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N and N Board of Educat ion Reacts Critically 10 A study into dividing the jurisdiction of the North- umberland and Newcastle cQ Board of Education was heavily criticized in a special w .'~The meeting of the board on April vI S ïE F riend ly' With only 10 of the regular 16 Florislr" members present at the special meeting, a decision on the educational implications - of the report was postponed until tieir next meeting when "',Have A more board members will be in attendance. Heart" In their discussion of the report prepared by Mr. Don- O0 ald King, the reaction of the ~ board generally was that it failed to show an input from Fore board members on the way F Iowers for the present school system is Mother's Day working. by V n Bele 1 Trustee Ron Cook told the by VanBelle board that Mr. King's recom- CLARK PACKERS SPECIALIZING IN Custom Slaughtering - Cuting Wrapping and Freezing Freezer-orders of TOP Quality Pork and Beef supplied f rom our own feed lot, cut, irpe nd frozen. Alil Meats Govern ment Inspected. PHONE WELCOME 753-2354 Study mendations showed no depth of observation into education or the set up of an educational system. Another trustee, Bill Car- man criticized the report for not going into the quality of education "which is the para- mount issue," He summed up the content of the report as a "bunch of garbage." One proposai made in the report called for a committee of appointed county council- lors who would look over the school system and education in general. Mr. Carman said a commit- tee of county counillors would not be helpful because of their inexperience in edu- cational issues. Director of Education Frank Thom criticized, a recommendation to bring both public and separate school education under the juris- diction of the county councîl as suggested in the report. He said to do this would mean changing the British North America Act which guarantees the survival of separate schools. A major concern of the board at the meeting was whether to keep the present Northumberland and New- castle school system in one jurîsdiction or to split it Up, leaving Northumberland completely on its own with Newcastle joining Durham's school system. The consensus given in a brief prepared by the admini- stration stated "the retention of its present boundaries will enable it (the 'Northumber- land and Newcastle Board. of Education) to maintain a strong, viable school system, while shrinkage of its juris- diction, of necessity, must be accompanied by increased per capita costs and correspond- ing loss of educational effectiveness. The only answer must be a clear and unequivocating cali for re- tention of existing boundar- ies. " The brief points out that the optimum number of students in one jurisdiction is between 20,000 and 30,000. .There is a present régi- stration of 21,700 students in the jurisdiction of North- umerland and Newcastle and 45,300 in Durham. 1If Northumberland were divided from the present school system, the jurisdiction would have 14,300 students c~LrnW~3tt~atty ~pectaQ BED-SOFA by SEALY 1 00%1/.O0lef in Cover, ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL Blue Plaid a m00 SUGETE RTAL 42.0 299 .00 Also available for -home or cottage 36" and 39" Continental Doubleor Queen Size Beds VIE I 1 SAVE 15-30% Fireplace Accessories Franklin St oves (stock items as marked) FireploePlus Whitby 668-31921 900 Hopkins St. sale ends April 30 /76