Zurich Citizens News, 1978-05-04, Page 181
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Citizens News, May 4, 1978
Extra study time for Huron students
By JEFF SEDDON
Huron County's high
school students will have an
extra four days to study for
final exams this June after a
move by the Huron County
Board of Education Monday
to make up time lost due to
the recent 31 -day teacher
strike.
* The board picked up an
additional week of in-
structional 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
commencement 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 in-
structional 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 con-.
tinuous classroom in-
struction until the final
examinations began. He
suggested that athletic
activities during regular
school hours be eliminated
except with the prior ap-
proval of the director, the
elimination of student field
trips during class time,
elimination of professional
development activities
during class time and
general discouragment of
special leave for teachers,
The recommendations were
approved by the board,
"A" CHAMPS — The "A" championship and high pinfall award was won
team in this year's bowling season. Members of the team include back
Regier and Ken Steckle and in the front row are Ken Clarke and Leo Hoffman.
Kirk Smith, Ron Clarke, Ray Wiedo and Kim McKinnon.
by the same
row, Richard
Missing were
Staff photo
FLOWERS OF HOPE CAMPAIGN — Once again the Flowers of Hope campaign will be tak-
ing place in the area served by the South Huron and District Association for the Mentally
Retarded, with this year's goal of $10,000. Prior to the start of the canvass which runs from
May 15 to May 20 and which will see Grand Bend and Clinton canvassed for the first time,
Richard Meier of Yanastra, an ARC employee, workshop manager Ron Heimrich and Flowers
of Hope campaign chairlady Donna Greb sort through some of the many packages of
seeds.
Dirty books
Continued from front page
removing the texts from the
list the board was inviting
opponents of that move to
make their case known to the
trustees, something that was
done last year over the same
issue.
Henderson asked board
chairman John Elliott why
the matter was dealt with by
the executive committee. He
said he felt that if there were
a lot of letters sent to the
board the matter should
have been dealt with by the
board. He said he was not
aware of the number off
letters received on the issue.
Elliott said the letters
were sent to individuals on
"B" CHAMPS — Taking the "B" championship of the Zurich ladies' bowling league this past season Were the Road Runners.
In the back row (left -right) are Helen Faber, Anita Faber, Carol Cooper and Barb Cooper. The front row consists of Leon
Littleton, Faye Dalrymple and Eunice Aikenhead. Absent was Betty Bell. Staff photo
the board and not to the
board itself. He said the
executive committee dealt
with the issue for public
relations, wanting to show
good faith in dealing with the
requests of the opponents of
the books,
Cochrane said the board
office had received many
letters on the issue that had
been forwarded to the
executive committee.
"I don't know how close to
a bushel basket we have
now," he said. "A sample of
the letters was put on each
one of your (the trustees)
minutes.
Henderson agreed not to
ask the board to vote on his
motion to remove The
Diviners from the list of
texts and the board agreed to
allow the school programs
committee to deal with the
issue.
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