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sparse crowd attends open urban board meet the acton free pros wednesday march 20 1968 fff kmnv marshall harnesses sam and karu at puslmch lal the siberian husvy team which won him a driver has four second place finish against older larger and hopes to have more experienced dog sledders at the carnival e recently the young acton more husky pups at homo he in training next year staff photo the new look in the admini stration of education through county boards was detailed in a sparsely attended meeting called by the north haltejii urban board last wednesday in the martin su senior public school in milton mpp jim snow emphasized to the audience of 50 that the prime objective of amalgamat ing the provinces 1400 school- boarjs into county boirds wai tq insure equality ot educational opportunity he did not envision any partlculajr cdslsawng as- pecu to the program other significant benefltfcued by vrsnow indodecv tfte inu- grajlono alemsntary anljsec- oridary education across ibd provlncyi ttwoumlnatloriof over- lapping transportation rotites the spread of costs over i larger tax base theencouragometa ot centralized purchasing arid the ordsfly and miilruum use oi existing facilities he visualized the prohlemr in this area as minimal v james thompson assistant superintendent jgf supervlslod of the dapartmenijjm education de tailed the composition of the new 20 man board that will be elected in halton the new board he told th audience will have no responsibility for separale schools but two separate school representative will bo elected imttalsy in thi craftsmanship of brian rankin fashioning a bowl and joey marshall making a book rack at the robert little open house was shared by vic morris left mrs vic morris and jill mrs a gorjup donna and paul displays and demonstrations delighted of the open nigrw wc lo techniques the hundreds attending object demonstrate modern education staff photo to the board based on the re lationship of separate school and public school supporters as sessments mr thompson noted approxi mately 89 per cent of halton ratepayers were public school supporters anj 11 per cent wore separate school supporters this would result in two separate scjiool representatives- 0 the board v the county councllwlll be n- pbrtiblo for the establishment of ihe 18watds which will ead representatives to ihe board they would be established as nearly as practical on tjie basis f reslddrttjai and farm lisieisr meat unsatisfied nnujiclpau- ties wtll be able ttt appeal tha boundaries to a county judge he suggested itwas possible two- or more municipalities would be gtoupedjlogittier for the election of a single representative v mr thompson stressed the hoard members would be elected not appointed the timing of the election whether in the fall or later was not yet established he cited a numlier of difficulties in having an election in septem ber since municipal tax rcllsand voters lists could not be prepar ed in time in those municipali ties that normally have elections in december 65 per cent vote on the first monday of that month where two or more municipali ties are grouped to elect a single representative the vote till be held on the date chosen by the munlclnailty having the largest assessment if the two cannot cooperate on a common date the establishment of the new board ml dissolve all previous boards ah assets liabilities and contracts will be transferred to the new board mr thompson warned against the temptation to boards to end the year with a deficit if it happens th deficit will be charged back to the mun icipality incurring it bo stress ed through arbitration simil arly surpluses will bo turned back to the bonoflt of the appro priate municipality costs of operation of the new board will be based on the pro vincial equalized assessment when you share costs you be gin to realize the moss assess ments are in across the count ies the speaker noted detail ing the ooad iply provinr equalization lactors in-achi-v- lng a common pattern on debentures the speaker pointed out the board issue its own debentures without mun icipal council approval that ls currently required y school boards the board will apply directly to the ontario municipal board and it was notod some standards would bo required for this presently a municipality is not allowed to exceed 25 per cent of its total assessment the board will bo responsible for the existing uebunturjs as well issuing a chei to the municipality holding the debent ure obligation for the innnal payments refuting a commonlyheldidua the new lioard would isue its own tax bills the department representative stressed the leg islation woiiidro qui re only that the costotoaicatlonliu khbwti as a separate ltotu itcrtii j a single- plecvpf paper or- it cbudbeto plocuii of abur but it would bo issjel by the munlt clpal clerk or treasurer tho muhlclpillty votild tlsp receive the tax paytivents undvelnl them to the board as requested hut not liter iliaii december 15 in any year mri thompson reoallodlwlrtg askedf what happened lf nerion pajd the general tax and not the school tax his answer had iwun they wouldhave tax arrears col lectlblelri theusual way mun- tclpatltlus will be required to turn over 100 per cent of tlio education lovy ho strossenl answering questions aftorpro- sentlng his outline mr thomp son acknowledged that tho oper ation of schools for tho retarded was currently be inn studied to determine vhethor they should bo under tlio now board thuro were howevor a numwr ofpar- tlcular problems in rotation to ownership of facilities that would have to bo resolved trustees salaries would boas permitted under tho present leg islation whore the maximum al lowed is 3600 annually teach er salaries wouldnotbe adjust ed at tho first of january since all teachers sign contracts totho oml of juno tho vv oard six attend seminar leant leadership a leadership seminar was hold on march 15 16 and 17 at the queen elizabeth motel otkvllle delegates from tho north halton association for the mentally re tarded who attended wuhwlliam ferguson president were mrs edith hartland and mrs f new from acton and mrs bruce cod- dtngton and mrs diane wood from milton as well as mrs jean mitchell a teacher from tho sun shine school it is interesting to note that organizations in the area are making plans to assist the group two of the many are the catholic womens league of holy rosary church milton which is spon soring the harmony symphony orchestra concert at the ontario school for the- deaf on sunday lurch st at jjim an j the mil ton fire department and local and ontario provincial police who have set the date for their annual broomball game atihe milton arena on april 21 at z pm christini pombis works ai her tirst home economics project a gingham apron wth cross stitch enbroderv teichtr is mrs kay hannah several girls at h rohen l tt vhoo were working in the hoe econo ico irnq he fducv tion week open house halton assessors talk reassessment halton county assessors held their monthly pttofettur in milton ore hall with luncheon si the milton inn the countys assessing staff meets each month to review mutual problems and compare notes on their work right now they are delving into the countys plan tor a major reassessment of properties which takes effect september so wholl be toe next citizen of the year chamber of commerce members are glad to bear sug gestions fried chicken 9 tub serves 8 to 10 persons 525 box 14 pieces buns honey 390 box of 9 pieces 250 individual dinner plus tnmmincis 135 9 light snack 2 pieces french frier 80e fishburger 65e cheeseburger 40c and 5k hamburgers 35e and 45e fish and chips 50t french fries 25 onion rings 25e sandwiches made to order hours open monday to thursday emfo 9 pm mdey to sunday t em to 10 pm deliveries 50c extra bp snack bar 8532114 wi payoffbillsw one glean sweep ready cash from gac international makes piledup bills disappear fast sweep many monthly payments into one staff ii j cji get jojujintej with out qnt step tfill clttnmg strvct 6ac international ask hi inafjce coop ltd loams up to s5000 75 mttl s0eit phoni 153 0 12 mjm stfhl south -ceonckyown- phonts77971 kiychkmkh- l2bzkintsteteat pttone 74m1j would merely assume thue con tracts tho speaker sought to dispel fears u xp rosso d that tho trustees would become more remote from the tuaohors and ratepayers ho noted u supervisory staff would naturally bo required to a suggustlon that trustees should have a bachelor of com- ruor cu do e rue the sjualujr noted the only refjureinents for a trustee wuru u canadian aged 21 or ovor resident in the suc tion and with h taxes paid the slmiajier was thanked by mayor l iiby oflacton urban board cjiafrman ron harris doputyrowyuof muton conduct ed the umftiig y pollock aififl gartipbell v- 1inilitlirivi uit higlh gbadc memolilals memdrial engraving 63 wtr s nhh gait ttllunt 21sio wfilooivte 1- you 4r6 hew io town or- know sbmeone who is phone f 8530805 brighten someones day with 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