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Little change in school bus policy costs THE HERALD Wednesday Pifl board of education approved bus costs of 122 OS per day for elementary and DOS pa ds for secondary school student Superintendent of business and finance Bruce the coata are for a total of routes carrying IT to IB per cent of the school population There are no changes from the policy and routing of buses transporting students in Halton Hills during the post school year he said The total also represents an occupancy rate the number children per bus of M per cent Mr added Permit issuer appointed Council has appointed Cleric administrator Doug to be Issuer of permits for heavy loads on town roads But the approval Is subject to guidelines being determined by council for the position Mr sold he will be depending on town staff for comment on the various ap plications made to him and said he wants such guidelines prepared The heavy load permits arc for commercial trucks using rural roads with restricted limits The appointment follows an application last week by Robinson who seeks permission to haul el over da as roads Class roads have an upper limit of pounds Mr Robinson hauls about 90 000 pounds board of education owns 14 of the 105 vehicles Including taxi cabs used each Costs or transporting elementary pupils Is 72 34 cents per day per pupil while the secondary school costs are cents per student per day Mr has also been given authority torn ke school bus schedules as required Milton trustee Bill told the board the costs arc about eight per cent than hi made arrangements for Iron based on that figure I can only support an eight per cent increase he He said the arrangements have been made with private carriers because In past tendering when the board accepted the lowest tender it experienced rotten service In the low tender bid FIRST AID TEAM GRANT REQUEST COMES LATE A request for financial assistance for a Hills group taking part In an In first aid com petition has come too la to for adequate action Finance committee Monday agreed to donate the in remaining budget funds to Centennial First Aid Corps Team to compete in Maryland mat month The request came from Donna Massena instructor for St John Ambulance and In ternational first aid Judge It Is too bad that the request was not made earlier In the year when budgets were set Coun Harry Levy adding It is very difficult to find funds Treasurer Ray King said that the HOC remaining in the budget for grant purposes will most likely be eroded by the of material for the block parent program The committee however agreed to make the cash donation Cost of sending six members of the team to the competitions Sept to in Baltimore Is Mr said of the figure is for Iran She sold the team placed fourth in the provincial youth division competitions sored annual by the St John Ambulance in Toronto The group has provided first aid for the Georgetown gure Skating Club Fun A Rama Days In Glen Williams and at various hockey games It Is hoped the group will also form the nucleus of a future St John Ambulance Cadet Corps The group has also attempting to raise funds through car washes personal projects and hot dogs days at schools Study in absences supply teacher costs board of education has appointed an ad hoc com mil lee of the board to In vestigate teacher absence and supply teacher coats The committee was formed alter the board failed to accept recommendations tabled In a report on teacher absences and supply teaching coats The obvious effect is that supply teachers la a pretty well ongoing activity program superintendent J said We are escalating and the big concern we have Is that three to four years ago we baked at this matter and applied some pressure and the supply rate went down he said When the pressure went off it begins to escalate He said the board has Increased ex pendltures for supply teachers to in 1B73 from in The dally cost per teacher has risen from SO In grades levels one to three to HI 31 doing the same period For levels four to seven the rate has Increased to from OS SO In the same period The board overruled his recommendation of alternative methods being developed for mora effective use of the supply teachers fund and that supply teachers teaching less than two consecutive days in the same class be paid a dally rate 10 per cent less than the dally rate plus vacation pay based on 1 of the minimum elementary and secondary school pay categories The recommendations wer urged or Sept 1 No one on the board moved the motion Instead most sought time to digest the proposal Mr Bolch said the average absence per teacher is seven days In a working year of 195196 days The average for elementary teachers Is eight days while secondary school teachers average six days Separate school trustee William Priestner was alarmed at the high level of absenteeism and noted that teachers still receive a retirement bonus of seven days a year up to days It Is estimated that 000 a year could be saved In the proposal submitted by Mr He said per cent of all supply teachers arc hired for two days or less His argument for the 10 per cent reduction in salary for teachers employed less than two days Is because teachers are more effective when they plan their leaching activities When supply teachers are called the first day he added they do not have the time to plana If the teacher is employed for two or more days he can effectively plan his THE ANNUAL MUNICIPAL ENUMERATION STARTS NEXT WEEK The annual c pal enumerat on II be conducted between Tuesday September 7 and Saturday September 1976 nclusve Dur those two weeks an enumerator carry ng a proper deillc ca I I at your residence tor a few to check c nformat o requ red n your el g I ty to vote the c pal and school eleel to be held December 6 s year the on of educat on prope taxes between publ c nd r school systems the d but on of nc grants to loci governments to help reduce locil tax lis the preparat on of jurors I sts and populal on informal on needed for other pil programs The enumerator must record such nformil on as the name p operty status eg owner or tenant school support and res of ill members of the household When the enumerator vsits please check lint the on on the Enumerat on Notice s correct If snot and the If you are not home a Not ce II be left for you If changes are necessary please make them and ma I the Enumeral on Not as soon as poss n the self addressed postage prepad envelope accompany ng the Notce For any addit onal information please contact the local assessment off stry of Revenue A Moon TM Mnsle Ontario REPEAT OF A SELLOUT WITH SPECIAL ADDED FEATURES SALE ENDS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER QUANTITIES LAST 8 Track Tapes Credit Convenience at Any of The Credit Carda Accepted IN THE GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE Open Monday Thru Friday Saturday 6