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14- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, December 2, 1997 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Bill 160 meetin By Rik Davie Port Perry Star Attempts to continue the fight against Bill 160, the controversial educa- tion reform legislation, had two slightly different public responses at meet- ings held in local schools last week. As a result of parent and teacher support at an information session held two weeks ago at R.H. Cornish Public School, a meeting to form a political action commit- "YAW; S "Flying Fish Lite Batter | | Buy Two Eat-In Fish & Chip Dinners & Receive | Third One I | | | FREE (with coupon) 985-0025 LL "Coupon valid till Dec. 30/97 | tee was held on Wednesday (Nov. 26) in the library of the Port Perry school. A committee made up of parents and some teachers began plans to pressure the Harris Tories to step back on some of the measures in the bill. 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It was a different story, however, at Port Perry High School last Wednesday, when teacher Dave Robinson, Durham school superintendent Craig Burch and newly re-elected school trustee Bobbie Drew joined with student council rep Heather Johnson to pre- sent a comprehensive NERY SEN | | 2% KES 82 Pa [UKE CET C0) Bd E - store" jy 7 VINA BS - 7 51 N "J5.( RP Don't Forget... i : KID'S DAY | ; 3 is this Sunday, Wa December Tih 10am to Ipm explanation of their con- cerns about Bill 160 in the high school gym to a disappointing turnout of about 35 people. When the staff mem- bers present and a smat- tering of interested stu- dents were subtracted from the count, the turnout by parents was sparse. PPHS principal Sandra Riches said that getting people to come out for such meetings at the high school level is tradition- ally a hard thing to do. "Sometimes I think that when parents get their kids as far as high school a lot of them think the hard part is over, and they don't need to partic- ipate at the same level as they did in public school," she said. Ms. Riches said that the turnout for the recent gs receive varied response parent - teacher interview night was high, however. "It was a larger turnout then we'd expected, so | guess some parents had some questions to ask," she said. "We got a lot of questions and concerns over Bill 160, more than I expected." The highlight of the evening was the talk given by Heather Johnson of the student council. She has studied every page of the huge educa- tion bill -- a mammoth task on its own -- and said she worries over the future of education in this province. "With the kind of fund- ing cutbacks that appear to be the goal of this bill, schools won't be able to provide the level of service to students that we enjoy now; it won't be possible," she said. 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