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B4 The Acton Free- Press Wednesday July SCOUTS DAVE FULLER and Greg Cowan finish up packing their knapsacks Thursday evemngas they prepare to leave for the Canadian Seoul Jamboree in Prince Edward Island this week They left Friday Two dogs lost in barn fire blaze levelled a belonging to Edward 1- Sideroad and thin in it including two it m on Thursday Marion Conner fire nun from Campbellville Milton arrived quick to their calls but the fire so quickly was nothing they could do to save the barn and its contents valued at Mrs said the one storey barn was used mostly as a stable but it the time only the German Shep herds Hex and both family were in it In the summertime Mrs Conners said the horses are kept outside It could have been worst There could have been other animals inside she said Mrs said her 14 year old son Kevin had been riding his bicycle when he noticed the fire in the barn the same time another person fire She her older son died llu fire dtpirtmtnt while her hush two sons went to get dogs Mrs barn is only smoking it the but whtn her husband got to the door it burst flames were unable to the dOLs who were in one of the stalls in officials hat yet to dcttrmine tht cause of fire two dots tht t lost farm traetor mower whttlbarrow i ftedtr harnesses and irticles in the I hie Ihit she is or the help offered her neighbors dur the hut it little they could do Li me house parent removes children area resident to who finds the prevailing humanism in the public schools has higher decided to hi out of I sthool and send them to Christian next year Art Loveless It 1 I house sent of he sent to I imthouse pnnti pal Hon Beckett Garry Morton trustee Bert Ho ird of Education Burlington Julian lletd ind I du cation Minister Tom Wells His letter was received by the board Thursday Mr Loveless made it tie he pnntlpil or staff of I imehoust school and in fact the teachers on an excellent job Our concern centres upon the philosophy of the tional system and tht and values which are a logical of that philosophy loveltss declared claimed the system i In an effort to satisfy everyone in sotiety and avoid accepting any bias adopted either consciously or by default he lowest common denominator which is mere humanism Loveless complained philosophy of places ultimate faith In min and rejects or ignores any Woman hurt Katharine Mill St received minor injuries when the car she was driving June left the Nassagawcya townline and went into a field Police estimate in damages to the vehicle Police also say the driver was taken to a family doctor by a friend a I for its program Speyside parents meet to keep school staff Parents took a first step to wards heading off a possible staff cut at School during a meeting In the school library Monday evening A committee was formed to write a brief In favor of keeping six teachers at the school next fall The brief will be presented to Halton Board of Education Monday meeting was prompted by the announce ment In a school newsletter the week before that the school is losing one and a half teachers meeting chairman Weaver Milton said Mrs Weaver Nadim Eaton 4 Acton and Sheldon of Fifteen Sideroad called the meeting which people attended Including principal Norm Howell and school trustee Bert Based on the total enrol with the exception of a special education class next ytar number will dip to bout 156 according to lions Mr Howell said Speyside school is located on Highway between Milton and Acton Tht has grides kindergarten to The decrnsc in enrolment by children the I of one tencher Mr told the A half was also lost through the splitting of Split grades is in arrangement when for example some grade two ire with some threes grade threes art with fours si me grjde fours in w ith the to Mrs some parents do not want more thin in i some do not like split grades and some do not like both point is the number of groups a lehir em work with he snd Groups are defined roughly according to their level of achievement in a task such as reading As the number of children Increases the work load for the teacher increases Mr Howell said So what we are Principal Howell sold split classes do not stir anything in him as a teacher The critical trying to do is carefully cut down the number of groups Principal Howell put the possible cut back in staff In context by informing the meeting Board is treating School like all other schools in the region He added he has seen decreas ing enrolment shutdown class rooms twice before What happening has happened here before Mr Howell said Factors influencing the number of children going to Speyside Include the opening of St Joseph s Catholic elementary sthool Acton and families moving in the summer children are confirmed as enrolling in the separate school Mr Howell said Mr Howell also said he felt quite sure if other Board of projections show has sufficient tint will be done organizers petition to be pre board It reads I do to the reduction in the of feathers at Speyside fi the year increases the elass sizt to pupils mil introduces split prides from racle two to file Seventeen were in the written petition efore the meeting started A of many of wife signed by the I iff hour mtetuiL trustee told the thtir main con is to keep the school open another year The admin Is Hon pattern Is to close small schools he laid You re going out of bus incss because you ve no grades seven and eights which are going to middle schools Mr said The trustee gave the parents verbal support and said he would fight with them He urged them to produce a sound brief to be presented to the board Organizers are having a follow up meeting next week to look at suggestions for beefing up the school numbers Some of the suggested solutions Included the shifting of the school s boundary one line towards Brookvillc bussing nearby children who go to Milton schools to Speyside and also revising the pupil teacher ratio The PTR Is the relationship between the number of all the lion to the number of pupils Education staff non teachers such as principals vice principals special teachers like shop and remedial reading plus the regular inclass teachers Last year ratio was 24 1 for elementary schools Mr Howell said This year the number is 1 is set from negotiations between the teachers federation and the board If Speyside has a of I Mr Howell said it is be cause other schools have higher ratio Mrs Sheldon one of the meeting organizers said the tht mannerof coming up with tht is unrealistic She suggested the group go after keeping the one teacher then fight for a better way of determining PTR With taxes lo education at cents on the dollar in Hills it frustrates me no end that it up to us to get a solution for the extra teacher Mrs Sheldon Phone 8773512 or 8777375 TRACTOR SALE Mo No Riding Trqctor P 32 Cimlno Attachment Rear Electric Slatl Price ELLEN BAKMAN TEACHES Doug Wilson the proper method of using a paddle as part of a water safety program at the recreation department run day 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