount Dave's and Dashwood Industries Together over a century of Service CHARGER In a liftle over a quarter century, Dashwood has become Canada's leading producer of quality wood and vinyl clad wind- , ows and doors. Discount Dave's Home Centres is a division bf Conklin Lumber Company Limited, a firm that has been serving Canadians for over nine decades. 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