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Trustees told ALISON daughter of Mr and Mrs Hick Coe enjoyed the slide at the Honey Pot Nursery during their open house last Thursday evening Honey Pot Nursery School open house MICHELLE MANUEL wears a protective cover ing so she doesnt get her clothes dirty as she paints at Honey Pot Nursery She and mother Gail visited the nursery Thursday when Michelle was registered for next season Speyside to keep trustees informed Speyside parents plan to have Clglcn teach per cent keep Halton Board of Educa ime tion informed about the Parents pledged to continue of twinning their school work administration with Robert Little in Acton and teaching staff to ensure Thursday the board Mret children and received a letter from the the quality of their education school study group expressing regret the board went ahead with twinning despite the case parents Ken Hulford involvement made against It last month in Youth Bowling made it The parents also said they possible for many children to will continue to try and con- become very close to him In the board a memory of Ken Hulford their new vice- principal Larry Clglen Robert Little be teaching more than per cent of the time The administration plans to Chop 90 minutes from school day A committee of teachers administrators and trustees has proposed schools close at least minutes early one day each week to allow elementary school teachers planning and preparation time The early school closing was one of four alternatives proposed by the joint board- staff Human Resources Com mittee Other alternatives Included hiring more teachers closing elementary schools 30 minutes early daily or ex tending by half hour and hiring more para professionals to supervise re cess The committee said pre paration time as a period of time free from assigned duty during which a teacher shall prepare for the teaching of pupils or for the enrichment of the pupils school exper ience The report filed with the board states about per cent of elementary teachers have no timetabled p repartition period It also states that there is often Is lost to things like staff meetings Closing schools minutes early one day each week was favored by the majority of committees members since all staff would be off at the same time for school planning and costs would be lower than hiring more teachers The report noted a pattern has already been set In the south where one day a week usually Monday schools close early to allow prepare time The lost time Is made up by making the other four school days longer The committee however wants this early one day a week closing regionwide but also docsn want to see the lost minutes added to the other four Noting some bus routes might have to be changed if the schools arc closed early and costs could rise the com urged a study of the proposal by the business de partment Trustee BUI Herd questioned why this special planning time was needed when teachers could do It be tween dismissal time and daily He noted planning time can be found during he day by elementary teachers when their pupils are taken by the principal sent to the library combine a couple of classes under one teacher freeing the other or having a specialist subject such as French taught Teacher federation official Carole Anne noted this works well for some teachers but others are still left with no planning time Time after dismissal Is often taken up by staff meetings marking re porting to parents and extra help for their students She noted many boards have some planning time built right into the school day through the collective agree ment Some boards provide planning time for their ele mentary teachers by hiring music teachers who move from class to class freeing the regular teacher Milton Trustee Ivan Arms trong said he realizes teachers do much more work than just handle their one class and often take work home but felt it was a bad step to cut Into the formal work period for teachers which Is short enough now Armstrong asked what other business people can get into and work Just l hours a year and get 10 weeks paid vacation Teachers were trying to move in the direction of fewer hours of formal work Armstrong warned reminded trustees of an earlier human re- sources committee report which showed most teachers are working at least hours a year Burlington Trustee Noel Cooper noted enough time Is being lost through profes sional development days each year without adding more lost time suggested the way things are going the board could send all pupils home soon so Iho teachers would have lots of time to develop professionally and plan Other committee recom mendations Included further research into methods of staffing schools other than the current pupil teacher ratio system The committee suggested consolidation of personnel data in the board computer This met with some trustee opposition Board members feared increased computer costs Tho Acton Free Press Wednesday May 31 Christian camporee It was a weekend to re member for nearly boys who attended the Christian Service Brigade camporee at Kelso during the weekend Hundreds of colorful tents and flags decorated the Kelso landscape as the boys or rived all over Ontario to lake part In the camping event Record setting high tern peratures did nothing to stop the beys and their leaders from enjoying a funpacked weekend of games com petition and ship together We felt It was very sue cessfu said one Milton or ganlzer Paul Florence Al though there were no repre sentatives from the Milton area both Acton and George town churches had boys pre sent at the The Brigade represents an Interdenominational church movement with imately different denomin ations from across Canada participating In the Brigade One hundred churches were represented at the camporee with boys coming from as far away as Sudbury TEACHER MARIE Gilliss shows Leann Johnson the first steps of macrame at the M Z Bennett crafts day on Thursday Haton 4H Club news HELD CROP CI by Ruth Anne Wilson The second regular meeting of the Field Crop Club was held on May at Bob Merrys farm The President Glenn McClure opened the meeting with the pledge followed by the secretary report Our host Bob Merry escorted the club members to his alfalfa test plots and stressed the importance of crop rotation In the barn the members were divided into two groups The first group Judged a class of first cut alfalfa under the supervision of Hansen while the others identified weeds with John Nurse The host family provided refreshments for the mem David Robinson thanked the Merry for their hospitality BEEF CALF CLUB By Parsons The second meeting of the Halton Calf Club was held on May at the farm of Walter Scott Attendance was taken by answering the breed and whether your calf was a heifer or a steer The minutes were then read We then Judged two classes of four year old Shorthorn heifers Oral reasons were given by all The official were given by Bill Jackson Doug showed the club how to make rope halters A type demonstration was given on horses by Mrs Scott The Scott family was thanked by Lcanne Parsons and then refreshments were served CONSERVATION By The second H Conservation Club meeting was held on May at Kort Centre Klein burgh We were taken on a nature hike and were old about the history of the area and education programs available Slides were shown of the Metro Toronto Region Conservation Authority and its progress which the members found very in teresting 1IVESTOCK JUDGING By May On May the Livestock Judging Club held its second meeting at Jeff Nurse farm on Trafalgar Road The meeting was opened with the pledge and Held Stadlcr read the minutes of the last meeting We then Judged a class of two- year old Hols t el n cows and some of the members were asked to give their reasons to the group Jeff gave the of placing and reasons Next we judged a malure Holsleln class and each of us gave our reasons to one of the leaders Again Jeff gave the official placings After this was completed we then went down the road to farm There we judged a class of mature Guernseys and a class of two- yearold Guernseys All of the members gnvc reasons on the first class and two were asked to give theirs before the group Choice PRIME RIB ROAST Choice RUMP ROAST ib Tender BLADE SHORT RIB ROASTS CAREFULLY DECORATING her cake during the Bennett craft day is Betty Ann Hansen Tony Van Dam background also works on a cake on the second group Ken McNabb gave the official and reasons on both these groups We discussed the classes and then since there was no further business the meeting was adjourned Bill Robinson thanked our We then enjoyed a snack of chocolate milk provided by the McNabb and Nurses Board cant fire Board of Education wont be allowed to dismiss a former Burlington ele mentary school teacher who was acquitted of drug charges last winter Last month the board voted to demote Ronald K earns to teacher and ask the Minister of Education Tom Wells to permit his dismissal Thursday the board received a letter from Deputy Minister of Education G H stating Wells wont allow Kearns dismissal be cause he was found not guilty Kearns was arrested last fall after marijuana plants were found growing in the backyard of his Burlington home He was acquitted when a boarder at his home admitted the plants were his and fled Kearns know what they were Since his arrest and removal as principal of May field public school In Burling ton Kearns has been working on a special project Acton boy David of Wallace St Acton wan a couple of second prizes in races at tho Fire Works Fun Day May He ranked second in both the sack race grade to and the Softball throw grades to Missed Your Free Press Please Let Us Know Cur carriers do their best to give fast courteous service but mistakes do happen so It you do not receive your paper or have any complaints regarding delivery please call our office 8532010 Wo Stock and Order MeCALL STYLE SIMPLICITY PATTERNS HIHTONS to STORE Tender RIB STEAKS 199 Sliced or 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