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a Destreaming wont hurt students Williams HyHINmJMMtTT If raid Staff The destreaming of Grade won I dilute the education process if educators change their mindset and teach students more in the Region s director of education Bob Williams said recently Mr Williams was addressing au members at Centennial Public School asking if de streaming will have a watenng down effect on how and what is taught in the classroom He said this will only happen if you want it to But he believes the board can adapt the system that it would work well The provincial ministry of education is considering the in traduction of reaming for the 1992 school year Grade students would be taught subjects at the same difficulty level Students would no longer have the choice of taking a course at the basic general or advanced level Mr Williams told audience members ministry research shows Grade students are not ready to choose a stream that will deter mine their future after high school In Business For Business OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services St Georgetown 8772282 8771485 Fendley Florists DONT FORGET BOSSES DAY The Boss Monday October IMh lS9 CENTRE Town will retender contract after JC Duff complaint Herald Staff Halton Hills town councillors voted Tuesday to retender a winter sand contract recently awarded to an company Tenders from three companies were opened Sept but last week Ian Duff JC Duff Ltd in approached cillors saying the tender was un fair Mr Duff said the tender did not state clearly that three separate services of providing sand delivering sand and mixing the sand with the town road salt would be awarded together Trucking of Erin of the town a package deal for the three services This includ ed providing sand at a tonne delivering sand at a tonne and mixing the sand for 90 cents a tonne Duff Ltd bid on the three items separately for a total price of 75 a tonne Mr Duff said if the tender was for a package deal his company would have bid a lower price After the contract was awarded to McNicholl Trucking JC Duff countered the 23 offer with a reduction to per tonne of mixing from 1 This brought Duff total cost down from 75 a tonne to a tonne for the package deal Councillors decided last week that it would be out of line with the process to accept Duff informal offer But this week councillors concluded after reading the tender that instruc tions the document were unclear Us ambiguous Acton Coun Norm Elliott said It s ambiguous to the point where someone who has been tendering for the past is confuted Mr Elliott said Mr Elliott said the three con tract services should be awarded separately to the lowest bidders He said if this did not sit v ell with the companies involved they could refuse the contract But the town s purchasing agent Hugh Patterson said s Trucking would not accept part of the contract for winter sand I know from my conversation with John that he did not intend his rate for mixing sand to be included with any other tender He said the town would face a legal debate if the tender package was split Acton Coun Gerald Rennte said he would have changed his vote to accept s tender last week if he had read the tender document before the meeting Because it is a document that is flawed it should be retendered Mr Renme said Tuesday He said the tender could be interpreted as containing bids for separate ser vices Any route that the town takes could have legal repercussions Mr Patterson told councillors Either Duff challenges you now or McNicholl Trucking challenges you later Either Halton Hills Miller said the town would prefer to give the contract to a local company but the fair bidding process must be followed Town councillors voted to re- tender the winter sand contract with sand mixing and delivery prices included as a package RASPERS CLASSIC FREE BANQUET HALL AVAILABLE CORNER OF GUELPH ST MOUNTAINVIEWRO S- GEORGETOWN 8772418 Mr Williams pointed out elementary and middle school students are taught at the same level Therefore there is no reason it t work at the Grade 9 level he said But high school teachers like their elemen counterparts would have to be more accommodating to the in dividual students said Mr Williams Along with Mr Williams Hills trustees Arlene Bruce and Dick also attended the meeting put on by the University Women s Club Mrs Bruce agrees with the ministry reasons for de- streaming She told the audience Grade isn t the ime to be separating students It s a very dif time because they are just finding themselves But like Mr Williams she agreed teaching methods would have to change Teachers will have to make more allowances for students differing abilities she said Teachers will have to know each student much better and will have to plan their lessons much more carefully she explained Trustee Hotvitt is less certain about destreaming He told the dience he recognized there are always late bloomers saying he himself was more interested in sports than homework until Grade and I only realized then I was going to be in trouble unless I pulled up my socks But he also said at some point students have to make a decision and get going The quality of the boards French immersion program was another topic addressed at the meeting Georgetown resident Rod Taylor asked whether the board would elicit public input when the program comes under review next year He said a quality program is necessary if students entering the Continued on Page t Crafty work People at the North Centre for Special Needs were hard at work pulling the finishing touches on he crafts and the baked goods that will be on sale the bazaar and hake sale from noon in Vena Here Bar bara Robb left and and to complete a nail paper all purpose gift Herald photo Halton Hills Village Homes Developer pushes for water Hills Village Homes Inc wants water for house lots to finish the Homes con struction in Georgetown South Bert Arnold represen ting Hills Village Homes HHVHI Tuesda at a Halton Hills council meeting said the developer wants to finish a sion alreadv approved town councillors HHVHI s plea for water is in response to a Regional water report that said Georgetown does not have enough water to service all the applications coming before Halton Region The Region is responsible for allocating water The report there is present enough water for 50 people in Georgetown which now has a population of 18 000 But apphca tions submitted to the Region ask for ater for another people Mr Arnold said a report soon to be filed b the Halton Hills ing staff could leave the Fern brook lots out when it mends here water should go That would be turning back a development that s ap proved he said HHVHI project manager Toby wrote a letter to Halton Region recent saving he would challenge water applications for redevelopment in Georgetown South bv appealing those applica tions to the Ontario Municipal Board That letter was not meant to threaten the Region but to assure HHVHI s water supply Mr Arnold said The situation as we saw it was that the lots were serviced Mr Arnold said referring to Fern- brook Homes As soon as it was identified that there was water those lots could go Continued on Page Realty of Distinction Realtor MEMBER BROKER 112 Main St S Georgetown Corner Church Main 8731881