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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Oct 19 5 Local people display wares in Georgetown Glen upgrading maybe in 1979 MELANIJA BRAY Elizabeth displayed her colorful preserved floral arrangements at the annual Arts and Crafts of Georgetown show andsaleSaturday Huge crowds attended NINE YEAR OLD Lisa of Division Street Acton minds the store at Ann Lidburys dried flower picture stall at Georgetown Arts and Crafts annual display and sale Saturday STUFFED DUCKS were one of the best sellers for Nellie Beatty of Church Street Acton at the and Crafts of Georgetown exhibition Saturday at North Halton Golf and Country Club Halton Board of Education will be asked Thursday to approve spending to upgrade facilities at Glen Willalms and Howard Wrigglesworth schools in 1979 The administration will bring in a report calling for the board to add a library at and a general purpose room at Glen Will lams school is listed number five and Glen Williams number six on a ten school list or upgrading projects to be carried out over the next three years The upgrading project at and Glen Wllliam is expected to cost at each school Upgrading of older schools in has been examined several limes in recent years but always shelved because of lack of funds The board plans to use money raised through the sale of closed schools like Town Town hall pictures on sale at the Gift Cupboard and the Pine Chair shop as well as Dawe real estate and Toddlers to Teens stores Proceeds are to cover the cost of the feasibility study on restoration of the town hall Chapel Street and unneeded school sites throughout Halton to pay for upgrading The administration reviewed previous lists of upgrading projects which always included Glen Will and and also examined other schools in preparing the new list Both schools which lacked facilities altogether and others whose facilities dont meet program needs were looked at school was examined but rejected for the old Georgetown school Gten Williams enrolment dropped from lost year to this year There are fewer students at the hamlet school than the board ex pected enrolment slumped from last year to this year The board had expected a drop of only seven students from 1976 Drastic decline in enrol ments at some schools forced some schools not to be con side red for upgrading despite need Enrolment at Wriggles worth went up from to 278 pupils this year The board had expected a drop in student population of one at FOR ALL OF lr CANADAS BUILDING NEEDS MACKENZIE GEORGETOWN Halton after 176500 for education research Best dressed ED AND DEL HOWSE flank a three level table centre wedding cake in their display at the craft show in North Halton Golf and Country Club Board of Education hopes Queens Park will foot the bill for four research projects worth Thursday trustees ap proved applications for the research grants despite objections from some members who thought the proposals were extravagant regardless of who was paying for them The province had already approved funding of the Basic Thinking Skills Project but formal board permission for the study was still required This research project will Cost Three other projects must still be approved by the of Education and two deal with language arts including an evaluation system development and the other testing of grade students math skills These three research projects will cost Trustee Bert said the money could be better spent on things related to s schools Research grant funds are set up in a special Ministry of Eudcation budget Director of Education Em Lavender said and noted it would be useless for to ask for money from the research budget for Who says students dont know now to dress these days Acton High was dressed for the occasion on Thursday when Boris Shean took his grade Marketing ji j class out to sell advertising time and again and just use the money for research so because it was provincial LS board can develop things for money mean It should local for use at home and all across be wasted Ontario If t get the money another board would Lavender warned It would be high folly to let another board get research grant money Trustee Edna Robinson said and suggested other boards might not carry out as port ant research She said the board had quarrel with the concept of research grants it should islng to local merchants for the school yearbook LIGHTING SHOWROOM and Wholesale GERRIE ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO LTD Elect Armstrong Ave Geo Door Chlmel Smao Vanity Cabinet Accessor I Control Vacuum Cleaning Wiring Lamp Ports Etc Vonilla Hood Fan etc 1 Marble- Tablw FREE PARKING OPEN DAILY 30 30 FRITILO SATURDAYS Trustee Hill Priestner just beta use the money comes from Toronto instead of t mean spending it would be a wise investment He said if the board spent on research projects it would mean a 2 per cent increase over last year Priestner pointed out the projects would till cost tax dollars and he t support any more unnecessary spending At the urging of Trustee Crosier the board a motion staling no funds would be spent on of the projects In the event they were approved He wanted the motion as a safeguard Trustee Fred said the board would have poor priorities if the research projects were ap proved He said his were that much of the education research taking Carnation Evaporated Milk Holidays Wardair be taken up with the province Jam Of Orange for giving them out in the first Marmalaria place As long as they were being given out should take advantage of them Armltage countered just because Queen Park has set up a fund doesn mean should dip into it He urged leadership on the part of He said if didn go after grants maybe other boards would follow the example and apply for grants BBOTUbnettl All projects were approved J by the board Christies Biscuits 289 Enrolment down in Halton schools Halton Board of Education expected a drop in enrolment this year but the decrease turned out to be more than expected A report was presented to trustees Thursday showing enrolment has dropped 1247 students from last year There were pupils in Halton public schools last year The board were out 328 in their estimate of this year student population In North Halton enrolment at elementary schools dropped by students from to The board had expected a drop to only Enrolment at high schools In the north jumped from 3979 to an increase of 47 pupils There was a two pupil drop Jumped from five in enrolment at the trainable he board projected mentally handicapped total of classes at Park and Sunshine Superintendent of schools A four pupil increase tlon John Bolch praised to 34 had been anticipated administration projections of It was also revealed the enrolments which were close student body makes to the actual figures 9 Last year when enrolment expected to attend the school this year There were only in three teacher transfers this At M Z Bennett enrolment year and because of the dived from last year to 410 enrolment drop five para this year The board had professionals were let go expected there would be Trustee Bert con students at the school this tended with a pupil reduction year should be employing school fewer teachers enrolment has slipped from The board is expected to 191 last year to 189 this year discuss the enrolment figures Board projects had called for gain this week no change in enrolment Enrolment at school has dropped off more than expected Board fore casts had called for enrol to drop from 197 to 177 There are actually pupils at the school There ore more students attending the new Acton High School than went to the old school Enrolment FAMILY Elissa Shoes 38 Mill Strut East Acton Hamburg or Wiener Bunt Royale Facial Tissue Martins Apple Juice Fresh Chickens Fresh Chicken Quarters Sandwich Meats WINNERS OF ATRIP prices effective OCT SAT OCT 1971 WE REStflVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES 30l 2 MILK estimated population Enrolment has dropped drastically at Acton schools following the opening this year of the middle school where are enrolled The rd had expected there would be students at the new school Robert Little has from pupils ist year to465 this year just dropped the board caught with a number excess teachers but a conservative attitude resulted In just a few excess teachers this year There are only 12 more teachers In all of Haltons public schools over the number the pupil teacher ratio requires noted the administration antici pated a drop in enrolment and three more than the board cut back on teacher hiring