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The Acton Free Press Wed December 1 Blames board trustees 200 question 10 at school Continued from Page In his reply Mr Hinton used an example compulsory fitness and programs for all In style the teacher cannot tell tie student he is wrong Parents rebel against this philosophy The teacher feels threatened What Is your opinion of teaching trench from kinder art en up Hinton If the people want French immersion it is up to the people to seek tan people teach child from and they can communicate in their own language He doesn I believe in putting millions of dollars into a pro gram that is not going to benefit he students Cultural mix is a wonderful thing he concluded Pierce Personally thinks all children should start out with trench they are going to hive to get it Inter Watson There are not that teachers available to teach French even if we wanted to put it all our schools The federal govern offered an incentive and monetary support but now they have backed down Do you ta or larger central schools or small schools Walsan I believe in schools large enough to have all the facilities 1 don like to see schools smaller than pupils or larger than or Secondary schools should be no larger than 1200 students Move teachers remedial class Board of Education have to move high school into school classes to give pupils remedial assistance lown Trustee Ernie predicts During discussion it days board meeting about Trustee Bill call for a study to sec why pupils need for remedial help increasing Bodnar said board just can hire more teachers to handle the problem He said he supported study idei beciuse it will help the board get to the root of the problem also said he wished it went further and asked the administration to come up with some solutions which won I add to board Referring to a three part administration report brought to the board over the past few weeks catling for more teachers to bt hired for special education said Ihere is a strong feeling among trustees that the board just can I to hire more teachers The administration plan was to be dealt with by the board Thursd but Superintendent of Special Services John Graham with drew it promising to come back to the board before the end of the year with more details and information We may have reallocate of our resources from the secondary level to the level pre dicted He said everyone will have to face the fact sooner or later tint the only solution is real location since the board can I keep spending money Pierce I know of high schools with over 000 and think they should be smaller Georgetown high school is now over I not saying for or against because 1 don t know the implications Tax payers are entitled Jo com I would not be for larger schools Can the of education be Watson No I am being completely honest The worst thing you con do is cut down We have cut back in every area we can We cut down some areas and we will be sorry for it next year We will do our best to keep it down Pierce I have handled budgets of over million in Peel county Yes you can cut down you can look at a bud gel I would like to see that budget There is no ques Hon in the minds of some people that something can be done the board gave teachers a maximum raise which raises our taxes 3 mills on next year s tax bill All the trustees in the north voted for it teachers have had a 50 per cent increase in productivity This is a good reason for salaries raises to be done at the provincial level the board should consult others and get the teachers opinions once in a while I will tell them when I don agree with them and support them when I do No costs can be kept own The Editor Trustee Edna Robinson is reported In the press Toronto Star Nov to have blamed parents who are the products of the regimented school system of the late and for the destructive permissiveness adopted by youth who reflect the lifestyles and attitudes their parents The Halton Renaissance Committee was established by hundreds of parents who accept responsibility for having been conned by clever educational quacks into permitting the creative educational disci plines of the and to be replaced by the fatal fallacies which dominated the system through the 60s and since We repented of our Irresponsibility and have sacnflcially sought to turn the tide of per missiveness and to restore sanity to the system We have been gratified by the heartening responsiveness of Queen Park to our concerns as evidenced in the back to basics trends being advocated by Mr Wells At the same time we were rewarded in for our efforts by having Trustee Robinson demonstrate her love affection and compassion by deviously railroading her infamous edict through the Board which labelled and libelled us parents as irresponsible liars Doubtless the bureaucrats who ve sought to liberate our children from the hang ups of the outdated values of such responsible parents appreciate Trustee Robinsons loving loyally to them Unfortunately Trustee Robinson was acclaimed to the Board of Education this fall before presenting that outrageous plat form to the people She probably hopes that In two years the people will have either for gotten or shell have earned enough at per year as a representative of the bureaucrats on the Board of Education to retire to the Irrelevance her reactionary mentality has already consigned her Thanks to the Influences of the likes of Trustee Robinson we ve been forced to take our children out of the secular public school system and pay double to have our children educated In the superior philo sophy of the JudeoChristian heritage in which we had the good fortune to be educated In the public schools in the late and early Inasmuch as Miss Robinson knows nothing of the anguish of coping as a loving parent with such frontal assaults on the family emanating from the school system her bland Insensltivity and ignorance or concerns Is understandable and ence forgivable It would however be valuable to the parents In the rest of the region to know where their candidates for the Board stand on this fundamental educa tional issue Meantime hats off to outgoing Trustee Goodin for his courage and candor in behalf of parents and out children May his likes be multiplied in the new Board Sincerely Ken Campbell Renaissance Ontario Milton SABRE JOE GARDIN follow through is broken by Georgetown s Bill Allison during last Wednesday s game scored his first two goals of the season Both goals came within the last flve minutes of play and rounded out the scoring at 82 for Sabres Services Council wants Human Services Council mental health sub committee old Board of Education on Thursday that they would like to work more closely with the lion system Tony Marriott and Mrs Nancy Adsett noted there are many cases of students being put into vocational schools in the system who are bright but under achievers in one subject area They said neither teachers or board are at fault because these pupils go into vocational schools without anything being done about their problem areas Mrs said special programs are needed for many students but the board just doesn t have the human resources to run such pro- Superintendent of Special She said there are people Services John Graham ad with ability to work with mitted very few students pupils who are having special directed to vocational schools emotional or mental prob- ever get any individual lems but there t enough assessment of their problems of them or help Auto Insurance RATES INCREASING CALL ALLSTATE 8242350 ALSO LIFE HOME BUSINESS HOT COFFEE HOT CONVERSATION with Gord Dawe ALL WEEK LONG AT CORNER MILL WILLOW ACTON A Social Evening With TOM HILL at ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Thursday December 2nd 7 pm to 10 pm Everyone Invited Choose it TILDEN ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS ft- Don McMillan for Regional Council 5500 DInGU AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE AIRPORT RD AND DERRY RD MONDAY NOV 29th 715 PM FREE ADMISSION FREE DOUBLE CARD TO PLAY REGULAR GAMES FOR BUS SERVICE INFORMATION CALL 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