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TheActon Free Press Wednesday Apr 28 Teachers rebuttal for last weeks PD days editorial from page I On teacher said we should divide their wages by the number of hours they work and we d find they making that much per hour Vie raise this because we assumed everyone knew teachers are paid a salary and their jobs in more than just leaching from Exlra curricula r activities could t exist if teachers didn t work overtime They work on lesson plans mark etc in hours outside class But teachers must remember he it situation working overtime employees courses 12 Something parents should know is that a few 9 Several teachers said they don choose the teachers have told us in the past they don like days the board does They are They are days they d rather be leaching some have also proved by board butontherecommendationsof a body called the Modified School year committee on which 13 people sit including two trustees rep resentatives of the leachcrs federations pnnc consultants and other admin Since ihe federation reps are on the com the teachers can say they don have input suggest days needed Barb Monro of Coop talk Courtney daring the nursery open house Monday common among salaried workers in business and Teachers say that was in Ihe editorial but reread industry so they unique it I found wc have no quarrel with the need for A leachcr suggested parent are upset with professional deelopmenl days just with having PD days because families where both parents work them in the period between September and June or in single parent families parents lose ihcir Ihepiece cheap babysitting service and must make other But in disucssing this issue with parents and tea arrangements for care of their children on those in the past week a couple of new Ideas come to days This is the complaint some parents but mind If teachers don PD days in the sum certainly not all We ve heard complaints about mer and some of day work must be done days from who don work too say then how about pro fessional development days on Saturdays or some evening sessions This Is done in business and us try sometimes The school year structure is a throwback to our agricultural pas I children were needed on the farm in Ihe summer That isn common now so maybe the province teachers and boards should look at another idea Operate schools in the summer and combine Christmas holidays winter break and summer holidays into a four six or eight week per Teachers noted they take other forma of pro- In say January and February when some days not because they lose Ihcir babysitting service as the teacher called sch I but because they are concerned about their children being educated Do days cost tax payers money In one way no since teachers would be paid for the day regardless if Ihey are in a mar or in classroom Bui when families have to hire a babysitter for a PD day il does taxpayers money as one person involved in education pointed said sessions are a waste of tune Others have said some sessions are very worthwhile while some times they mars and workshops other sectors I A teacher suggested their number of vacation days compares with senior people in industry A comparison of vacations for and senior people in sectors is difficult because many teachers don think July and August since they tpatd If the summer is counted then it s very rare indeed the person outside teaching who has 10 weeks vacation A teacher noted they are in school in the fall preparing for the return of children We didn I men this previously because everyone knew il especially since we have often carried photos in early September or teachers getting IS days don improve teachers ions and so there is no financial benefit lo each ers from having them In conclusion I sympathize with angry parents about days Teachers totally to blame but Ihe public perception has long been thai PD days are the teachers Hi ink the board and teachers should be looking at ways to Margaret looks over Ryan school I Bennett school open house Monday evening He in grade three development in their spare time during the school year and this is paid for by themselves or their teacher fcdcralions which they support financially Is this unlike business and industry I known people in business who improved them selves sometimes with no guarantee of ad vancement or a raise by paying for night school or attending seminars One teacher dbputed this say are lost anyway because of weather problems There might also be some savings for taxpayers in heat and lighting etc 11 told the only requirements on the form of the school year from the province Is that there be 1B5 leaching days Hal ton has traditionally had more and thai been reported In Ihe past The province says teachers can have professional business and industry firms always pay for development days but not when and how often Approve Speyside TV tower 140 Mill St Acton Ontario FRESH ONTARIO PORK regular loin chops centre cut chops brawn n serve chops chicken breasts J DAVERNE side 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your filled savings folder stamps to A and redeem it for cash or merchan INSTANT CASH1 Be sure to double check your stamps You can be an instant WW SI or 100 if you get an instant cash stamp Simply give it back to the cashier and receive instant cash for the amount on the stamp -wvmatscvenvoAr- CLOVER LEAF 7 75 pink salmon Artie White tarlo tickets Saturday by Steve Arnold residents have lost the latest round In their battle to keep a company from erecting a cable I el vision tower near their homes The Ontario Municipal Board approved a local bylaw amending the on the land to permit construction of the lower in a decision released last week A hearing before the Canadian TlKti winners Commission will be Wayne Mason and his wife 2 were the required before the winners of monthly trip draw for a Las actual erection can take Vegas en lion place Milton was the winner of he At the OMB hearing weekly draw for held In Milton March Mary Watson 153TideyAvc won vouchers from neighbors of the Bite Home Hardware Family Restaurant objected to approval of and Acton Family Celaners while BUI and bylaw because hey Brock St took home vouchers from reared the new tower Acton Pharmacy and family Cleaners would damage their Vouchers from Nielsen and Camera property values and In Out and Family Cleaners went to Waller expose them to a health Pauline Barlow Church St East and Vic hazard from the micro- Penny Bristow won vouchers from Jug Clly wave relay dishes to be Family Cleaners Acton Bowling Lanes and AB used on the site solve this issue which don t result in school days when classes I held It wasn acceptable to parents when they were held on random days anymore acceptable now when they are scheduled before or alter hoi Ida like Easter Parents are never going to confront their child teacher with their objections so teachers may not be gauging accurately the depth of taxpayers anger about days We agree with teachers who they may have done a very good public relations job on Ihese days The initiative for changes should come from the teachers think the teachers should seriously consider going to their leadership and urge to talk to the board about trying a few evening sessions or Saturday sessions or any other alter native they might come up as an experiment Such a move would go a long way towards appeas Ing taxpayers and making such an effort would no doubt be a public relations triumph Falklands Continued from page 1 Eva recalls it never dawned on her Falkland Islands belonged to anyone but Argentina All through her schooling she was taught the Malvlnas were part of her country It was after she met Geoff and he told her the British claimed the island did she ever hear anything lo contrary Until the past month Eva jokes whenever things were quiet at home one of Ihem would challenge the ownership of the Islands and a break out However now thai their two countries arc fighting over the fun has gone oul of Eva says and have left the fighting la others Bolh tire convinced the conflict Is only a ploy lo take the citizens minds off the economic situation In both countries Geoff estimates 1500 million was spent just getting the British fleet to the Argentines before any shots were fired Before it is all he guesses some it billion will have been spent on both sides For thai amount of money the islands could have been bought and sold several limes over the teacher said Geoff feels haunls of a World War II mistake play on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher mind as she wades closer and closer to allout war over the lie explains as a boy growing up In England he always read how Britain made mistake in not resisting Adolf Hitler early and England failure lo resist reoccupation of the Reine He thinks this may have something lo do with what he considers drastic actions over the Falklands Regarding the recent Argentinian surrender on So Ih a J says thai was deliberately done so suddenly Britain is the Acton Photo flf Camera Vflbgw Acton 8634250 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to Ihe people who live on the Island Geoff claims it is not as easy as that because a good many of the Island residents arc employees of Falkland Island Corporation which has its head office in England Once a person retires they must move to England or New Zealand Eva claims Ihe Incident is a res tag of The Mouse That Roared She explains in that book a small country declares war against the United States so they can lose and get American aid Her scenario she says Is thai countries cooked all up so both could get She pointed out however lhat In the Mouse That Roared the small country won Ihe war and ended up ha ving to support the ted States It is a tragedy said Geoff because there are going to be some people who get killed There going to be a lot of wasted time and resources fie noted it is funny how there always seems to be money to go to war Geoff cringes when he thinks what a half a billion dollars could do for the British economy or the Argcntian economy They talk about fighting for principles and rights he said I think they are forgetting about people rights to eat Eva says she believes the irony of the situation is that It is no longer a mailer of the Falkland Islands and who possesses them but a matter of saving face It has nothing to do with people or countries Just saving face she says glumly Neither person cares in whose hands the islands end up Just as long as it is done peacefully Eva feels both sides are wrong however This has become rele vant because It could be the end of Ihe world she says referring lo the two super powers eventuality going to war backing the smaller countries and setting off a nuclear bomb Geoff feels he has the perfect solution Argentina should let Britain have the Falkland Islands and Argentina can have Nor thern Ireland That way be says both will have a troublesome piece of real estate on each others door step MAM STREET NORTH ACTON 8632370 BrernptonLkw HOME AND GARDEN B3B6