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WHIBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1991, PAGE 39 p PAUL HUTCHINSON:e Public Sehool Board FROM PAGE 26 reqwirements are for stud0nts to succeed in their chosen fielk. a . TgnoEin the r UMani UnprwImd Sogtwi!-M rcmdrculum, wI. changw W" ySi à"k.ta-Mi what aMr mboc* tuah I would like to-se. the. folowing change ma&e to the curriculum in our sehools. Lesu empbasis 1a d on literary English and morSe ,on a more tiniUcal Englisii so as to provide tiie students with the. bilty to communicat. information hotter. I also feel there siiould ho more Canadian content included i as many areas as ýpossble. W. siiould ho prcmting the Canadian identity as rnucii as passible. This will ielp to instili a sens. of pride in our country wbich is requfired to. ke.p it togetiier. t. auld n.hm bmone umpi"m obuar iod thboieanàruuatingt?- ' Ido tiiink there sïhoud ho more <empliss lcd n.the basic. Thi. 3 Rs are the building blocks that every student requres« ta succeed. If they do not bave tiie. basics thon tiiey wlll not honefit frm any future, more spociali zed coIn.. I also feel that standardized testing bas usefulness at c ertain points during a students'time in the sehool systm. This would enable, educators ta ensure that each :student bas the. re7ie dis ta pragresa ta bigiier 'evels Iý tbink this type 0f testng would ho useful t the. transition points. hotwen elementary and secondary, school levels and hofore a student leaves thé secondary sciiool &. Am Ue tn'hfrlah theasqtm?Iffgo,vhbat mr tliy? Wut wOnld yon wsntlmIia 1 ar n ot presently,,aware of 'frin ithesstm. However, I think we should take a bard look at where the money is gig and determine if we are receiving adequate benefits fer the. c"o. If we are flot getting a goodreturn in an area, thon we sou work to eliminato tii... aroe.t Am A thm sma which a dlur.udtui th&that there should b. more funding for pecia1 progrms such as drug andAD educaton so they can b. started at an earlier mgo. Thes. isses am have a disasrous offset on the. students' liv.. and -they deserve to receve as- much inoratonas possble, as soon as they cSn understand it, to aid them i making decimions. 7.Do ym. &d1 Uni .dotm. ý nu ta. blg If a., «an Rw a s hi conu"ith»? Ido ne fW lthat education. taxres. are -n.cssarily too hligh. I do feel, however,, tbat, we are not gettn ai unus.out 0 every dollar. I tbhik wesiiould take a liard look et every area nd make tii. necesyy ebanges ta enure tii. hest use cf emciiand every dollar. I do think that there are arome wiere imooeyAi. hoing wasted, and that muet ,ho stoppe&. ha S-uho tososrathor thontUn I tbink the municipalities siiould continue ta olBeet the achool taxes. I -do, not se. any need'ta dulicate tbis funtion in tiie chool hurd.It would require an. increase in staff and money Whicii would not lie 0f honefit. wl»d qyz.na hiu Sdwt. mviddplato md«o"i I think that siiaing -services and facilities between the publi and separate echool boards should ho done.wherever passible. This would decrease thieoperating costs for both hboards and the. money saved could ho used eswerei areas that requir. an incres. i flide., M0 Wlmt de yS Utdnk uof the. ysawround urina conoit, . bglu n amam a p"ilat 4t bythoeDorl. osaior EduetImal 192 I do not tbink the. year-round school, concept is a good idea. It will, disrupt the. Iiihotyles of the. families in Durham Region. I feel it,'will hurt the. students and cause a 1cme in classroom time, due to the. Iht that ,mmny parents will pull their cbildren from class for -holidays if they are not off wiien 1 the parents get their holiday. Also, if, this system is extended to tiihemondary achools, it would penalize somie students and prevent them from continuing their education past Iiigii shool because tiiey wil ho unable to get a summer job to pay for college or university. It will aise increase the. operating cSts of the. shools as it is much more expensive to cool in the summer'monthe thon to heat tii. echools in the winter. il. What oUi. pr alleme do you » nhe U eductlcelmioi A.ur.cane h O=ee! anhomai U oclachol orailovelo A major problem I see in the. school syst.m is its inability to provide the. students witii a sens. of responsibility and tii. realization that their actions will have an, effect on their lives. Presént1,) students are not iield responile for their actions. I tiiink tiiere siiould b. sme form of îconsequùence wiien they stop outaide acceptable hohaviour. Whether it ho a reflection in their grades or a requirement ta, do extra work, w. should develop a system for , response ta unacceptable bhiaviour. 12 t rspnabIIte do you teela truMt. bastowaiaindvidalconutituenta end tovards the. populationaawhole? Do you fui Unr. l. sufficimnt ogigiotunflty for publiehIput? I feel that as a truste, I have the responsibilities of repris- senting my constituents' views on matters that concern tiiem, ho it an individual or the. population as a whole. However, I feel my primary iresp onsibility is- ta the' studlents in the' public school M8 Ir yoci kiw "ht your own psition on a ipeci Isus»vataiodul. wlth the. majorlti'of our constiuenta wbch way woud you voWd I would vote tii. way the. nuUjorty' of iny constituents wanted on ail issues unless I felt the. honefits or cosWts theii students were large enougii ta warrant g.n aanst public opinion.-I feel, however, this would ho only very rare. 14. What psy Icrmes WOtad you prpm sofo Um m Mnnt threrymarperlo Due to the present econornic situation, I think the, trustees should Set-tiie example and not take any pay increases. I would ho againet any proposed increase -- I tbink the, money could ho hotter used elsewiiere in tii. system. M5 How aun you dffuent frii hothwe I feel that I amn different from the other candidates in my views that'the scuaens are our main consideration and ail effosmuet ho made ta provide thom with the Migiiest quality education passible.' DOUG LAND Public School Board FR OM PAGE 29 16. How a am eudifront ,athe Un mir canddatd I ar nont promoting myself as being exceptiona1ly different fromn anyotier en atein this election. If the, electors, in talkng ta me or reading my comments perceive a difference, it i. unintentional and entirely their choice as to wiietiier they feel tiiey con align with me. I bave said that I arn not a single issue candidate, and I maintain that position. I amn an individus] witii a gaod hackground, reasonable and blanced views, two kids in high achool ond a sincere desire ta serve this communityr. My work experience i training volunteer boards 0f various sizes bas given me an appreciation of the. value of debate and compromise. As issues arise, I amn comrnited ta working dligently ta resolving tiiose issues to the. honefit of the mqjority and with a clear conscience. A pretty simple approacii, but on. whicii I believe the mqjority of tii. electors con aippreciate. ~1 p. municipal efection L 05