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Le LEY R gine y a CARES TY SER EERE MEPL EVE ISDE - Ee SAW 30 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1975 Education in Durham Region, '76 good education requires careful planning. Planning may be formal or informal, conducted in groups or by individuals, deliberate or in- tuitive, continuous or inter- mittent, or some combina- tion of all of these. But whatever the method, . planning implies purpose and: a careful correlation between means and end, The Durham schools will have approximately the same en- rolments in September 1976 as at present - Elementary 31,024, Secondary 16,663, Trainable Retarded 208. A stable enrolment in Second- ary and a marginal decline in Elementary schools in projected. Four 'factors will have a" significant impact on Educa- have particular responsibili- C. Durham Board staff is ty for providing leadershipin presently meeting regularly planning and for ensuring' with several inter-agency that specific objectives and groups in the district. a) the means used to achieve Dyrham Association of Pub- them are consistent. with lic Administrators. b) Ser- overall purposes and priori- vices for Youth. ¢) Social ties." Planning Councils. d) Com- The new. Provincial Cur- munity and Social Services riculum Guideline supported Provincial Liaison Workers. by Durham Board of Educa- e) Outpatient Clinic Services tion Courses of Study and - Oshawa-Whithy Hospitals. tion '76! -endresult is curriculum, the evaluation systems will D. The Durham Board is 1. Deinographic - Durham, particular arrangement of mean increased stability, about to consider the report as most other provincial objectives, content, and vigor and standards of of a special task group on school systems, has a consid- learning experiences within "achievement by Durham " "Planning for children with erable amount of new sub- the school. Students. Special Needs'. This is ex- 3. Education of Special Stu- dents - Responsibility of School Boards - "It is the right of every child to have access to a learning program that will lead him to develop mentally to -his optimum capacity. It is the responsi- bility of the educational authority to provide facili- ties, resources, and persqn- nel to enable him to reach this goal. No child is expend- able. ' All students with disabili- division development annu- ally. At.5 children per hous- ing unit this increase in enrolment just about equals the decline in the birth rate. As a result, in some parts of the Region - Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, and Pickering "there will be a need for As part of its province- wide responsibility, the Min- istry of Education establish- es a common framework of goals and aims foreducation in Ontario, and sets out in a general way the learning opportunities that the pro- grams in the schools should portable or additional pupil make available. For the accommodation. At the Primary and Junior Divis- same time, there will be ions of our elementary empty classrooms in some schools, these provisions are elementary schools. Trans- embodied in the document, portation for students in ur- known as Circular P1JI. pected to provide policy and procedural guidelines that will serve as the focus of program and service priori- ties over the next few years. 4. Financing Education in Durham in 1976 - In 1976, the province of Ontario has an- nounced that it is limiting its increase in financial assis- tance to school Boards to approximately 5 percent in an attempt to control a soar- ing provincial deficit. The results for Durham will be CAR es WSS Una ns SE ER RR HU Sw ES } PAV TAN! | Tough bail reforms ..Justice Minister Ron Basford recently introduced additional amendments to the Bail Reform Act during consideration by the Com- mittee on Justice and Legal Affairs of the Omnibus Criminal Code Amendments "Bill (C-71). The new toughen up bail procedures for those accused of nar- cotics "trafficking, possess- ion for the purpose of traf- ficking, murder, or conspir- acy -to commit 'these offences. ; Under the new amend- ments, anyone charged with committing these- offences would be required to con- vince a judge that his or her release on bail pending trial would not pose a danger to the public. - Under present law, the onus for showing that bail should not be 'granted rests with the pro- secution, Mr. Cafik believes that bail is one of the most critical instruments in the Criminal Code for protecting the pub- lic against violent and amendments: ponse to the concern of Canadians on the issue of peace and security. Bill C-71, which was.intro- . duced for first reading July 17, contains other provisions regarding bail. Under these provisions, it would be the responsibility of the accused to show why he should be released pending thial under three specific .sets of cir- cumstances. Planning section (continued _just continually fishing to see what they can get." The question of the plan- ning section came after an application for a townhouse- single family unit subdivis- ion project on the north end of Cochrane Street was tab-- led at the Monday meeting due to insufficient informa- tion. Developers will be asked to provide the needed informa- ban areas will increase sub- Curriculum planning is a stantially. The impact of process that must be widely these changes will have a shared. Working within the major influence on decision- boundaries of provincially making by trustees. Repre- and locally established pur- sentation by parent and citi- poses and priorities, those .. zen groups of parochial con- most aware of the children's cerns and issues will become needs and the community's more frequent, with more expectations - parents, constraints on real choices teachers, principals, super- that can be made. visory officials, as well as 2. The Formative Years - the children themselves - Ministry of Education Guide- must all .be involved in the line for Primary and Junior planning process in approp- Curriculum. - "However riate ways. Local supervis- spontaneous it may appear, ory officials and principals that committed increases in expenditures for present pro- grams and services will far exceed the provincial in- crease in assistance. The resulting tax increase for local taxpayers will be sub- ties should be permitted to enter regular school pro- grams on a part-time or full- time basis as soon as their development so warrants. An educational program for students who are hospit- alized, homebound or in 'a stantial. Trustees and par- residential treatment centre ents together will be faced is intended to be a means of with very difficult choices inclusion in, rather than ex- for academic program main- clusion from, the total range tenance and consideration of of programs and. services any program extension will "provided by education." be difficult if-not impossible. Durham Board of Education To maintain every program Response - A. Arrangemen's and service presently being for providing student ref.r- financed may be an impos- ral and teaching staff for the sible economic challenge. Durham Regional Treat- - ment Centre at Whitby, Chimo House Treatment Centre, Port Bolster and £9 Durham House, Oshawa, have been completed during ; the past year and will be u ; extended in '76. iur- ain a B. 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