Affected students BACK TO SCHOOL WcdflMtMy AUXBU Pace will be anonymous Region parents wont know AIDS patients If one of the teachers at your child school ha Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome popularly known as AIDS youre not going to know about It Other parents school staff and the school board also wont know about ft Only Regions medical officer of health will Know who has the deadly disease That the new policy Halton coun cillors approved for the manage ment of AIDS in Halton schools last week The policy was approved In a recorded vote with Halton Hills Couna Sheldon John McDonald Marilyn Serjeantson and Rick voting in favor of it Mayor Miller was absent The new AIDS policy was developed by a committee chaired by the Medical Officer Health Graham and included representatives from the ad staff of both boards of education members of the home and school associations and a family practice representative A statement from the Ministries of Health and Education last October re the medical officer of health responsibility to decide whether or not children with AIDS would be allowed to attend school Under newly approved Thunder wonder Children pressed forward meet one of the ThunderCaU Son- day afternoon A couple Irani Into lean when they Beared red mane Among the brave fans of the School bus route nixed Sfderoad at the Fourth line in tersection isnt going to be used anymore a bus route for Halton BoartofEdiKatiOoscboolchlidreo That makes up part of the answer to a letter from and Nigel of Acton The couple were concerned earlier this summer about the bus routes to be taken by their three children who will no longer be going to Speyslde Public School but will attending Public School this The Board has dosed Speyside Sheldon said she disagreed with a town staff report on the safety of the hill on Fifth Line just south of Lunehouse Bums have used this road for several years That anyone would allow children ta a but down Fifth Line hill boggles my mind Sheldon Town Engineer Bob Austin said he didnt know of any accidents involv ing school buses on that stretch of roadway Children wont be responsible enough You cant rely on school chlldrer be sexually responsible especial y not when it comes to AIDS an councillor Regional Coun Kevin ob jects to new policy on AIDS management I tend to think of myself as a lot more socially progressive than a lot of people here but I cannot support Flynn said I believe on the right track but the report has far too many assump tions Its assuming that a child In the school system who is going to be sex ually active will use some form of protection You only have to look at the number of unwanted pregnan cies to realize very often school children dont do what they re sup- Under the policy no one at a school will know If a member or student has AIDS not even the prin Only medical officer health will know According to the Centre of Disease Control In Atlanta United States casual person contact as occur among schoolchildren srs to pose no risk of contacting the viral disease The AIDS policy similar to policy for hepatitis Infection in the province AIDS policy Dr is the one who decides whether to exclude In fected persons from the school system If special educational are required then the school principal will be told about the infected person School boards staff and parents wont be since Oils information would confer no benefit on either the school of the patient says the policy Not all councillors agreed with this I have compassion for the child who has AIDS and I have compas sion for the other children in the school too Milton Coun Bill Johnson said I take exception to the fact that school staff and parents wont be notified If a school child has AIDS said hes asked for a legal opinion from the Ministry of Health on the case of cardio pulmonary resuscitation being per formed on a person who has AIDS by someone who know If that emergency helper then con tracts AIDS who would be Me An answer isnt expected back for another couple of months Dr said urging councillors to the policy before them without opinion A motion to defer acceptance of the policy until the legal opinion comes in was lost Hills Coun Marilyn expressed fears that staff from another region could teach hi the schools and know if they had AIDS There is excellent communica Hon between the medical officers of health from one region to another although theres no legal obligation to pass that Information on Dr Restaurant were Tan Foster and Nell Foster Tara Is Nells stilt of lender age Herald Fire Victims Fires kill more children year than any other accident A child i burned every four minutes An Enjoyable Learning Experience For PreSchoolers We Have A Limited Number Of Openings Far September CONTACT Karen McBride 8731 Cedarvale Community Centre Georgetown Oakville Mayor Bill Paras rled the legal answer may change how councillors feel about the policy and wanted council to wait There are no cases of AIDS in Halton schools yet The policy has been developed in order that be prepared when one does come up given the increasing number of cases of this disease in On CAROL WHARTONS j DANCE SCHOOL INGEOHGETOWN TAP JAZZ TAP JAZZ A For information i a registration I PHONE I 416453 I J THE HALTON ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD AND THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS HALTON REGION ADVANCE FOR NEW STUDENTS NOT PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED ST IGNATIUS OF ROMAN CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL Rebecca Street GRADES 0 T0 13 MILTON GRADES 10 T0 BISHOP PAUL FRANCS SECONDARY SCHOOL Highway Speyskfe MILTON GEORGETOWN AND ACTON GRADE AUGUST TO AUGUST ISIS in 10 FOR INFORMATION TELEPHONE MR PETER VISSER PRINCIPAL ST IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA CLASSES BEGIN WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD BUS ROUTES ARE POSTED AT THE MAJt EHIMWE EACH WC HAWKEHQC ROMAH SCHOOL BOARD JFDUFFT HARD OF