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Mm NinetySixth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER SECTION 691000 addition at Systems Construction Plenty of seats in north schools council approved a building permit Monday for a 115 square foot addition to the plant of Systems Construction Ltd one mile north of The addition estimated value will the plants size Hurst director of development for Marchland Holdings Ltd appeared before council to outline plans for the addition to the present plant which is situated In Lot 5 Con 3 north of Milton He told this newspaper the new building would house the entire working area much of which presently was being done In the Plans call for a steel mat area of 100 feet a concrete mix area of 4 ft a precast area of ft and a new factory area encompassing ft The addition will almost triple the site of the present square foot assembly plant which started operation this spring Systems Construction true to Its name constructs equips decorates and finishes rooms in a factory and then assembles a finished building on the site Irst centre In Toronto It was recently awarded a large contract for a student residence at University of Hie hotel bedrooms were assembled and completed complete with bed linen at the plant Capacity of the Is units year but with expansion Ihc trend for population In rural north has died end according to a report on elementary school enrolment figures presented to the County Board of due ition their regular meeting In the report notes until this year agricultural population in rural areas has been offset by rural residential development however rural ima Wlln ve rural this cm be increased to 52room Holiday Hurst sad the success i Highway and Duffcrln St opposite the Yorkdalc shopping units Mr Hurst said the success ln thc In of the product has mode growth In other The board expansion necessary report notes it Is expected to take year before a more rapid growth rate will take place In ureas of North due to the amount of primary lis needed Kindt dawn report notes kindergarten int In September was HH less than September It is to sec enrolments ln two throe and four arc lower tlhnn thc enrolments of thc previous year In the next lower report shows elementary enrolments short of for and predicts yip will continue to widen reducing thc need for pupil pit ccs However thc report acknowledges the fact that tho may not be In area experiencing growth lie It appears there will bo no need for further facilities in north until there Is some pressure for new facilities In the MunUlulr t idgnrwood urea of Upon completion of ad to tho George Kcenedy School in there will be a reduced need for portables and these portables can be used to pressure In any area are three North still without libraries Harrison Hes a modern day truant officer BILL COON North Attendance Counsellor always has a busy day ahead of him phone Is constantly ringing with calls from parents and school principals from all schools north of Highway He deals with about cases of truancy every month Photo Bill Coon counsellor A lot of them Just do it because they want attention I By Anne Journalism Student Sheridan College Anyone who thinks the modern day Truant Officer Is just a glorified with human victims has another a Its problems Sometimes I have I without libraries fl n nee a WrigglesworU and solve Then when I drop Into the don have many problems talking tto them we try to point out that everyone is there to help Information helps A like this sometimes hoi at called have to be psychologist fl hen Into ti i nrul In let sociologist policeman teacher cnool talk to omeone I can and concerned parent all rolled W he into one Information I need Bill Coon of Acton la one such also talks about some of the man His office is in the children giving Win an argument County Board of Educations are cough You have north education centre near to admire them really and think Milton but ho spends little time them more person there Most of thellme he spends icy Just sit quietly listen I in schools In homes and in police l I getting stations In the northern part of to Mr Coon with young people and Is on the He is the son of Mrs Bill Coon executive Acton the late Bill Coon of Aclon hockey organization Every Helpsitudenti child should be Involved in A softspoken athletic sort of of something like that he says It Mr Coon has worked Is good for recreation and for young people for years social contacts they can make person with young people for years Now his lob Is to counsel students in school attendance For the child His position as an attendance 1 Conversion classrooms ln these would reduce pupil places According to report there arc a number of schools ln county that will have to be renovated or closed The Department of education policy on renovations and will determine how much can be done fhc report points out capital budgets In 1068 by thc previous boards In the county called for an expenditure of 7 In I960 the county board reduced the expenditure to 270 with further reduction in to the three recommendations In report were not voted upon because only of the trustees were In attendance for the second half of the meeting Several left first portion of the meeting to attend meet the candidate meetings Hie recommendations will be considered at a future meeting of the board They ask that provision be made in the capital budget for additional senior school facilities In thc east education area north of Queen Elizabeth thc size and location to be based on a report submitted early It was also recommended a new school west of the Gladys area of and additional student places be considered in the capital budget Stephen Lewis swings in a 45minute speech at Erin last Thursday Stephen Lewis new leader of the NDP suggested Premier John Roberts would resign probably in the next few weeks to the Welllngton- Riding Association lwts took some healthy swings at the Ontario government and Ontario Hydro Critical Hydro He criticized Ontario Hydro for lopollcestationseveryday The Discussion considered introducing a rate Increase of local forces are great to Work the availability of existing There is mot this lob than officer Is between the school and chasing kids he remarks We school board and the home and work with a social work agency children We are primarily the police probation officers and Interested In the child welfare health units He also takes sociology courses Problem children are usually at Waterloo University and referred to Mr Coon by the expects to take a course next principal of a school in his area summer Despite all his efforts Mr Coon talks to parents In their some of his cases are beyond his homes but often calls them to the help and have to be referred to a school psychologist Interviews are more of a You get a lot of laughs from success when they ore conducted working with young people but In the school he says The you also see some pretty sad parents take school interviews cases he concludes more seriously Precludes court Interviews often take a long lime but he feels It is always better than simply taking the offending student to court when there may be no need for It Of fenders may be charged under the Juvenile Delinquents Act and tried in juvenile court Mr Coon handles about 40 cases every month but so far has charged only e Schools are so large these established to study coordination days all schools are bound to of existing social services In have problems he says north Halton Truancy he explains is not the committee was formed such a big deal But It often leads after a meeting of to other things Some students representatives of education going AWOL find themselves Children Aid community involved in theft and other petty services Health Unit legal crimes Often the family already branches nunlsterlal Social and has a record of petty crimes to its Family services and other name Children from these agencies The meeting at families statistics show are District High School was held bound to get Into trouble of some under the auspices of the Health kmd Unit and the Board of Education New faces with J Graham assistant Generally the offenders are superintendent of special not always the same group education and student services In There are always new ones north and east as the cropping up chairman Mr Coon makes a routine visit Areas el need Study social services A committee has been per cent In rural Ontario while It has a million rate stablli fund which it refuses to use He also charged the Ontario government accepted without a murmur a per cent Tee increase by the Ontario Medical Association In Lewis said the average income for a doctor was compared to a wage earners In doctors made an average of and wage earners Lewis said the Tory government should have prevented this unwarranted increase Darts for Darey with he comments They services the Interrelationship of sometimes help in locating some the services and the methods for of the students who are getting the services to areas of skipping need Many students have problems Gaps overlapping duplication at home and many simply are and incomplete coordination of not properly disciplined Some six areas of service such as parents do not think their health education welfare children should go to school children aid corrections legal because it is too far to watt community organizations Before working with the Board noted of Education Mr Coon was a AD types Here I can work with good bad students borderline cases and really bad There I only Also on the receiving end of the worked with the really bad ones leader s barbs was he says MunicipalAffairsMinisterEtercy Most parents are very McKeough He is engaged In an receptive and cooperate fully orgy of regional government In with us he says Some are Ontario without consultation quite irate Lewis said Some of the problem with the County Social and family Alan Runnier candidate who skip be attributes to services Jim in chaired living too close to the downtown Dr Michael Thompson Ontario the meeting a school area where amusements like Department of Health and Join teacher lives at R 1 pool halls and restaurants are Graham of the Board of dose at hand Education Named to the committee representing the areas of were Dr J Chamberlain Medical Officer of Health Psychological services Board of Education Judge Judge of the Family Court Mrs Farley ChUdren a Aid Mrs F JaraJeson Public Health Nurse Paul Henderson Separate School Board special education consultant Rennie Vivian