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New separate school gets first principal Hinton says The Acton Free Press Wednesday 1977 3 Set priorities inc After five years of working for It Catholic Ac Ion resi dents will have a separate school St Josephs starting in September Principal of the new school to be located next to Robert Little School will be Sean a native of England with a lifetime of experience in Catholic schools Mr came to Canada in 1968 having received his teaching degree from the three year teachers program connected with Manchester University in England All his education through this time was in Catholic schools When he reached this country he took a B A in Geography from York Mr Briggs first Canadian job was at Holy Rosary in Milton where he laugh I from 1968 until 1971 when he moved to SI Pauls in Burlington After two years of leaching there he moved up into the viceprincipal post for three years St Raphaels in Burlington was his next stop where for two years he divided his lime between leaching and his viceprincipal duties At St Gabriels Burlington he took a full time vice principals post for a year and this year he is pricipal at St Josephs in Religion classes The biggest difference be tween the lessons at St minutes a week of religion will be taught The school follows the Mm istry of Education guidelines in such academic programs as math and language Academically no are nol alt that said Mr Besides the religion classes the only ft re nee is in the behaviour expected of the students and their at titudes towards teachers according to Mr There are five classrooms in the building and Mr Briggs hopes to run eight grades plus Kindergarten JENNIFER smiles as she is registered for Kindergarten at St Josephs School Registration took place Thursday at the church being looked upon as a person who has to develop physically mentally ami spiritually We want lo educate the whole person he said His raining in graph lias made Mr aware of the of St Josephs location The sin mil is within walking distance of Main St Fairy Lake and other places the students might like to visit Mr is married His wife is a leacher at Georges separate school there He is especially anxious to have the grade set en and eight students because involve kids in sports against other sdiools pulbic speaking and thai sort of thing learning Kids should be happy at school said Mr tins he feels that his prime purpose is still to teach hen students are he feels the will learn throw Board of Education trustees have to selling realistic priorities instead of just continuing to expand system since taxpayers simply afford cosily longer Trustee Bert says Thursday told Hal ton Board of Education following the presentation of an million budget Our first priority is to establish priorities In the and particularly the everyone thought education was the answer to everything and societies top priority said In the past Ihe impression was thai good education would pro duce a new raceofpeoplewho would all gel good jobs and fuel a constantly expanding economy Under stances education itself was the only priority It had be expanded to all levels at once All programs thai be presented having tlonal value must be intro duced All new thoughts must be tried More and more money must he invested He said educators are fating a rude awakening as ihe public place Ihe importance on lion as once did and resources dwindle stated it was unfor tunale but trustees don I seem to what a priority is We Hunk that listing our pnonlits means listing all the things We it seems get it our heads lhat setting priorities is an exercise that hurts He told Ihe trustees his view setting priorities means reviewing programs and practices and deciding which ones must be cut in light of their expense and real worth We must set ourselves resolutely and perhaps even ruthlessly lo asking in what should we invest our resources what can we do best what can we do that is most imporlanl what can we abandon And make no mistake about it If we cant face the harsh reality and do job ourselves it will be done for us warned He said the public which Is paying Ihe bill wants the schools to get back to the basics and that is what the board should be doing added some consideration should also be given lo stu with special needs only wilh the board facing financial realities at the same lime since il would be easy lo slip back thinking that any thing worthwhile should be done We no longer afford such luxuries as expensive academic training that is apparently intended to pro vide us with the most broadly and highly educated unem ployed in the world said technical and voca tional training which takes a long time in the sheltered environment of school should be cut back since the same objectives could be achieved by simply seeking work and learning to perform a task on the job observed the people most dissatisfied with educa tion today are the most recent graduates The public is most concerned with costs and results He is also concerned about Ihe hiring of more and more professional personnel since the number of teachers who do nol register a class in some schools now equals or nearly equals the number of teachers who do A priority is not simply on Item on a shopping list II is not an extension of wishful thinking It is a hard headed tough minded decision to throw one of our babies to Ihe wolves so that we may escape with the rest Which of the babies arc you willing to sacrifice he asked may get tax break For the first time in Hills elderly residents who are receiving the income supplement to the old age pension might also gel a break in their taxes Monday night Halton Hills financeadministration com recommended a reduction of in property taxes for those who qualify for the income supplement Treasurer Ray King who made the report pointed out three other municipalities in have set as Ihe uniform amount The reduction would have lo be applied for and proof of receipt of the income supple ment to the old age pension made available The treasurer explained this should not be confused with the Municipal and School Tax Credit Assistance Act which is already in effect all a id it that thing the board has tin past and all jirorir ilreadj developed remain priorities while FOBAGOOD SELECTION OF ST PATRICKS DAY CARDS NOVELTIES ETC At DOWNTOWN ACTON them I child school Approve zoning change 125 acres residential By a one vote margin Hills planning board approved the of acres of land at Main and Wallace Streets Acton from industrial to residential day night The vole overruled a plan department recom mendatton which said the residential designation would not conform to he official plan and instead the developers North Real Estate should be en to develop the land industrially Planner Mario pointed out there are homes in the area surrounded by industrial land He said the homes arc presently a conforming use He said the proposal calls for a mixture of single family homes semi detached and Explaining the planning departments refusal for recommending against the residential zoning Ihe plan said the area is cut off by the railroad and the highway He said school facilities are at the other end of town causing children to walk right through the town Favors residential Councillor Pat termed the area ideal land and said he lived there for years He pointed out there are more than houses in the area including Scene Street If the recommendation is adopted what is going to hap pen to these homes he asked The planner said Scene Street would be left resi but Ihe rest would be nonconforming Continuing Mr McKcnzie said if the railroad is hazard in lhat area as the report claimed it was hazardous farther where it crosses Mill Street He claimed this development was simply in filling Councillor Peter Marks pointed out there is a great deal of industrial land in and the loss of acres would not be felt There is more than ample he stated He suggested the deasity should be reduced and per haps another plan submitted lulirsolil Councillor said he rtcognued Ihe planner did a good job on the report but said his recommendations were based on present zoning in Acton He said this is the only pro posal for this area and pointed nut the town owned land for ten years and not sell to any Indus try no matter how hard they tried He said it was sold to mo who is now trying lo develop il Mr said it is simply infilling and that he was con for the people in the area whose homes ore ter a nonconforming use planning He said was poor plan have so much indus trial land in Acton and claimed Ihe industrial land should be in the southeast area where it is easier to vice and take advantage of prevailing winds The motion by McKenzie and to rezonc the 12 residential was passed a five to four vote with members absent THE ACTON FREE PRESS at Second Class Mail Registration Number THISTLE CUSTODIAL SERVICE Complete INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL and RESIDENTIAL CLEANING Owned and operated by Charlio Cheyne PHONE PHONE GOLF 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