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14 Acton Free Press Wednesday Hit and run in parks lot About In property Hallon Regional Police damage resulted from a hit state the car owned by Steven and run traffic accident in the of Church St lot by the arena Properly parked in Proa- or evening EMPLOYEES OF Building Products of Canada Limited held a barbecue at the Curling Club Saturday to commemorate four years without a disabling injury at work So far this year the group can brag about the fact that there have not been any injuries at home or on the job among all the employees Four years without disabling injury BILL BRENNAN left area representative of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association of Ontario presented a Certificate of Commenda tion for to Gerry Toulouse plant manager of Building Products of Canada Ltd and Bill general manager Their plant has gone four years without a disabling injury Board of Ed objectives revised become goals Hallon Board of Education approved changes In he original statement of The of the Board of Education al Thurs day meeting Trustees praised the updating as a reflection of what the public thinks education should be striving for Trustee Judy Alexander said the updating was the best thing the board had done this year Trustee Bert Acton said he acknowledged the improve ment but the board should now practice what it preaches He said the public would judge the changes on how they were implemented Director of Education Lavender out lined changes to the board explaining the revised state ment referred to the goals of the board rather lhan objectives to indicate the ultimate destination and to avoid confusion with the present use of the Objective Among the changes were Original We believe In the individuality of nil children School programs should allow each child to develop his potential to the fullest extent within Ihe limitations of the resources available to the Board Revised We believe in the individuality of all students and recognize their varying rates and styles of learning We believe also that there arc many characteristics that students have in common which may be accommodated in program and organization Original Although we recognize that schools should establish their own priorities the type of student we hope to develop should be one with the limitations of physical and human resources available to the Board we believe lhat school programs should allow each child to develop his potential to the fullest extent Originalb The ability to research information from a body of knowledge el The ability to select and evaluate information The ability to research select and evaluate information OriginalThe ability to make reasoned Judgment a Revised The moral sensitivity necessary for a complete and responsible life An inquisitive altitude towards knowledge A wholesome conviction of self worth The self discipline to function fectively in Ihe community Original An awareness of the needs and rights of Revised A respect for the needs rights and property of others CommenlThe change In revised statements is on the attention given the need to respect property of others including public property our property Original The awareness of which is creative within him and some experience or the intellectual discipline of the arts Revised The awareness of creativity based on some experienced the discipline of the aria Revised A commitment to physical fitness Comment The statement on physical fitness Is added because of a growing reali of the connection between fitness and effective ness whether it Is the of a student or a teacher or While recognizing the extent of present physical education programs within the school day this goal statement does not mean that dally physical education class will be compulsory for every student K13 OriginalWe believe that these objectives con be achieved best through the application of the principle of continuous progress Children learn different rates at different times in different areas of study by different methods of teaching Learning must so that gaps or unnecessary duplication in instruction do not appear Within the policies of the Hoard each school should be allowed latitude to evolve i program Patterns of fing design of inte gration of program vanetlesor program between schools should all be directed towards the listed above and based on the principle of continuous progress Ultimately children should be allowed to progress in every learning urea and from division to division at any lime during the year the concurrence of the principal parent and teacher The mosl ob vious change in the revised goal statement is this dele I ion As Ihe Hoard con the original of objectives It realized the first two paragraphs dealt with state ment or goal or whal of education The last para graph dealt method or process of the how of education As such it did not belong in a goal statement As indicated above the Board continues to recognize the Individuality of children and it accepts the fact of styles and methods On the other hand the Board believes that In some cases we have over emphasized and have become unnecessarily pre occupied with Individual differences and we have de- cmphnsizcd commonalities among pupils No change in holidays Hills Library Board will stick with its vacation schedule of holidays for librarians despite a recommendation from Hills council that the board follow town guidelines How far should the board illow itself to guided by council asked Librarian Betsy If they regard me as a department head then a comparison of pay schedules shows the chief librarian nut paid the same in fact is several steps down the grade She said com pari between vacations for town staff and library was like comparing apples and oranges The own is some department heads will want the same vacation as librarians com minted board chairman Dick How I doubt if the other depart heads would exchange salaries Mrs replied Member Elliott suggested the board reply to town outlining the differ noting the librarians vacation schedule was an effort to eliminate differences in pay schedules by making up with vacation credits have to comply witr own policy he declared no reason to change policy board member Doug a meeting May 10 the board decided the chief librarian should receive four weeks vocation after one year and professional librarians three weeks vaca lion after one year and four weeks after five years Honor B Bailie first Director Public Works will be Sept 13 when a plaque is unveiled in hit memory during the opening of a reservoir In Burlington Robert Bailie was region first Director of Public Works and was In slrumcntal In selling up the department Gtown work ends Regional Police Commission received and filed a report Thursday concerning the finishing off of the renovations of District 1 headquarters a I Georgetown Police administrator Ray stated In the report that work Is com pleted For Classifieds that reach call 8532010 AUCTIONEERS fMe Kelly RR1 822 2179 Ron Lamb 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