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Ian Oliver Publisher Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager Rae said this week he sees the provincial school system as too topâ€"heavy with bureaucracy and administration. He also said there was too much of a gap between the amount of money spent on bureaucracy compared to what‘s actually filtering down to the classroom. Amen to that Mr. Premier. The province‘s education minister Tony Silipo also isn‘t 1mpressed with the performance of Ontario school boards either. He says he wants to end dupllca- tion in the system through reforms and is thinking of calling a royal commisâ€" sion or other means to effect these reforms. The impetus for both men‘s remarks was the decision of the Scarborough education trustees to vote themselves a 64% pay hike over three years. After the public stormed the board offices, they rolled it back to a 36% hike. Nice work if you can rip off the public. It‘s this kind of action that riles taxpayers, many of whom have been devasâ€" tated by the recession. They see their elected representatives acting insensiâ€" tively to the voters‘ needs and a bureaucracy that can‘t produce the kind of education they are demanding. Oakville South MPP Gary Carr thinks it‘s time for an overhaul in education as well. In a recent speech, Carr said Ontarians are spending $14â€"billion in 1993 on primary and secondary education, yet 27% of high school students drop out and 25% of those who do graduate are functionally illiterate or lack basic math skills. ‘ A quarter century ago, the Hallâ€"Dennis report set up an educational frameâ€" work based on ‘child‘ or ‘studentâ€"centred‘ learning. Carr, and a whole lot of teachers, parents and students, know this has been disastrous for everyone. We‘ll be looking to Rae and Silipo to make the right decision, to emphasize a core curriculum that runs through the system, to set clear standards of excelâ€" lence and to challenge our children. It‘s not a lot to ask. Impetus for change ntario Premier Bob Rae appears to be putting the province‘s boards of education on notice that he‘s not happy with their performance and that something must be done about it...with or without their cooperaâ€" U 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 Results of the poll will be pubâ€" lished in the next Friday edition of the Oakville Beaver. Should Prime Minister Brian Mulroney resign? Give us your opinion on this topic by calling 845â€"5585, box 5008 and registering a yes or no answer. Callers have until 12 noon Thursday to express their opinion. The Oakvile Beaver, published every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, at 467 mhoui f \bumanO' ho which includes: : ofsi newspapers qmgme Advance, Brampton Guardian, on Collnuwood Connection, Etobicoke Guardian, etown . Independent/ Acion Free Press, Klngslon This Week, is Week, Markham Economist and Sun Sbufivlla/umruqe Tribune, Milton Canadian Mississauga News, Newmarketâ€"Aurora Eraâ€"Banner, North York Mirtor, ie Beaver, Onllia Today, Oshawa/Whitby This Week, Pelarbcmuw This Week, Richmond HillThom lleghm Liberal, Scarborough M All ied in the Oalville erispvmededbycopy[h'h\y ht ht A Mbsuflymfiwmn is protected t; 4 Many residents of Oakville have expressed a desire to retain the elements that have made their community a unique close knit group, a smaller more academic high school, a smaller more responsive hospital, a mixed pedestrian oriented commercial core, and a place where people knew their doctors on a professional, and at the same time, a social basis. Whether it be in health care, day care, eduâ€" cation, housing, or public works, the bureauâ€" crats may talk cut backs, but the long range plans of our various public administrators is clearly expansionary. KXÂ¥ EKE E3 People come second in bureaucratic world When considering their options now, many citizens are a little jaded. The reaction by the regional bureaucracy to detailed questioning by our elected officials is barely tolerated. Witness the behaviour by education officials towards questions by Trustee John Scheel. If the consultants advising on health planâ€" ning bureaucracy can barely tolerate doctors suggesting how the system should be orgaâ€" nized, what contempt they must bear for responding to the wishes of misinformed citiâ€" zens. At best, we can expect them to politely disâ€" regard our inquiries as they proceed on their collective and predetermined course. Dear Sir: , The recent letter to the Editor by Dr. Eggar, warning of the impending lose of paediatric services at OTMH, is disturbing but not unexâ€" pected. Let us note that OTMH signalled in 1988 that it was eager to create a 12â€"acre hospital site by relocating the planned chronic care facilities from Dorval Drive to the then existing Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar School site. At that time, hundreds of residents quesâ€" tioned the long term planning by the hospital, education, and town administration. The comâ€" bined effect of eliminating the last major school facility in downtown Oakville with a massive expansion of geriatric capacity meant a shift in the entire focus of the central core community facilities. The Oakville Beaver welcomes your comments. All letters must be signed and include.the writer‘s address and phone number. Letters should be typed, doubleâ€"spaced and addressed to: People power needed to save the country It is built in the image of the communities that they know: regional, suburban, and orientâ€" ed to the car. j When the Town of Oakville passed the recent change in zoning for the old OTHS site, it was in their words â€" to give the hospital the greatest leeway in planning and development. This was accommodated over the objections and questioning of many residents. The closure of Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar High School signalled many big changes to come and this, as Dr. Eggar notes, tragically, is one of them. We have allowed the development of government that is of the bureaucracy, by the bureaucracy, and for the bureaucracy. Marianne Hawthorne In all likelihood, mothers or fathers will be driving their sick children to hospitals other than Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar Memorial. We can begin closing the gap of understandâ€" ing through Peaceful People Power (PPP). Peaceful means no anger, no retaliation. That‘s what is needed to save Canada. This will force politicians to act differently. We will all react with more care for the future of our children. It takes believing to begin. I‘m one strong believer. Are you? If Mulroney had called an election with the referendum, he would have got my ‘No‘ and the referendum a ‘Yes‘. : PPP would be an acknowledgement of the rebellion, that we want to stop it now and that we will all work together for Canada. Dear Sir: Comments heard concerning the ‘No‘ vote to the Charlottetown Accord reaffirmed my longâ€" established ‘belief: We do have a Quiet Canadian Rebellion! Letters to the Editor, The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 Camille Theriault