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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-01-11, Page 7THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1979—PAG4 7 Board committee chairmen reluctant to volunteer BY JEFF SEDDON Huron County Board of Education chairman John Elliott was not exactly swamped with names Monday when he asked trustees if anyone wanted to serve as chairman of any of the board's committees. After a short pause during which no trustees indicated any interest in being chairman of anything Colborne- Goderich township' trustee Shirley Hazlitt said she was interested in being the personnel committee chairman. Separate school trustee Eugene Frayne then volunteered for the education committee saying; "I guess I'm interested in being chairman of the education committee". Committee chairmen had to be selected to enable the board's executive committee, composed of the board chairman; the imniediate, past chairman, and chairmen. of the board committees, to select what trustees will serve on what committee. The third board committee, the management com- mittee, le -automatically chaired by the ' board vice-chairman. Trustees were given an opportunity to state a preference for committee, work before the executive committee gave everyone a job. Each trustee stated their preference on a piece of paper . given to the executive comrnittee. The general feeling amongst trustees was that -the education committee Wa-s the softest touch and the most popular choice. Suggestions to open negotiations vetoed BY JEFF SEDDON Goderich school board trustee Dorothy Wallace _said Monday at the board of ,education meeting that one.of the ways to ensure that all trustees know how contraetnegotiations are going is to permit them to sit in on bargaining sessions, as spectators. Wallace told the board that one of the problems the board aexperienced vocating all trustees becoming involved in the contract talks but merely giving them an op- portunity to sit in on a bargaining session. She said she was in favor of the board's negotiating team remaining the way it was but felt trustees should have a chance to sit in as spectators. • Colborne-Goderich township trustee Shirley Hazlitt pointed out that during the 1978 secondary negotiating team's from sehool- --teachers' strike - both sides, heard• and that shut down the five' teacher, are equal in size • •county high schools for 31 and both have the days was that many responsibility of keeping trustees were unin- the,ir respective, sides formed. ,informed.. She said "During last year's 'teachers only take back negotiations all uf us items requiring a vote by were pretty much in the their membership, dark," she told the board. leaving the bulk of 'If we open negotiations negotiations to the,. up to both sides it will committee. Hazlitt Said give each of us an op- that ifthe board gave portuni-ty to see first-hand _trustees a chance to sit in how negotiations are on contract talks the evolving." , teachers.would have to be Wallace was not ad- offered the same •privilege: If you're NEW.IN TOWN- ' and don't know which way to turn, call the eithme, LTD hostess It 5241-967 You'll-beg/ad you did. • .... Parents • from page 6 injured or sick child to a hospital. He said once the child is at the hospital it is up to that hospital to contact proper authorities ordoctors. Cochrane said the practice of unique treatment for students was not new but this type of treatment was new. He said there are some Students "in the county excused from opening exercises in school (where the national anthem is sung or the, Lord's Prayer recited) because of ' religious beliefs. .the. director said a teacher is responsible for getting the child closest medical facility' and then the onus is on the parent to • get a Christian Science 'practitioner, Board chairman John Elliott pointed out that at the outset of talks very few people would show an interest but when the negotiations got "down to the nitty gritty" the committees could find themselves with "a room full of people". He said that coteld, create problems for both sides. • Hazlitt added that sometimes bargaining sessions get !`quite ernat Lanai" and if someone hadn't followed the talks from start to finish they could easily "misinterpret" the emotions. Wallace argued that many times, iring the strike there were charges that teachers and trustees were being fed bad information and She felt that if the negotiating 'sessions -were opened up that prospect ,would be "'less likely" to happen again. Hazlitt suggested that the board would have to very careful it didn't get into a position where it could be accused of "negotiating in bad faith or negotiating through the press." The •board intends to keep negotiating sessions closed to everyone but members of the negdtiating . committee but wants that committee to make regularreports to the—board , behind closed doors to keep trustees informed. That committee has as its priority • school curriculum and student services. The personnel committee is responsible for contract negotiations, something many trustees shied away from, and the management ,eommittee, is responsible for the budget, another un- popular task trustees have. The executive ' com- mittee is composed of • Eugene Frayne, cJair- man of the education committee, Shirley Hazlitt, head of the pesonneln COM mittee , Donald McDon.ald, vice- chairman of the board, John Elliott, hoard chairman and Herb Turkheim, past chairman - of the board. The education com- mittee will consist of Goderich trustee Dorothy oard again shuffles committee system BY JEFF SEDDON The Huron County Ooard of Education revamped its committee structure Monday for the second time in as many years. The changes the board made cuts the nuinber of board com- mittees from five to three and means that only one board meeting will be held a month, an af- ternoon session, instead of one afternoon meeting and one night meeting as has been the case for the past year. This latest move by the board is a saw -off. -bet- ween the two committee system some trustees felt was inadequate and its replacement, a , five committee system aimed at sparking more"debate Critics of the new system argued that the committees were. too small and not enough discussion was done at the committee level. They alio felt that thetwo meetings a month were not needed pointing out. that the second meeting was not needed because there simply wasn't enough business to warrant it. They also said that administration took a great deal of time preparing material for the second board meeting and that time could be better used on other education matters. Board chairman John Elliott told trustees in his inaugural address that he planned some changes that would put more .amongst trustees- --pe-essure on some regular board sessions. trustees. He said he The two committee planned to turn over system divided the.board some of the chairman's in half with eight trustees responsibility to the vice - sitting on a management —chairman . and with the committee arrd.half on an new system he did just education committee. that. Both groups met at the The vice-chairman now same time and trustees automatically- becomes feltthat one half of the 'chairman . of the board neverieally had an management, committee opportunity to find' out • which has as one of its what ihe other half was eluties, the budget. The • committee will also To solve that problem handle transportation, the board 'came up with property, goods and five. committees each services' and contractors with thre.e members. By the board empleys. - takingthat route trustees ' The education coin, h d th t itt is , composed of the chairman of the, board and the immediate past chairman as well as the chairman of the three hoard committees. The executive committee is -re-sponsible--for public relations, internal board relations, liaison with other governmental bodies, trustee organizations and staff committees and tfie overall direction of board work. Elliott proposed that the committees meet on the third Monday of the , month, the • night the second board meeting of the month was held under the old syStem. Seaforth trustee John HeriderSen felt t fia t trustees would. be denied an opportunity - to stay abreast of committee action if all committees met at the same • time. Henderson said having all the committees meet simultaneously "does not give board membersa chance to see what other committees -are doing". He added.; that if one committee required the .services of some mem- bers of -the board's senior administration another committee may suffer because that person was unavailable. -Elliott suggested that if --a committee re-quired a ope a „a comm ee, mittee is responsible for special preentiation 9r chairman would have to curriculum matters, staff wanted to meet, with a sell other trustees on any 1m pro yOen t, , ac recommendations the co m m °dation, pupil committee brought to the services and • student board- and the selling job programs. . • would, require greater The personnel com- debate. :In an effort to mittee is responsible for strearnline' a d- negotiations, contractual ministration and to give problems and teachers services such • as recruitment, transfer, tenure, leaves of absence and personnel relations. A fourth committee, the public, an opportunity to attend board meetings the hoard went to two sessions a month, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. the executive committee, January Clearance 11 MEAT .X.41 • • • specific superintendent the committee chairman could make special arrangements. He added that if a trustee wanted to attend another com- mittee meeting for some reason • special. arrangements could be made in that regard too. Henderson pointed out that the committee meetings being .held simultaneously was the reason the board had changed its structure the first time. He said all trustees were busy at the same time and never learned what others were doing and that was why the committee system was' changed. He said he felt a ''simple solution" Was to stagger meetings. The board's education committee will be held on the second Monday of the Turn to page 16 Wallace, Clinton trustee Dorothy. 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