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ht jvtttftt jfrtt ftoss ninetyfifth year no 22 acton ontario wednesday november 2ev 169 second section federation call press conference teachers critical of halton board of education hkjh school teachers mat las week to iron but rihilcuhlm and uptaln to the nw media tha operations of the haltort dwwott of tha ontario secondary school taachara federation division invaldant paul uartlndal of attofl high school d la federation policy with several of hit cotuauasjh photo suggests too many children fat each dau a luge gap in pay scale between taachert and administration and many other problems were conveyed to newsmen at an oakville press conference mt up by the executive of the lullon dtviilon of the ontario secondary school teachers federation wednesday bjj jelferlet a teacher at oakvuietrafalfir high school suggested education adminisiratort and consultants iltould return to the ctauroom when xmas giving deserves the best sony tr1820 perfect for glfl giving this sony transistor am disk 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switching facilities for connecting stereo fm tuner and phonograph complete with sony ss23 speaker system and 2 microphones i cor wyndham macdonneix sts guelph 8226041 after three yeart of administration education if team play and the high islsry for administration and the tap between that and leacheri salaries ruined team play he laid all of ik teachers refuted any idea that they at a group were apathetic or indifferent and minted they wanted and deserved a role in the decisionnuking division president paul martindale of acton said education must be a communityrun show with press paientt teachers and board numbers contributing to live success of ihe program in hit summary mr mirtimble explained hie board had been cillciaed for their efforts but you have to remember iblton board is a baby and if you remember some of the mistakes babies nuke before theyre a year old youll understand part of the problem is bigness and we have to learn to use this bigness to our advantage teachert pointed out the need for teacher assistants and more secretarial help hugh chlldi from u u kobinton high school burlington ufi there must be incentive enough to keep the good teacher in the clatsoom teachers explained projects underway in various llalton schools program councils are set up by ihe federation with as many as five subcommittees to work together and investigate belter methods of teaching al nelson high school some students study on their own and by doing this they can complete two years of a certain subject in one students from acton sometimes go to guelph university where better facilities are available these ideas along with the increasing number of field days are cited as improvements roy mccallion guidance instructor at blakelock utah school said the past five years have marked a revolution in education lie complained that parents who dont know what is going on because of changes turn the kids off and he said there was a growing responsibility for the press to uni them back ori again several of ihe teachert complained of the lack of communication from board to teachers the conference wat called to publlciie ihe workings or ihe federation and to nuke known their wanltand needt but it wat overshadowed by a story appearing thai day in a hamilton paper the story reported on a working paper drafted by oakvllletrafalgar high scliool teachert levelling cliargesfet the board of education the federation said later ihe paper did not represent ihe views of the federation or tlie iblton teacliert but just one group and it wat released without prior consultation with the president or any member the working paper suggested teachert ate puppet i manipulated by ha hilton bona part of the working paper readr it would appear that kt the iblton county education board the chief objective ie to reduce the statue of the teach and elevate live statue of ihe administrator the report alto complaint about the high wages administraloti ue paid tve strongly feel ihe contultanli are not needed rather a teacher should be appointed to such s potflion for s limited period and after that time should return to the dauroom the teachert supported the star manifesto the principle of the manifesto are ai follows i make high tchoolt mote student oriented 2 raise ihe salary of status and salary of teachers 3 turn on parents tnd school truiteet 4 bring life problems into the cla uroonu give her a cedar chest so bich in sentiment and so practical a deport will hold your selection approve middle schools acton home furnishing a middle school program for haltontermed a gradual transition from elementary schools to secondary schoolswill be in effect by september of 1970 the county board of education gave its final blessing to establishment of the middle school project following debate that ranged over ihe previous three meetings a set of 12 guidelines approved indicates schools will be established in burlington georgetown and oakville at pilot projects with grudei 6 7 and 8 students to be included the pupilteacher ratio will remain the tame as it is now and industrial artt and home economics science rooms libraryresource centres general purpose room change room and showers and music rooms will be included in all three buildings montclair school in oakville it the only one needing transportation of pupils although same transportation v santa rama f 2g win 100 weekly from now until christmas when you shop at the following merchants paul nielsen clothing gordon hardware ltd the holland shop the family store sports corner iga food store last weeks winners t mary paplllon quatn st adon 3 ms f gordon r r 2 acton s 5 mia tllon 317 imuii rd acfonipo a gall fvrtll 130 crewenl st acsoitlk 5 donna read 166 poplar ave adon 10 manning electric cameo sheppe acton home furnishings symon hardware lovell bros meats dollar daddy store acton fabric centre hintons 5c to 1 store ab supermarket acton red white store lakevlow discount centre bensons shoes dills stationery store custom cleaners may be needed in outlying areas of georgetown typing and instrumental music will not be offered until more itudy can be given these subjects oral french will be on the curriculum and a program of continuous progress will be adopted reporting for the study committee assistant ditector of education d s lawless told the board there are presently 7 per cent male teachert in the senior elementary gradet 43 per cent female and 31 per cent of the present ttaff hold university degrees it wat agreed ihe time ratios would be maintained in the new program although tome trustees fell more of the ttaff should hsve university educations and tome felt a higher teicherttudent ratio should be adopted for the middle school program in a ditcuttlon on transportation mr lawless suggested in ihe near future middle tchoolt would be able lo be planned in urban treat where no transportation it necessary for now tome will be needed trustee john noble of milton urged the board to make sure all parents of middle school ttudenti are awate of the program before it it begun mr lawleit assured him meetings would be held to inform the paientt earlier attempti to have the martin st school in milton designated at a middle school were turned down due to the small enrolment there are approximately 3s0 gradet 6 1 and 8 ttudenti si this school but mr lawless reported it would not be worthwhile launching such a program for leu than 500 or 600 ttudenti may build drivein theatre in hquesing david axler of premier operating appealed at monday nights regular meeting of etquetlng council lo find out the townships reaction to the advisability of the construction of a drivein theatre mr alders company presently operates 42 theatres and five driveen theatres including one on the ninth line of oakville mr axler made it clear that he had not yet made any contact to purchasing property in the township but wat interested m getting the townships reaction to such a move tint mr axler pointed out bis company always purchase more land than is needed to build a theatre itself so that than is a buffer zone around the theatre to eliminate the j of unnecessary noaae as also told council hit group was prepared to conform to the laws of the department of theatres and the department of hathwav i a