12- PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, October 14, 1998 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" AN APPLE A DAY... streets this Saturday ( Apple Day. Among the Port Perry's Cubs and Beavers Oct. 17) and going door- local boys who will be m selling all types of delicious apples are, from Rynders, Luke Durward and Ryan Sytsma. event, please call Ellen Greenough at 985-8047. CHRIS HALL/PORT PERRY STAR will be hitting the to-door during their annual aking their way around town left, Jessie Durward, Jacob For more information on the Teachers' strike cancelled classes ¥ Catholic board okays plan to make up lost class time The Durham Catholic District School Board has announced its plan to help high school students make up for class time lost in last month's teachers' strike. School will extend into July this year, and days during the Christmas and March breaks, as well as exam dates, have been chosen as make-up dates, the board said last week. Fourteen instruc- tional days were lost when the board locked its teachers out after they refused to teach a seventh class. Last week the board approved a pro- posal which was jointly agreed upon with the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA) Durham Secondary Unit. The proposal provides sufficient time to balance semesters, and meet the required 100 mandatory hours per course. Boards affected by strikes are required, under the province's Back-To- School Act, to submit a plan to the Education Minister and outline how they intend to make up lost time. Under the plan, students will now attend school on the following days: * BLACKSTOCK 0 on Dec. 21, 22, and 23 when they were scheduled to be on Christmas break; 0 March 17, 18, and 19 during their scheduled March Break; a June 28, 29, and 30 when PA Days were originally scheduled for: 0 and on July 2, which was previously tabbed as a non-instructional day. Professional Activity Days for teachers have tentatively been rescheduled for May 8 and July 5 and 6. "This has been a very difficult decision to make. However, after the consultation process I am pleased with the results," said board chair Jim McCafferty. "All the lost instructional time will be made up, and the students' educational needs will be met during the school year," Added Director of Education, Grant Andrews: "I am very pleased with the education process that was followed and I am quite happy with the results. Our students will have sufficient make-up time to ensure that adequate instruction will take place during the 1998-99 school year." * BROOKLIN » ASHBURN » CAESAREA » MANILLA » PORT PERRY » SUNDERLAND » GOODWOOD » YELVERTON * GREENBANK o LITTLE BRITAIN * NESTLETON * OAKWOOD * PORT PERRY RR's * PRINCE ALBERT * SEAGRAVE * UXBRIDGE * LEASKDALE * UDORA * JANETVILLE * ZEPHYR No other local newspaper offers our distribution and reliable service OVER 20,000 DISTRIBUTION CALL TODAY FOR MORE INFORMATION -..not to the end of your | 5,000 PAID Lx BOX || DRIVEWAY cho oY PORT PERRY | Flyers distributed by The Star papers include: Port Perry IGA Reid's Your Independent Grocer, . | gr | a \ [ HT ¢ Mike's Food Basics, Zehrs Food Market, Canadian Tire Corporation, Home Hardware, Square Boy Pizza, Guild Stationers, Shoppers Drug Mart, and more. 20,000 FREE CIRCULATION Ertan