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10 years written guarantee on workmanship Residential Re-roofing Small roof & skylight repairs New work construction Flat roofs www.haltonhillsroofing.com 905-702-2306 When there is no substitute for quality Dont be fooled by what other companies claim as standard...Compare for yourself! Get up to $1000 in free services. Book your FREE Estimate today. Independent & Free Press, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 5 Geyser in Georgetown A watermain burst on Guelph St. near Hall Rd. around noon on Friday, July 27. The water spout was almost three stories high, said reader Stephen Cochrane who took the photo. The volume of water that landed upon hous- es and cars on the other side of the street and flooded the road, was incredible, he said. A Halton Regional Public Works crew tapped and repaired the watermain. Photo by Stephen Cochrane Christ the King School changes timetable to shorten lunch hour The good news for students at Christ the King Catholic Secondary School in Georgetown is that starting Sept. 2, their day will begin 10 minutes later and end 20 minutes earlier than it did in 2007-08. But at the same time, their lunch hour will be 35 minutes shorter than it was when students completed their most recent school year this week. The proposal was recently passed by the Halton Catholic District School Board and Christ the King principal Dave DeSantis cited a number of reasons for the timetable change. Supported by staff, Catholic School Council and CtKs Student Council, the move was made after studying similar successful changes at other Halton board system schools such as Miltons Bishop Reding and Notre Dame in Burlington. Reasons given for the change include: Assisting to reduce the number of on-going discipline issues in the neighbouring communi- ty; Its consistency with the schools Student Success program-related initiatives; Increase opportunities for students to receive after-school assistance from teachers; Reduce missed instruction during the last period due to early dismissal for students and staff involved with co-curricular activities; Reduce the use of limited teacher on-calls for teacher coaches supervising students involved in co-curricular activities. It was a general consensus in our school community that using the same timetable that has been implemented in other schools in the system would be beneficial for the students and were here to act in the best interest of those stu- dents, said DeSantis. Its really not a good news, bad news situa- tion. I suppose thats a matter of opinion for some people, but the Education Act states that 40 minutes is the time that should be set aside for lunch and anything above that is gravy. I think weve had only one e-mail from a parent who doesnt like the idea and most people involved with the school whove studied it feel the positives outweigh the negatives. The length of classes hasnt changed, remain- ing at 75 mintues each, with the new schedule calling for period one to begin at 8:30 a.m., pushed back from 8:20 a.m. last year. Instead of two 75-minutes lunch breaks run- ning from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. and 12:15-1:30 p.m., period three will have three 40-minute time slots for lunch break, from 11:10-11:50 a.m. 11:50 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 12:30-1:10 p.m. Period four is scheduled from 1:15-2:30 p.m., followed by dismissal for the day. DeSantis added that students will still have the opportunity to leave the school during the lunch breaks, although its hoped that the short- ened time periods will be conducive to the stu- dents to remain on school property. The behaviour of the kids is not an over- whelming concern, he said. Do they misbe- have? Yes, sometimes this has happened, but were looking at less than one per cent of our student population and next year were probably going to have the largest number of students in the (Halton Catholic) system next year at close to 1,600. Were blessed up here to have great staff and students. Having spent a good part of my time as an educator south of Highway 5, I can assure you that we dont have comparable discipline issues that youd see down there. EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer