Real Estate Show Place July 26 1978 9 Valley Conservation will expand its out door in program next Thursday approved luring a part lime assistant teacher and buying in so Its education program can reach double the of pupils The new staffer who will education Officer George Roberts will work four days a week for 10 months annually and receive JO a New s no iocs ru boots rainwear and magnifying glasses will also lie purchased at a cost of In addition fees for outdoor education classes will be Increased to per pupil at the Terra education an I cents per pupil at tht maple syrup tent re Roberts warned A numbers th it Hurt may be in the first so the number of students in the program might not double lit noted he this year would like In set lint increased to pointed out students would brine in in fees Ik said the increased fe reslslonce m i counter by the fact bus fees per student wiuld lie reduced if tw classes centre instead just Roberts said that there are enough coming to the centre which will be moved to the Silver creek Conservation Area developed north of the assistant would go on full turiL and receive 100 a year He said the assistant won be hired until the start of 1979 member Robert Harrison thought even with pupil fees are still too low He said revised fees would be lower than most conservation authorities charge and higher than very few Chairman Grant cautioned numbers to realize employee was hired recalling he know an education officer was being lured until after it w is Mills member all lb luglit fees should higher Slit said they would Ik too low when the outdoor education is improved next ye I irks n thought there be re between sch in the w iter shed and A r gram He I set a i it in I school bo irds contribute tosts for outdoor education Me Tiber Kennedy said be didn care if school boards were involved but thought the CVCA school boards should w irk closely together so out door education is fully utilized lloberls said he deals quite a bit with school boards in the watershed adding he Is currently trying to co ordinate busing with the hoards denoted more money for outdoor education from the prov nee if the is considered an day He said he program is well off round adding he has more requests for classes than he cm handle Huberts explained his pro don cover what stud I avc taken at school but their learning II ilton Keg Ion vilion Authority has four teachers he led Mi r ink leavers thought it would I run the present outd ior program for year at before expanding II has a it ion program an I urgently It sud lu needs an issistunt li help with tench he lays nature trails Silver