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St Josephs J ad Joanne Monday January the grade and classes will have to have speeches prepared They will say them In front of their class to deter- mine who will go into the finals We will be having a Prof slonal Development Day on January 37th The will not be present as this Is a teacher meeting The grade and 8 class been very successful with their hot dog days The grand This money will be used to buy school uniforms The floor hockey games or the grade S and classes from St Joseph and Robert Little school have been going on successfully for the past two weeks This will keep going for a couple more weeks This Wednesday we will be having championship volley ball games between two teams from the grade and classes The kindergartens are working on the religion theme called How We Discover God a World It is based on using the five senses of seeing hearing smelling touching and tasting to lence the world around us The grade 1 2 class is continuing a program called Snow Theme They are conducting experiments about the properties of snow and Ice by the use of ther mometers The grade 3 and class are studying Australia and are discovering many interesting facts about the land down under The grade S and class made on the bake sale last week and are planning to buy equipment The Acton Free Press Wednesday Jan 25 No policy allowing pupils in school to decide if students should be in the school building during lunch hour Thursday Halton Board of Education rejected a motion Helen HowardLock which would have permitted every student access to schools during lunch break for eating lunch keeping warm and comfortable In bad weather or using washroom facilities k Last month Dr Howard Lock lost a bid to revamp elementary school lunch program and set down a policy to be followed by principals It was felt the best program would be a flexible one set up by each principal to meet the individual school needs Her concerns were also referred to BA NA PERFORMED Monday in part of the banana day festivities at the High School Before reaching the stage they were mobbed by screaming groupie fans and were saved only by their bodyguard con Two teachers spends 12140 leave school to join trustee clubs Two Acton High School teachers will be leaving at the end of this month Thursday Board of Education accepted the nation of Spencer and Brian Skerrett It was reported at the meeting that Miss Spencer will be getting married moving to Edmonton and there resuming her tea cher career Acton Trustee Bert commended her work and the board offered Its best wishes to her for the future Despite strong object Trustee Bill that Trustee Bill Herd said from some members the board also join the OPSTA was a waste of money Board of Education voted splinter rebel organization ad can t help Halton solve Thursday to spend 140 for Association Large School my or Us problems He said membership in two trustee Boards of Ontario ihe organization had a organizations was rejected clubby atmosphere Once again Halton will join membership would have cost the Ontario Public School another Trustees Association OP Several trustees including of Milton against the board jo Remedial education need likely forever in Halton The board should be harsh in viewing this small cost like It has been with other small expenditures like the hiring of any trustee organization j say benefits come L close to the cost nlngton member Cam membership Trustee Bert Acton squcsing was a staunch supporter of jo OPSTA and OrC Jackson declared to get benefit out of OPSTA trusteesmust attend conferences and seminars like he did last Support for French growing Support for French the cost of setting up b rench programs starting or immersion programs about grade one seven pupils In in the first year was Is slowly growing really that much considering Board of Education the boards 80 million was told by parents Thurs budget day He noted the province says A group of parents from hours of French tnstruc throughout the region calling are needed to function themselves Parents freely in the and for 1- Immersion even if immersion began In presented figures showing grade one Halton students there are about children would only accumulate whose parents want them in hours by grade Those programs next starting Immersion In grade September seven would have only Spokesman for the group hours of French under their Alex Brooks Burlington said belts at the end of their school study of another Is days To function adequately vital in a student needs at He said by having ore least hours of ins true French students would be tion the Ministry of learning not just Canada calculates other language but also the They complained the board nation history and culture made no effort to sell parents To properly learn another on the vnlui of immersion as language more than has been done in the past with minutes a day of Instruction other educationally north needed on white programs programs con be very if lees were urged to fective in doing Ihis job some way lo have immersion Brooks said at every school Instead of just programs have been one school m Burl one successful across Canada in and one in North Brooks said he dldn I think school health services com for consideration Trustee Edna Robinson said accommodation of stu dents during lunch was a school administration con cern and the board t legislate how to deal with the The motion would have made the board responsible lor any child who goes Into the school during lunch even if the child lives Just a block away Trustee Judy Alex warned Wo are getting to sensitive about wind and snow and It s not in keeping with being good Canadian pioneer stock Director of Education Em Lavender observed Trustee Bert Hinton said he was sure nobody was opposed to the sentiments in Howard Lock but we can do all the thinking for our principals and staff Passing this is like saying our clpals have no common sense Burlington member Cam Jackson said he and others have been hearing concerns about provisions for lunch time at schools yet the board is still doing nothing Howard Lock said the purpose of the Is simply to advise parents and students that children are llowed lo come Into the school during lunch She said child ren are staying outside in storms she only wants Ihem to know they can follow common sense and go Inside Lunch services improve ments is another matter she added ShortiffsChdetSertfic6 Centre CORNER OF CHURCHILL ROAD AND NO 7 EAST OF ACTON 8533760 Gas Bar Open Days A Week REGULAR and NO LEAD GAS PUMPS OPEN Monday to Ft to Saturday Bam to A Mazharite on duty Man Tum Wad Tt Saturdayfla to noon All General Repairs FOR AN APPOINTMENT Call both groups but nuisance lo the board schools a special schools has been Trustee Ivan Armstrong support joining ALSBO He J become more said teachers ihouldn t just be There much chance of Common criteria for another teachers are hired ever eliminating the need for deciding who needs remedial as planned there will still be a remedial education in help in math and reading for waiting list Heltons schools a special all schools has been Trustee committee told trustees urged by the committee sa d he was glad to see the along with further piemen some students just tatlon of the Early can do well in open concept Identification program used schools was finally to spot children needing lodged special help Efforts will be mode to Readability statements for Improve communication schools in Halton need textbooks in service training between public and separate problems and sending remedial help for teachers so they spot elementary schools and high children to another teacher Although improved tech- learning difficulties better schools between teachers and strategies in and for some students a later as pupils move from grade to remedial and regular school starting age was sug grade so individual programs programs may reduce this gested in the report can be designed to help with Other recommendations learning problems included moving children Trustee Bert Hinton said he who are having problems out was afraid of the tone of the behind their peers for various of open concept schools into report because there is no reasons the committee regular classrooms time set Indication need for remedial aside for personal reading by help will ever end students tracking students said instead of with problems throughout spending money on He said he thought Ihe vc rivalry between OPSTA and to worth ALSBO would strengthen Thursday The special committee set up last year by Board of Education filed a report stating per cent of the children in elementary percentage there will con tinue be a significant number of children who lag aid OPSTA is on Ihe road to comment was proof of his but still needs lhat membership waste of money former board chairman Judy Alexander was ap pointed as representative on OPSTA The veteran Oakvllle trustee was last years delegate to their time in schools and improved communication between parents and teachers regarding remedial problems Trustee BUI Herd said report declared Because of heredity and past experience over which the school has little control some children will need long term remedial help and won t progress as quickly as others do despite the extra help There are other children who if identified early and given carefully planned remedial support as they require it may succeed within the regular program the committee predicted It is In this group of students the board hopes the number of Services Ron Chapman that students needing remedial there Is a waiting list for the help can be reduced remedial help for the first time ever not because more number of recommendations pupils need help but teachers which will be reviewed by are spotting children who senior board administration need help better than in the education Ihe board should be Investing in developing class room teachers potential so they can help pupils with learning difficulties He warned if teacher ability to spot children with are going to have problems learning problems Is in start school was only shifting proved much more per problems from one year to cent of Halton s students another could end up in remedial Trustees were told by the classes Superintendent of Special Farm Specialty Items Sale ArnoldNasco Discounts on discontinued stock 30 to 80 untilJanuary31 Cash sales only at retail store Hours 8am to530pm Monday to Saturday Send for free catalogue to ArnoldNasco Ltd Dawson Rd Ontaro N1H6P9 and costs reviewed before coming back to trustees for consideration past He said the board uses a ratio of one teacher for every 100 remedial pupils After Region eases burden Halton Regional Council will ease the increase tax payers will face for regional taxes this year by taking funds earmarked for a new landfill site and using the money to offset the cost of the over run for the new regional headquarters Total budget estimate are set at The action came after a re quest to that effect from Re gional Chairman Rlc Morrow Morrow said there would be a net Increase of about 10 per cent If those were not used this year By using the funds the net increase would drop lo about seven per cent If the budget Is passed as it stands Morrow argued that by tak tag the for the build ing out of current region should not set aside revenue from the landfill sites Councillors had earlier to set aside revenue raised from dumping fees at the sites and that money was to go against the cost of a new landfill site Morrow be cause the region faced a spec ial cost for police comtnitniditlons last year and a similar cost for bead- quarters this year it would be better to defer the reserve fund until next year Morrow received some criticism from Burlington Mayor Mary Munro and Burlington Councillor Ben for what they felt was a poor budgeting tlce Council will examine the budget at future meetings but many councillors feel the majority of the cuts have ready been made on muffler pip and 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