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i Board of education says Premiers school dropout rate not accurate A very persona campaign has been created by the director of education who is worried about a misinformed public said the Halton Board of Educations com munications officer Brian Woodland said the response to the campaign has been incredible Bob Williams the director said he started the campaign because one mommg he woke up and found the front page of a Toronto paper was all gloom and doom about education Education is given a high priority by parents and businesses Mr Williams said Although this may be sounding our own horn a bit weve got a damn good school system he said The campaign consists of one flyer that has been sent around to schools En Halton correcting com mon misconceptions About 5000 flyers were sent out and were snapped up m three days Mr Woodland said Another were printed and received quickly He added there are 10000 more be ing printed of which one third are already committed for people Mr Williams said only about eight per cent of Haitons students drop out of school This is com pared to a 30 per cent figure that even Premier David Peterson has been using he added He does not know of any school board that has a 30 per cent drop out rate He said the figure may in clude students transferring schools The students would drop out of one school and go to another he said The flyer states that 86 per cent of the teachers in Halton have degrees and about per cent of the teachers are teaching on let ters of permission These letters allow people who do not have pro per teaching credentials but may be in the process of getting them to teach for one year The job must be advertised in a national paper before a person can be hired who does not have an Ontario teaching certificate For this school year over applications were received for 249 available teaching positions These Halton facts are an attempt to correct the misconception that On tario faces a critical shortage of good teachers and boards are forc ed to hire large numbers of un qualified teachers on letters of permission Mr Williams said Another misconception the flyer attempts to fight says the public gives school systems a failing grade A community opinion survey taken by the board in April 1986 showed 99 per cent of the respondents gave the school system a passing grade About per cent gave the system an honors mark compared to a 1984 Canadian Education Survey where only per cent passed Canadian schools with honors FINE FURNITURE CUSTOM DESIGNED FURNITURE ReUpholstery 8531359 38 Mill St EACTON MS YOUR CARS INTERIOR SHOWING ITS AGE Introducing Tidy Cars UpholsteryGard STAINPROOFING Tidy Car s Upholstery Gard stain protection is guaranteed to protect your automobile s upholstery against stains and spills or as long as you own the car PURCHASE A COMPLETE INTERIOR DRY CLEANING AND DETAILING PACKAGE AT THE REGULAR PRICE AND GET OUR UPHOLSTERY PROTECTION FOR ONLY Interior Packages Fram 95 An 00 Value FREE RUNNING BOARDS instauaton A Full Line of Custom Car Truck Accessories VINYL ROOF DEVITALIZING TOUCH UP PAINT GARCOVEKS SHINE PIN STRIPING SUNROOFS SPLASH GUARDS RUST PROOFING WINDOW YOUR ONESTOP CAR CARE CENTRE 8730570 Georgetown Sim Sam Gravel truck overturns A Mac Truck carrying gravel southbound on Highway near 15 and spun in- to the east ditch after a blue car cut off the truck at 25 a m March The truck was fully loaded and MARYS making Alterations had a pup trailer Ontario Provincial Police say the car failed to remain at the scene of the accident The 21yearold truck driver from was not In jured Herald photo THE OLDE BANK MAIN ST GEORGETOWN Nells DRIVING SCHOOL Approved by the Ontario Safety League NEXT COURSE APRIL 9 MAY 2 Wed Evenings 309 30 For Information About Courses or Private Lessons phone 8772671 EHT EMPLOYER HEALTH TAX In January 1990 the Employer Health Tax EHT replaced OHIP premium payments as a method of contributing towards the cost of health care in Ontario Liability for the tax began in January All employers with permanent establishments in Ontario are required to pay the EHT on a monthly or quarterly basis depending on gross salaries and wages paid to employees Employers who are on a quarterly remittance schedule are required to make their first payment no later than April 15 1990 Any employers who have not yet received information or remit tance statement materials from the Ministry should call any of the following numbers to avoid incurring penalties and interest for tax payments due Metro Toronto All other areas French language enquiries Renseignements en francais Telephone device for the deaf 9658470 18002637965 18006685821 18002637776 Ministry of Revenue Remo Mancini Minister Ontario xxttrj