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2 The Canadan Statesman, Bowmnanvilie, September 29. 1976 Forlm Pýrarenat Action Group After Hard-H TT n---Speech By Formne By Liz Armstrong Like it or not, as of last, Wednesday evening, Bow-' manville now has its own branch of the Parent Action League, a gro.up founded in 1969 to demand improvements in public education. For those parents who have encountered- problems with local school administrations and want to pave the way to a better education for their children, it may prove to be a shot in the armn. However, for the board of education, it will probably signal the beginning of fi period of tougher confronta- tion between its personnel and disenchanted education 'con- sumers' who believe that the local system could be more responsive to their needs. In a two and a half hour meeting at the Bowmanville Public, Library last week, about three' dozen parents, plus a small corps of teachers, principals and Northumber- land-Newcastle board officials rh School T gathered to hear Sheila Morri- son deliver a stinging attack on the province's education system. About 20 parents remained after the session to sigu up for rnembership, in the newv affil- iate, which has several branù ches in the Metro Toronto and surrounding areas. No-llolds-Barred Mrs. Morrison, a former teacher with 30 years of« experience, shoots straîght from the shoulder in lier criticismsof many aspects of the education system. A few of the highliglits of ber no-holds-barred presentation include the following: --boards of education spend horrendous amounts of money on facilities, but t14ey're not turnîng out better teachers. --students don't pick up 'good, old-fashîoned' composi- tion, by osmosis; it has to be, taught and drilled. --schools are not overdoing phonics, they're underdoîng it. 'There's no excuse for having eacher sa many students in our schools wbo can't read.' --the calibre of courses of fered to teachers is woefully inadequate. --the open concept class- room is one of the worst inventions of the education system, kept around so that administrations will not lose face. --school principals, wbile -nice, don't realiy know what is - going on in tbeir classrooms; ministers of education are 'mediocre.' Gained Clout Over the past seven years, education officials bave iearn- ed not to take Mrs. Morrison igbtiy. Since 1969, the Parent Action League bebind lier outspoken leadership has gained wîdespread exposure in the media, and the organi- zation bas gained consider- able ciaut in deaiing directly with ministry of education officiais. In many instances, the P.A.L. bas managed to effect changes in course guidelines and shed ight, on various probiems in the sy- stemi. One of tbe main aims of the league is to make certain that the basic subjeets of reading, writing and arithmetic are stressed in the curriculum, reversing the more 'laissez- faire' attitude of the sixties. Specificaliy, the organiza- tion wants the ministry of education ta estabiish stan- dardized courses of study for every grade frai the priîary level until the end of secon- dary school. Shops-Up-Top "lIIN MLMOVE"i (Fashion Show) fou turing: "mN" FASHIONS f rom COSMETICS fromý MERLE NORMAN COSMETUC STUDIO FURNITURE from CENTURY 21 FR!. 7:30 OCT 1 SAT. 12:30 OCT. 2 OSHAWA CENTRE The league aiso favors a system of ciosely monitoring what goes on in each indivi- dual ciassroom by having principals and inspectors visit on a regular basis. 'Accountabiiity' is another byword of the P.AL., and Mrs. Morrison explained that new programs should be examined and properiy evalu- ated before they are perman- ently incorporated in schools. Report cards are also an object of the league's atten- tion. t believes that anecdotal and checklist types of reports are inadequate, and should be replaced by specific marks or grades ranging from A-D. Alienated Some While Mrs. Morrison's tough remarks may have vented some frustrations for parents attending the meeting, she managed to alienate many of the Northumberland-New- castle board of education personnel who were also on hand. The fact that Mrs. Morrison bas neyer visited scbools in this jurisdication prompted several officiais to point out that she, was jumping to conclusions without knowing the facts. Superintendent of Planning Dave Patterson said after the meeting that if Mrs. Morrison took a dloser look at local schoois, she would find that "Iwe do stress core subjeets, and that there have been specifie courses of study established throughout the Northumberland-Newcastle board." He didn't completely repu- diate ail of the speaker's statements, bowever, and agreed that there shouid be a 'degree of commonality' in the courses of study offered by Ontario boards.. Mr. Patterson added, "Mrs. Morrison is both right and wrong in what she says, but in terms of this board of educa- tion, 'sbe's more wrong than rigbt. " Bowmanville Senior Public Sebool principal Ron Moore, also in attendance, thought that Mrs. Morrison made 1"1sweeping over-generaliza- tions of ber own bad exper- iences elsewhere." He feit that the opinions she expres- sed on several issues simply weren'ttrue as far as is own expérience was concerned, expecially in terms of teacher training, courses of study, and the degree of knowledge that a principal bas about what goes on in classrooms. 1 Despite ber lack of familiar- ity with schoois in Bowman- ville, Mrs. Morrison obviously struck a responsive chord witb many parents in the audience, and about 20 expressed an interest in joining the organi- zation. The new Bowmanville Par- ent Action League bas been launched, and is now organiz- ing to tackle the problems its members are concerned about. Further information may be obtained by pboning Mrs. Mary Hleatb at 623-5902 or Mrs. Joyce Hamiltonat 623- 5122. TOWN LEAGUE HOCKEY Anyone interested in play- ing Men's Town League Hoc- key, please contact Barry Oliver, 623-7587, Greg Adams, 623-4361, John Taylor, 623-4995 and John Vance 623-7696, by October 13. Ail players MUST register. Undue Alarm' (From Page Ône) necessary publiciniput." As weli as tbe Heming group, John Webb appeared before the committee. He saîd that he wanted to see Tyrane left the way it is, witb no developient except infilling. He brougbt with him, a petitian signed by 64 Tyrone and area residents wbo also oppose large scale development witbin the ham- let. The petitian stated that the residents liveti in Tyrone because they wanted ta raise their cbildren in a village atmosphere. t stated that mare shopping facilities were not needed in the village because the village already bas one general store and the village is 12 minutes frai a city and five minutes frai a larger town. The petitian also stated that developient sbould not ex- tend ta land surrounding the village. "Our cancern is that we don't want developient back there," Mr. Webb stated. He suggested that if any develop- ment were ta take place in the village, each resident sbould be asked bis or ber opinion tbrougb a poil. Bath groups were told by council members that a deve- lopment plan for Tyrone could not be railroaded tbrougb without the knowledge of residents. Counciliors Bruce Tink and Ann Cawman said that there would have ta be a public meeting before a district plan on Tyrone or any other hamlet cauld take place. Counillor Cowman told Mr. Webb that she was in favor of monitoring even minar1 infîl- ling in the haîlets. The caîmittee voted ta receive Mr. Webb's position and Mr. Webb will be asked ta present it again wben deveiop- ment plans for Tyrone are being drawn up. The commit- tee voted ta take no action on the brief presented by Mr. Hesning but it tao may be presented wben a plan for Tyrone is being drawn up Ministry (From Page One) made to ensure that, tbe remainder of the buildings were inspected and that sub- sequent reports were sent to tbe ministry. This instruction did not add any new responsibilities or take any autbority away from the local operators, Dr. Stephenson stres-.d, adding that the responsibility for arena safety bas. always rested with the owners, most of wbomn are elected officiais.' She repeated that while the ministry does require that tbe structures meet safety stan- dards, it does not close arenas. 19 Fatalities During the past 15 years, there have been 19 deaths in Ontario attributed to collap- sing arenas, and ahl of these fatalities were 'totally preven- table,' Dr. Stephenson empha- sized., Where there are inadequa- cies, it is' up to the local operators to correct the pro- blems, thougli they wan't be witbout help. Dr. Stephenson explained that for a period of time, the ministry of labor will employ 16 extra engineers from the ministry of transport' to stand ready to assist municipalities in monitoring and advising owners about' repairs. Some of tbe arenas can be kept open if tbey are 'on track' with repair programs, Dr. Stephenson stated, tbougb tbey ývil1 be forced to close if snow and wind conditions are beyond establisbed limits. Increased funding fromn Wintario bas been made available to assist botb small and large municipalities with repair and replacement pro- grams. Start Arena i,' rom kPage Une) funds and money fromn the Community Centres Act in order to raise a total of $30,000 this seasan. Tirty thousand dollars is the amount of money needed in order to patcb up tbe building for the coming sea- son. t is based on estimates fromn the firm of Totten Sims Hubicki Associates. Public Approves Even thougb no long term decision was made last Fni- day, members of the public who attended the mèeting voted in favor of spending the $30,000 needed to keep the rink open for one year. All that is needed now is a letter from the Ministry of Labour -'a letter that will tell the town that tbe temporary repairs will be satisfactory. Once the letter is received, the tenders can be called for the repair of the building. But it is expected that even if the building does stay open tbis season, it will bave to be monitored.' Monitoring means watcbing wind and snow loads on the building's roof and if the loads sbould get toa igb, tbe Want Public .(From Page One) the Darlington Hydro plant bas ever bappened in the Town of Newcastle. He added that sucli a projeet wouldn't likely bappen again. Public Input This, according to Mr. Holliday, was the reason why public input must be souglit. The propased station under consideration would cost an initial $2.5 billion. t would be constructed over a period of il years and add a population of 3,000 to local communities during the peak construction period. t is estimated tbat con- struction would peak some time around 1984. Community Impact At present, the liaison Tbe iMacLaren repart is only a first draft of the community impact study. The Liaison committee bas been asked to make some comments on the report and Ontario Hydro will also be studying the document before the final draft is written. FLOWERS *DRIED *FRESH TOPIA ,GREEN PLANTS 3 STORES:o SHighway N Kin St. E., nsawa Simcoe St. N., Oshawa building wouid have to be ciosed. The $30,000 in repairs would only be good for one season, however. The publie and town officiais wiiI have some time to tbirîk about a long range solution to the arena problem. 1Three iChoices Long range repairs or rebuilding give the commun- ity three choices: The building can be repaired at an esti- mated cost of $170,000; it can be re-built on its present site at an estimated cost of $250,000; and for a cost in the neighborhood of $525,00 the arena could be built on a new' site. Repairing the arena for a cost of $170,000 is not recom- mended in the recent engin- eering report by Totten Sims Hubicki. It wasn't recom- mended by Mayor Garnet Rickard, either. He suggested that such a repair scheme wasn't good business practice when you considered the fact that the arena could be rebuilt at a cost of $250,000. Altbough -public contribu- tions would have to be in the $70,000 to $80,000 dollar range if the arena were built on the existing site, the donations don't have to be cash. Volunteer Labor MPP Doug Moffatt told the audience that sucli things as building materials and labor can count as contributions. It was volunteer labor that helped raise the building in the first place. when it was constructed in the late 1940s.' If the people and the elected officiais should opt for the $250,000 building program, they may be faced with red tape, according to Mayor Rickard. Re-Zoning The mayor pointed out that the building is--currently sitting on land zoned resi- dential and be said that a new arena on the site of the old one would mean re-zoning. The matter would also have to go Over a Dozen 1(Froîn Page One) to attend as observers. The following are among a number of organizations which are expected to appear and to submit written brief s: Peterborough Labour Coun- cil; environmental groups - "Alternatives" and Peter- borough Environment People; the Rainbow Club; Trent Student Union; Peterborough Downtown Association; Na- tional Farmers' Union; Cavan Ratepayers' Association; re- presentatives of Ontario Hou- sing Corporationi tenants; Kawartba Lakes: Improve- mentCommittee; and citizens concerned about the proposed Highway 28 extension.- Individuals or organizations are invited to attend and to submit views and comments. For furtber information about the timing and format of presentations telephone 743- 0624 or 742-4555. to the committee of' adjust- ment.' The mayor described the arena situation as something that would take a lot of discussion but be said the public meeting was "going the rigbt way." The question of wbo wiil pay for a new arena was one of the issues raised last week. Councillor Kirk Entwisle said be supported the efforts to raise funds but he wondered if contributions sbould come from the entire municipality -- not just the Newcastle Village area. The councllor noted that the burden of building the new Darlington Sports Centre had been carried by all taxpayers in the Town of Newcastle, including taxpayers in the Villageof Newcastle. Rotary Fromn Page One) improve Stelco's safety record. Can't Legisiate Utopia Dr. Stephenson looks at the picture realistically. "We cnt legislate Utopia. No governmeInt c/an ever guaran- tee a totaiNy risk fre ý\ork place, but we can work with labor and management to contribute to safer working environments-, She pointed out that one of the keys to deveioping effec- tive joint action among labor, management and government' groups is by providing know- iedge about industrial safety to aIl three groups. "Safety is not primarily a technological problemn nor a medical problem. It is first and foremost a knowledge probiem, - the minister stàid. * The legislature can legis- late, the inspectors inspect and the lobbyists iobby. but if the individualemployers and employees do not recognize their individual responsibili- ties, then it will be ail for naught." She added that at this point. few employers and even fewer employees know enougb about the situation to act effect iveiy. 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