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Education THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday 11 Yearround schooling not on Halton agenda By LISA The Herald Board of Education ad ministrators say yearround education may have limited potential in the region and havent brought the issue before school trustees although four other Ontario boards are con sidering testing the concept All the secondary schools that are airconditioned six out of 16 in Halton are used year round for summer school so the question is how much benefit would it be said Director of Education Bob Williams Making use of the schools year round means more students could be enrolled in schools decreasing the need for new schools and the high price tags that go with them which is a major benefit to year round schooling This aspect presses Monica Krawetz vice- prmcipal with the Durham Region Board which along with York and school boards are looking at changing the traditional September toJune school calen Because of Canadas extreme climate schools would have to be air conditioned if they were open year round which would be very costly said Mr Williams No elementary schools in the region are air conditioned Another aspect of year round schooling which may not be so advantageous is what it will do to family vacations in Ontario The number of families that make use of cottage country is a sigmfi cant factor here said the superintendent of policy and planning Bob Parry Mr Parry who been assign ed by the board to investigate the disadvantages and advantages of year round schooling went to California last year where most schools are operated year round to study the effects of the tion were forced to Bob Williams use their buildings more aently after their boards said there was no more money for new schools to be built There were many variations of how they used their building such as having three school levels in one With this concept of multi tracking families tended to be split because the family never got off at the same time for holidays he said But they also have the chance to increase the amount of time students spend in school Other ways year round school ing can be done is splitting the year into four terms Students can then design their own schedules even attending classes for days and then having 15 days off He said year round schooling was working in California but their climate and the fact they were forced into the situation contributed to its success If the concept was tested in Halton he isn sure if it would be successful It would be a really dramatic change for people here he said But the idea is worth POSTAGE BLOWOUT HIS YEARS POSTAGE AT LAST YEARS PRICES It now costs 40- to mall a teller 39 sXa 1 In Canada up from 39 last sale priced year So beat Inflation Stock 1 stamps 10 free up on last years stamps and at 7 well throw in the make up postage You pay only 391 Last Years Price DELREX SMOKE SHOP GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE 8779284 Mr Williams agrees The im mediate reaction from people would be are you crazy To over come that resistance we would have to to have some good reasons and it would require an amazing amount of energy to change the status quo Personally Mr Williams believes one of the advantages the concept has would be reduc ing the twomonth hiatus students yearly get during the summer The summer vacation goes back to the 1800s when the vaca tion accommodated farmers who needed their kids to work on the farm he said If doesnt make sense to structure the school year around a concept that was viable almost years ago He believes the issue of year round schools is worth a good look at and if it gets momentum worth seeing how difficult it would be to get it up and runn ing The only person in who appears to be really supportive of year round education is Sury principal of General Brock Secondary School in Burlington His school is hosting an allday meeting to discuss the issue on April The morning session will be open to teachers staff and superintendents of the Halton Board The afternoon will be 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