Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), August 29, 1979, p. 7

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Driver to be uniform Changes are In the works concerning teachers pay for night school and in Ihe organization of the driver educe I Ion course offered by Board of Education Program Superinte ndent Dixon un veiled a proposal to In crease ftoudy rate paid night school by six per cent A contracted Halton teacher would see as of September an Increase to fio per hour from If the proposal gets board approval In the same package Dr Dixon is proposing to bring into line with the rest of the region the driver education course at Milton and In both towns the pro gram according to Dixon could be made less expensive if the in- driving portion was contracted by tender to a commercial driving school That Is how It Is handled In Acton and Burlington A tendered operation would coat about compared to the teacher operation at ac cording to the program superintendents figures The revised program would still have the clnss Instruction of hours by a teacher Also a super visor would be appointed to check the work of instructors Board waiting for boat folks arrival Board of Education staff Is adopt a wail and sec attit ude regarding the effect of IndoChinese Boat People on the school system Education Director Em Lavender Bald talks will be carried out this week with school princ ipals about what to do The provincial ministry of education has set up a coordinating committee which is looking on orienteering program language training and English for adults he said Well treat them boat people as we can with present resources said Lavender If their numbers exceed expect ations the education dir ector indicated stair will return to the board with proposals Burlington trustee Cam Jackson told Thursdays board meet ing at Burlington that we will have perhaps several hundred and that the program which normally helps such peo ple will be over bur dened Jackson also urged an appeal to Ottawa for funds to help defray the education costs because of Ihe special cir cumstances The Burlington trustee also suggested coordinating education efforts with the Christian Reformed Church and the Separate School board of education Capital forecasts increase Milton and Hills capital forecast for the next three years will top the million mark according to Region treasurer Don Farmer Miltons total estimated expenditure Is and Hills forecasts For Milton ex pects to spend This will rise to in I960 and go up slightly to in 1981 big Jump comes In 1962 with ex pected to be spent on cap ital programs Georgetown expects 671401 to be spent in I960 with a dramatic decrease of 113000 In then back up to 395000 in 1982 Miracles Backtoschool Stockup Sale Free Press Wodnosdav Aug PRICES EFFECTIVE AUQ la SEPT tN TORONTOM15SlSSAUOAOAKVtUETH0RMHIU RESERVE THE TO LIMIT QUANTITIES iMreire HADE POSSIBLE BY AN UNUSUAL PURCHASE OR A TEMPORARY ALLOWANCE WE REDEEM FOOD STORE COUPONS INCLUDING COMPETITORS miracle An all Canadian Company

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