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12 The Acton Free Press Wednesday Feb 1973 Halton cuts French Adults may attend hs Continued tram page can dump the program We are stuck with expert planning difficult so the board I could either expand with no extra staff or add extra staff The French teachers for next year would come from within the existing staff Trustee Fred said the board has leaped at crunch comes on grants the game they Queen Park play declared The board had to be practical about the problem Sweetheart deals from the Trustee Bert Hinton said province in the past and been Trustees needed to listen to burned The grants help put teachers and principals the program In place and concerns and while everyone when they are cut Halton could support more French Ebenezer Sunday service in hands of young people We want core basics to be taught and French will cut into this Hinton explained Hon McLean The young people had charge of the service on Sunday had an in teres rendition of four of the parables The Good Samaritan The Prodigal Son the Wedding Banquet and the Two Builders Among those taking part were Richard Anderson Laurie Caron Mark Davidson Diana Green Greg and Jay Kit Laurie and Sandra Early David McGregor and Smith Next bun day the Rev Warren of Centre will have charge of the service Church on Feb 19 when the Guides and Scouts attend is be held at oclock He noted teachers have than expanded French made It clear can suggestion that the have more French without sacrificing time devoted to finance committee could the basics study the costs was rejected dldn think French According to Trustee was such a great bargain E the board considering rate- pa the program last fall payers pay provincial taxes onled about staffing too It s not a bargain the Now that the taxpayers will know it He had solved the staffing warned federal government pro there was no longer money is also tied into the reason Sno expansion of French and they the board go ahead and are always cutting back on French this fall programs they finance The board was now able to branded expanded pr0 expanded French at j a 3t lo the local predicted would benefit ratcpa so should small portion of the lakc advantage of the grants drop a program another board would once it in place Trustee Cam Jackson said worried about layoffs now Herd Mid there are many he was concerned about in and adding a growing as remedial inducing a second language program wont make education where money at an early critical age and em more worried would be much better spent suggested tills could cause Lavender recalled he ha the board more remedial that morn 1 Any adults who wish lo lake student Services of the school high school courses this ester arc asked lo call the Adults have joined the young people in classes at the I WO school before some of them even graduating their Two more traffic accidents classmates have come to light following However there are no out the storm of January side adults taking courses Regional Police just now A couple of staff report on accident on Seventh line it members sit in on others classes now and then Arrangements can be made to accomodate the would be students wishes or instance someone might wish to just take typing Any number classes could be taken all the way up to a year cause morale among teachers Trustee Jim claimed He said the board would be in a tough spot laying teachers off becasut of declining enrol ment and turning around and hiring teachers it about involving two southbound vehicles which rearended Police estimate damage to the vin driven by Ian Mar of 14 Guelph SI Georgetown to be Damage to the auto driven by I dward irk land of R is about 500 ac only a Roy Booth injured Halton Hills councillor Roy Booth was hurt a car ac Tuesday afternoon while travelling from Georgetown to a region meeting in Burlington There were few details available about the accident at press time Reports had Booth being taken to OakvilleTrafilgar Hospital and later moved to Georgetown Hospital He wasn I believed to have been seriously hurt Rockwood couple in twovehicle accident A man and his wife received minimal in juries following a twovehicle crash near Guelph last Friday Grant of R was travelling west along Highway about pm when his Ford was in collision with a lor trailer car carrier unit driven by Arthur Poole of Barrie The loaded earner was heading south on the Little mail disturbance There has been very little disturbance in mail at the Acton post office in spite or rotating strikes in Toronto by maintenance workers cording to postmaster McKeown Mr McKeown said mail has been light some days but has been flowing through the local office regularly from Toronto He explained that Ihe maintenance workers have said they do not want to hold up the mail Truck drivers the local postmaster said are crossing the picket lines and delivering the mail in spite of the disturbance 1900 total damages A total of in damages resulted from a two vehicle collision on Churchill Road North on January at Damage to the auto driven by Andrew of Acton Is estimated by police to be The balance of the property damage Is taken on the station wagon driven by Marline LeFebvre of Hamilton say Mustang Road and was turning onto Highway 7 when the accident occurred report the Guelph detach of the Ontario Pro vincial Police The car carrier received approximately in damages lo the frame and whetls police say while the Poole vehicle receded in estimated damages to the front end motor and frame students in He like the fact a person speak out against more French in Ontario schools for education and cost reasons without being branded Canadian unity According to Trustee Judy Alexander the costs of ex pandlng French were worth the value of the program Trustee Edna Robinson said the new grant Inform made it an program expansion and allowed more teachers to be hired solving the staffing dilemma She noted a teacher has been loaned to the province to assist in French program writing and this put board in an enviable position for making sure works Miss Robinson also felt squeezing French in wouldn be much of a problem since s school day is a half hour longer than in most other areas of Ontario Trustee Bill Herd said the board wasnt looking at the long range implications of expanding French He said it was short sighted to think the board could trench when there are generous grants and then drop it later if grants are cut Herd said tht board Miss Robinson declared She warned if dldnt go after the grant money assistance problems The has been bad at different cost impact after grants drop nes and the only thing he back lo normal also worried could Boy for sure was morale was better last year We could go broke taking Just like taxes were better advantage of provincial lost year bargains he warned Trustee Expanding French would l problems same morale woes when the minutes a day pro- cor lo police gram was Introduced for mis oc grades six seven and eight about a half hour later but everything worked out Line wc There was damage lo Ihe She said the board serves lcfl rcar llgh lne hc special needs of a few j by Helen Daniels of Lavender sold If board special education but inroimLnt predictions and trench will serve the needs of pearcd on the police report proposed policies arc pupils Damage to the auto driven by there is a good T motion to scrap the chance layoffs won French program is about be needed passed narrowly police indititc Often HALTON HILLS MONTESSORI SCHOOL Nerval Community Centre Highway 7 Saturday Feb 18 a m 11 30 a Children parents friends all wecome There will be a parents meeting at the school to discuss future plans Monday February 20 8 30pm For cal 4576673 PARK TOYOTA HWY 7 WEST GEORGETOWN TOYOTA Macto of tough live rubber by one of Canada top manufacturers Keeps carpeted floors clean dry REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF HALTON ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE E A C The Region of Ecological and Environmentally Advisory Committee is a TECHNICAL 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