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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1994 - 3 EE I a CU a ea Trustee LeFort to Sacco makes second try i seek reelection Kathy LeFort is seeking a third term as the Separate School Board Trustee. The incumbent said she sees the social contract, which ex- pires in 1996, parent councils and the Royal Commission on Learning as the biggest issues facing the board in the next three years. In her two terms Mrs. LeFort says she has accomplished many things, including a new elementary school for Scugog Township, which is currently in the planning stages. She also sat on the the policy committee when the the safe school policy was approved by the board and brought a motion to the board in 1993 to reaffirm the policy. Mrs. LeFort also supports the concept of a northern Catholic high school, in which she has worked with parent committees from the elementary schools. She said she will continue to keep the concept alive until the Ministry of Education sees fit to "allocate funds to build this needed school. Shared services with the pub- lic school board is another area Mrs. LeFort supports, where it proves cost efficient. "The two boards are presently considering joint services where it can prove to be a benefit," she said. Mrs. LeFort says she has al- KATHY LE FORT ways taken leadership roles within the board. She is pres- ently on the property and trans- portation board as vice chair, af- ter two terms as chairman. She is also the past chairman of the English Language section and is on the teacher/board negotia- tion committee. Mrs. LeFort has been a mem- ber of the Parent Advisory Com- mittee for six years, a current member of the Port Perry Minor Hockey Corporation executive, a past member of the Port Perry Minor Softball Association, an executive member of the Port Perry Ladies Lob ball [League and a captain with the Heart and Stroke Foundation for the past five years. Fred Ford to run for Ward 4 council seat A desire to create more har- mony among communities in Scugog Township has prompted Blackstock resident Fred Ford to seek the Ward 4 council seat in next month's municipal elec- tion. Mr. Ford, 48, said he had contemplated making a chal- lenge for the seat, and decided to put his name on the ballot when incumbent David Dietlein announced recently he's back- ing out of the race due to a recurrence of Hodgkins Disease. Joyce Kelly, formerly a Scugog public school board trustee, is also running for the position. "I have no bone to pick with Joyce," said Mr. ford last week. "I just feel we need to take a stand on a few things." Most important is a need to bridge the philosophical gap that currently exists between outlying communities and Port Perry, where services and town- ship business appear to be cen- tred, he said. Mr. Ford wants to see the communities reach out to one another in an effort to accomplish goals and share services. "I think we need to review the relationship between... Port Perry and the people in Ward 4," he said. "The causeway kind of cuts a lot of things off." Services provided by such centres as the township library and the community hospital ought to be extended to outlying areas in a "sharing program, said Mr. Ford. With 27 years experience in sales and management, Mr. Ford also thinks he could pro- vide valuable insights on munic- ipal spending. He has a partic- ular concern about council's commitment to back one third of the $1 million cost of a new community hall in Port Perry. FRED FORD "I'm not sure the spending that's going on right now is the spending that should be going on right now," he said. "Maybe it hasn't been thought through. "(Council) have to be open to new ideas." Within the Ward, Mr. Ford would also attempt to set up a kind of community board that would meet regularly to discuss community issues and come up with methods of accomplishing community goals. There are many groups doing good work, he said, but there's not always adequate communi- cation among them. "They seem to be wirking as independent bodies, making independent decisions, and maybe not blending them as well as they could," he said. Mr. Ford recently gained prominence in the community for his opposition to a township plan to sell of a small park in the north end of Blackstock to finance improvements to the village's fairgrounds. "I am very pro-sports and youth, but it just sticks in my craw to think that we have to do this," he said. "There have to be other ways." Uxbridge resident runs for board Uxbridge resident John Sacco announced last week he is running for the Separ- ate School Board trustee seat in the November election. Mr. Sacco, who ran for the same position in the last elec- tion, said he was approached by many people who wanted him to run again this year. "Last time I was a newcom- er, but I did well," Mr. Sacco said of his showing in the last election." He said since the last elec- tion he does not feel much has been accomplished and feels "new blood is needed in the race." One of his main concerns for the area is overcrowding, which he says has been drag- ging on. Port Perry's main concern is transportation, he said. Violence in schools is an- other area he wants to see ad- dressed. "There is violence in schools in the region. It has been going on in elementary schools, not just in high schools and things are just JOHN SACCO kept hushed," he added. Mr. Sacco, who has a spe- cial needs child, said he also wants to see more direction taken to have children with different needs given specific attention. Not only does he want a cir- riculum for special needs children, but one for gifted students. "These students need to be identified," he said of the 250 children he estimates are ex- ceptional students. "Special education is not only for slower, but the ad- vanced student. The kids need to be treated equally and accommodated accord- ingly," he said. Computers are another as- pect of the school system he says is not being used appro- priately. "There is a lack of direction in computer use. The money is being put into the comput- ers, but they are not used ef- fectively," he said. Mr. Sacco said the board does not need any more mon- ey todo this. "The money that is there is enough, but it must be used properly." Mr. Sacco, is married and has five children. 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