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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - LOL 1B7 PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 E-Mail: port.perry.star@sympatico.ca Publications Mail Registrations No. 07881 Subscription Rates: 1 Year - $32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Includes $5.95 GST BUSINESS OFFICE | hil Office Mgr. ........................ Gayle Stapley Li Accounting.......Judy Ashby, Janet Rankin | RIBBON Retail Sales......Kathy Dudley, Heather Callan | - EDITORIAL: Publisher................. J. Peter Hvidsten PRODUCTION VER FIED CIRCULATION General Manager....Don MacLeod Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell News Reporters .....Chris Hall Freelance - Heather McCrae, John B. McClelland Trudy Empringham, Pam Hickey, Rhonda Mulcahy, Robert Taylor, Barb Bell, Richard Drew, Karen Dynes Member of the | Canadian & Ontario Newspaper Assoc. | Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. - j 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. ADVERTISING Advertising Mgr. .......... Don Macleod Sales: Deb McEachern, Ginni Todd, Laurie Thompson, Cindy Jobin, Gail Morse, Deborah Tiffin Editorial Comment Still time for a local agreement | It's not the resolution we were hoping for, but the provincial government's announce- ment that they would introduce legislation to end the teachers' strike here when MPPs resumed sitting yesterday came as a relief. Although it seemed apparent the legisla- tion might pass last night, it's still crucial for teachers and both Durham's public and separate school boards to reach consensus on collective agreements. While the back- to-work order achieves the important step of getting teachers and kids back in the classroom, it's not the way we want this dispute to be settled. Everybody you talk to who's involved in the strikes here says they'd rather have a locally-negotiated settlement, and it's easy to see why: There's going to have to be some serious work done to catch up in the aftermath of a strike that's devoured three weeks of class time, and a sense of goodwill and mutual respect between the teachers and their employers will go a long way toward helping that occur. . There's also the matter of rebuilding the confidence of the community in our school system. The breakdown of negotiations and ensuing strikes have left the public with a distinctly bad taste in its mouth; it's not really that they're placing blame, they just want an end to strife in the schools. - Alocal agreement must come, and soon. It's the only way. 1922 So HOW DID YOUR MEETING WITH THE DURHAM COUNCIL GOA i Le -- 1, Ly, } Raph | | : PorT PERRY, FHT STAR " 1 TT ---- - Concerns about new curriculum Week Port Perry Arena, formerly located at the corner of Lilla St. (now Simcoe) and Paxton St. on the three lots just south of the Scout Hall. The arena was opened with great fanfare on Jan. 2, 1922 and remained there until after the new arena To the Editor, I have just arrived home from the Open House at Cartwright Central Public School feeling overwhelmed and upset with what I saw 1n regards to the curriculum changes for the new year. I have three children in each division of this school, and in each case there are major changes to what is expected of the student as well as the teaching staff. In looking over the expectations I saw materials which the teachers are not even sure the children are able to comprehend, depending on the grade level. I realize that these are inevitable with Remember When? (above), then called the Port Perry Memorial Gardens Arena, opened on Jan. 12, 1951. This arena, located behind the present CIBC building, was torn down in July 1980 after the new arena was opened at its present location on Durham Rd. 8. the implementing of this new curriculum, but do we need this to happen at such a fast pace? The textbooks which are available were obviously put together in a hurry. And the supplies and tools that are needed are not even in the schools, and may not be avail- able for a couple of years. So why are we doing this to our children and our already overworked staff? Over and over again I hear that these decisions are being made for the good of the children, but are they? Is this quality? [Laurie Jensen Cadmus 1980