The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-05-18, Page 3Marg Craig and Kathy Linklater of the Goderich branch of
the Canadian Arthritis Society accept a cheque for $400
from Knights of Columbus members Pat Osborn, Mike
O'Neil and Gaetan Jacques. The Goderich Knights raised
the money at their annual Bluebird Ball held April 8. The
Knights of Columbus in Canada have assisted the arthritis
Society with yearly donations that over the past five years
have exceeded $1 million. (photo by Dave Sykes)
Suggest discrimination
cost Weary promotion
by Jeff Seddon
If sex and politics didn't keep Shirley Weary
from receiving a promotion to vice-principal of
. Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton then
her prominence in the recent high school teacher
strike may have. _.
Weary, a commercial teacher at CHSS, is not
entirely convinced those three factors did not
out -weigh her ability and qualifications when the
promotion was decided on by board of education
administrators.
She felt.she had a "reasonably good chance" of
getting the job when she applied adding that she
felt her resume contained some background the
other candidates did not have: She said she had
experience teaching, had the" necessary
qualifications for the job and had proven ex-
perience in administration,.
She said she was office manager in a large
Hamilton dairy before taking up teaching in
Huron county and that experience could be very
beneficial as a vice-principal. She said quite
often people in education make an "error
assuming that a successful teacher will
automatically make a successful ad-
ministrator". She said what is really wanted is
"both".
Weary said she was concerned that any one of
the three factors may have worked against her ..
but suggested that it may have -'been a com-
bination of the three. She said she was —im-
pressed" with the inistry of education's. policy
encouraging.wdmemn.to-upgrade themselves and
apply for promotions but pointed qut that there is
no policy written suggesting that local boards
accept women for administrative roles.
Weary said she was the only woman in the
Huron County system now holding the necessary
qualifications for vice -principalship. She pointed
out that one third of the teachers in the province
are women but nowhere near -that percentage
hold administrative jobs.
Her role in the recent 31 day high school
teachers' strike in Huron County may also have
cost her the promotion she said. She pointed out
that during the strike sh:e publicly.opposed the
board adding that if she were in the board's
position she would not want to justify to the
public "appointing someone from .the other
side". She said she had some concerns that her
actions during the strike would diminish her
chances,of a promotion but added that she wasn't
"prepared to be bought".
_"I never have stopped doing the things I
believe in just because they're unpopular," she
said, "let's face it, who runs NDP in this area as
many times as I have and remains popular."
Weary is a three time loser fdr the New
Democratic Party in the Huron federal riding
and she feels that may also have worked against
her. She didn't /reel her politics had as much to do
with the decision as her sex and strike role but it
probably added fuel to the fire. '
She said the board's announcement in a letter
April 24 that Tom Fox, head of the history
department at CHSS, would be recommended for
the job did not deflate her as much as disappoint
her. She said she was not having difficulty
assuming her role as "just a teacher" after.
having been in the public eye so much during the
strike.
"I've been through that phase during elec-
tions," she explained. "I don't have any
delusions of grandeur."
' John Cochrane, director of education for
Huron County said the decision to make Fox the
vice-principal was made because of .his ex-
perience as a department head. Cochrane said
Weary did not have the experience as depart-
ment head which he said is` `a "logical
progression" in school administration;
Cochrane said the committee given the task of
recommending an appointment to the vice -
principalship was made up of five senior ad-
ministrators. He said the „principal of CHSS and
superintendents 5f education conducted the
interviews and rna,eje a recommendation to the
director who passed it on to the board. He added
that the committee was not asked to justify the
recommendation.
"As far as I'm concerned there was no
discrimination, chauvinism or bias in the
decision," he said. "The criteria was experience
as a• department head."
He said there were. two sides that could be
looked at in the situation. He pointed out that if
Weary had been appointed to the position Fox
could have claimed he was a department head
and she was not.
The promotion carried a hefty salary increase
for the successful applicant. A vice-principal
earns $29,500 while the average wage for a
secondary school teacher is $23,000 including
increments.
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nvinee_
Perth
couptyto look again
"help In a case where a
farmer owned a lake with the
farm, the government
exempted the farmer from
paying taxes on that lake. He
said, today the government
claims "they own the lake".
According to Underwood
there could be identical
situations for land which a
farmer hasn't paid taxes on.
Underwood said that the deed
doesn't mean everything in
such a case.
The Huron members also
said that if the government
paid the farmer's taxes the
consumer would see it as a
handout. They felt this sort of
consumer feeling Could
greatly hamper the
relationship between
producer and consumer in
times of rising food costs.
Perth's past president, Ken
Green, past president of the
Perth federation said he felt
most of the directors
"probably voted in favour of
OFA's stand on the issue
without really understanding
it". Several other Perth
farmers said they were
receptive to the opinion of
their fellow members from
Huron but felt there must be
another -side to the story.
Others at the meeting said the
new system sounded like
"another step towards
socialism".
As a result of the heated
discussion which followed the
Perth Federation rescinded
its motion concuring with the
OFA's stand until a review of
the issue is made.
This doesn't mean we
disagree with the Federation,
we just want to take another
look at it," said Perth
federation president Tony
Van Klooster.
The executive will he
setting up two information
meetings for the -tend of the
month where knowledgeable
representatives from - thl
ministry and the OFA wil.
speak OP the subject. After
various aspects of the con-
troversial issue are looked at
a referendum may hc' held to
see how the majority of Perth
County's farmers feel.
The Perth County
Federation of Agriculture has
had some second thoughts
- about the Ontario Federation
of Agriculture's (OFA) stand
on proposed property tax
reform.
Last month the Perth
federation directors voted to
concur with OFA's proposals
on tax reform but after a visit
from three of Huron County's
Federation members the
Perth farmers were not so
sure they'd made the right
decision.
The Huron Federation of
Agriculture recently voted
against the OFA stand on the
issue saying it just wasn't
tough enough. According to
the Huron farmers who at-
tended the Perth meeting in
Atwood, the proposed system
of Market Value Assessment
and tax reform would greatly
weaken the local power base
and farmers could eventually
lose Control of their land.
The provincial govern-
ment's suggested system
would have farmers pay
taxes just on their houses and
on approximately an acre of
land surrounding the home.
The government would then
pay a" grant to the
municipality in lieu of taxes
on the rest of the farmer's
land and farm buildings. The
property would then be
assessed on its marl et value.
Ontario Treasurer Darcy
McKeough feels this would be
a more equitable taxing
system. OFA disagrees.
The Ontario Federation
says a "farmer's property
should be assessed on its
value to another ,farmer not•
its value to an urban buyer or
a speculator. The OFA does
however feel that the grant in
lieu of taxes is acceptable but
Huron's farmers disagree.
The Huron delegation said
they feel that farms should be
assessed on their productive-
value but the system must
have the farmers pay taxes
on all of their land, not just
the lot and house. One of the
Hu -on Federation members,
Jim MacIntosh said if far-
mers don't pay taxes on all of
the land then a few years
down the road the govern-
ment could claim control of it.
' He said, "the next time
they (the government) want
to put a power corridor or
something like that through
we won't have any say".
George Underwood-, a
Huron farmer, sited an
example of how' a- farmer
could lose the say over his
land. Underwood said that in
the 1930's, when farmers
didn't have enough money to
pay all ' their taxes, .the
government stepped in to
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