Zurich Citizens News, 1973-07-05, Page 5THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1973
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
GRADUATE AT ZURICH PUBLIC SCHOOL - Twenty-four students at the Zurich Public School graduated from grade eight this year
and will be enrolled in high school starting in September. Back row left to right, Robert Gingerich, Gordon Bleck, Mark Desjardine,
David Thornton, Frank Grover, Rick O'Brien, John Haggitt. Middle row left to right, Charles Gingerich, Murray Erb, John Schwart-
zentruber, Jeff O'Brien, Doug Deichert, Gary Love, Doug Corriveau, Harry Inthout, Henry DeMooy, Brad Clausius. Front row left to
right, Mrs. Doreen Oesch, teacher, Catherine Weido, Susan Fischer, Donna Riddell, Ron Jewitt, principal, Roberta Hogg, Julie Luth-
er, Lynn Schwartzentruber, Sylvia Neeb, and Bob Redick, teacher,
Complete payments
(by Wilma Oke)
At a meeting of the Huron -
Perth County Roman Catholic
Separate School Board in Sea -
forth Monday it was reported by
Jack Lane, Business Administ-
rator that the deficit account
as presented in the arbitration
report of all former school
boards at December 31, 1968,
amounting to $207, 000 has now
been completed with payment
of $118, 000.
Mr. Lane recalled for the
trustees that in 1971 the Minis-
try of Education announced it
would pay all boards for deficit
accounts incurred on amalgam-
ation by one-third in each of
the years 1971, 1972 and 1973.
Mr. Lane also stated that the
bank loan interest rate which
started out at 6 per cent has
graduated to 7 3/4 per cent
which is prime rate following
the latest jump of June 15 of
1/2 of 1 per cent.
The Board approved a request
from the Huron County Board of
Education for continuation of
the lease agreement for the
former St. Peter's School in
Goderich. Details of the lease
are to be worked out.
The school is used as a school
for the trainable retarded by
the Huron County Board.
Vincent Young, chairman
of the building and mainten-
ance committee, reported that
Thackery Roofing of Kitchener
would be repairing the roof of
the St. Columban School and
putting a new roof on St. Jos-
eph's School in Stratford. A
lengthy discussion was held on
advantages and disadvantages
of various tupes of roofs and the
fact that so many of the flat
roofs on commercial, school
and other public buildings leak.
Several trustees complained
that the janitors are not keeping
the grass cut regularly at cert-
ain schools.
The board members were
advised that the current lease
of the board office facilities at
$390 per month expires on
January 31, 1974 but carries a
one-year renewal option. The
landlord, R, S, Box, of Seaforth,
is to be advised six months in
advance of the board's intent.
A committee is studying the
matter. Crowded conditions
are reported by the present
staff but board members were
told there would be no inconv-
enience if it continued for
another year.
Trustee Francis Hicknell
of R,R,5, Seaforth, questioned
why the problem of crowded
conditions should be increasing
when the pupil enrolment was
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declining steadily. He was inf-
ormed that it was mainly due to
the increase in bulk of the
records and files that must be
kept each year, as well as the
records from all the former
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separate school boards in Huron
and Perth Counties which must
be kept.
The trustees were informed.
that a religion workshop for all
Grade 2 teachers in the 19
schools will be held at St. James
School in Seaforth on June 27.
The Board endorsed the resol-
ution from the Perth County
Board of Education and the Ont-
ario Association of School
Business Officials that the Min-
istry of Education consult with
the Ministry of Treasury, Econ-
omics and Intergovernmental
Affairs with a view to exempt-
ing Boards of Education in
Ontario from the payment of
the Ontario Retail Sales Tax
regardless of the use to which
the product is put.
The exemption of school
boards is considered necessary
because the boards in Ontario
are financed exclusively by tax
funds and because the Ministry
of Education has imposed spend-
ing ceilings on boards and the
new additional 2 per cent sales
tax will impose further serious
problems in budgeting to keep
within the ceilings, and be-
cause the retail sales tax, as
it applies to boards of education,
is a tx which is being paid by
tax raised funds.
The Board meeting adjourned
at 10:30 p.m. and went into
committee of the whole.
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