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The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville. November 29,1989 3 > Dress Code Discussed Individual expression, a sense of community and equality were some of the issues brought forward at a meeting meeting dealing with dress codes at St. Stephen's Stephen's High School last week. Koughly 40 parents attended the Thursday night meeting to state the reasons they felt a dress code/schopl uniform should or should not be put in place. Parents opposed to a uniform said they felt the current dress code in place at the school was adequate. At the moment, students adhere to a style of dress that ensures decency. Clothes must .be neat, untom and not have any offensive sayings on them. Some people attending the meeting said they felt the dress code was adequate adequate while others felt a uniform was needed. One view was that teenagers should have the opportunity to express themselves themselves through their manner of dress. One parent, who taught at a public school but sent his children to a separate separate school, said "The real person isn't what he wears...it's what he is." Others talked about letting students students have the opportunity to make their, own decisions including how they dress. Rick Heffernan, the prime minister of the student council at St. Stephen's, said the time he learns the most from his father is when he is out of his business business clothes and is in his casual clothes. He said the board is making a decision decision on the home world and the business business world and said: 'The home atmosphere atmosphere of teaching is veiy real here." Barents in support of a school uniform, uniform, on the other hand, stated that a uniform would create a better sense of community in the school and claimed that it would eliminate the economic barriers among students and make them equal. ;',Bob Burke, the parent who initially asked the board to look into the matter matter of school dress codes and uniforms, said he had been to a number of Catholic Catholic high schools who had a uniform in plâce and he said: "the vast majority of stüdents and administrators are happy; happy; and wouldn't change." j'He added that the students feel a sense of community from wearing the uniform and they also feel a sense of equality. :He said a uniform did "deprive" students students of the ability to express their individuality individuality but, as a community, he said, they would contribute to the community community and draw back from it. Another parent in support of a uniform uniform said she teaches school and thought by having a uniform in place students could feel equal. Without a uniform, she said, if a student feels deprived because he or she doesn't have nice clothes, its difficult difficult to get past the feeling of inferiority inferiority and difficult to teach. Michael Nolan, principal at St. Stephen's Stephen's High School, said that the majority majority of students at St. Stephen's were strongly opposed to a dress code. He said that from looking at the questionnaires students were asked to complete, he found that students in grades nine and 10 were opposed to a school uniform by a 3-1 margin. Students Students in grades 11, 12 and OAC also were opposed by a margin of 2-1. He added that at the feeder schools, St. Stephen's elementary was "strongly "strongly opposed" and that Monsignor Cleary and St. Francis of Assissi were not opposed. opposed. Mr. Nolan said that he couldn't say how statistically accurate his information information was because he was the only one to look at the results so far and that he was merely looking for a trend. Don Folz, superintendent of the Peterborough, Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland, Newcastle Roman Catholic Seperate School Board, said this was the first time the board has struggled with the issue of a school uniform/dress code in the nine years he has been with the board He said this board is one of the few separate school boards in Ontario that don't have a dress code. T think the board finds it to be an important issue they want to deal with," he said. The superintendent also stated that if a dress code and uniform were adopted, they would be legal under the constitution. St. Stephen's isn't the only school dealing with the issue. Each of the three high schools in the jurisdiction of the separate school board has set up. student attire committees committees to look into the issue. 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Durham College Unveils Impressive Expansion by Andrea Adair In the words of Durham College President Gary Polonsky, Polonsky, Monday was "another "another auspicious day in the history of Durham College". It marked the official unveiling unveiling of the college's new $5.2 million "L" wing. The 40,000 square foot addition has been used by applied arts students since school started in September. On Monday, dignitaries from across the Durham Region Region and from various levels of government were on hand to celebrate the opening which included a "creative ' ribbon cutting and a time capsule unveiling. Bob Fair, chairman of the board of governors, said the wing will enable the college to continue to serve the "dynamic "dynamic and expanding" Durham Durham Region and surrounding surrounding areas. "It is a much needed facility facility and it is needed to meet the continued enrollment figures of the college," he said. Durham West MPP, No- rah Stoner, said the applied arts students would be get ting "wonderful training" in the new wing. With a background as a commercial artist, she said she was a little envious when she saw the computers graphic art students were working on. "I was tempted to enroll in a course," she joked. Gary Herrema, Durham Region chairman, also commented commented on the opening, saying saying that the college has to keep up to date with the changes of the '90s. He said in the next decade decade people will be switching careers, "some through want, some through necessity necessity and some just to be creative." creative." "That's why you need to keep up to date here," he stated, adding that the students students bénefit from it and the community is grateful for it. After the comments from some of the guests, officials unveiled a time capsule containing containing articles reflecting college life in 1989. Some of the items put into the capsule capsule included a copy of the school's newspaper, The Chronicle, a statement from the Chairman of the Board of Governors and polaroid photos of the morning ceremony. ceremony. Local newspapers were asked to bring a copy of their latest edition to be put in the capsule as well. Up to 1,200 students will use the new "L" wing which consists of 30 new classrooms, classrooms, a drawing lab and two lecture halls. The $5.2 million cost for the facility includes the cost of equipment -- the latest technology in personal computers computers -- a press release states. Communication arts students students benefit from a lab of 30 computers for desktop publishing, while design arts students are able to work on the new MAC 2 colour colour computers. . Graphic arts students are also working in larger, well lit and ventilated rooms. Other dignitaries on hand for the opening were MPP Sam Cureatz, Oshawa Mayor Allan Pilkey, MPP Mike Breaugh and former Durham College President Mel Garland. gESssIKk Appoint New Fire Chief "There is new technology in firefighting appearing every day. Computerized maps of route designations and building outlines are being handed out in the cities on every call. We don't warrant that type of technology here yet, but with expansion we are looking into phasing computers into the Town of Newcastle. The new chief does see the need for a fire hall in the Newton ville and Kendal areas areas being required soon. "We like to nave a response time of five minutes in the urban areas and ten minutes in the rural areas. Right now, Newtonville and Kendal are just outside those limits." he reports. There are 230 square miles in the Town of Newcastle Newcastle for the fire departments departments to cover. 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