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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 29, 2000 - § Review violence policy | Continued from Page 1 "The boards should already be following that, and if they are not | want to know about it," Ms. Ecker said. Recent school related violence in Durham as well as the shootings at a north Toronto JANET BECKER school, are time for Education Minister 'CHiection, accord- ing to the Education Minister. "I think whenever there is an inci- dent, it is a good thing for all of us to ask ourselves, are we doing the best job that we can." "We have heard loudly and clearly that despite the zero tolerance policy that is in existence and despite the work that some boards do in this area... we still need to have a better code of con- duct for students, better conse- quences... for example... expulsion for students who bring weapons or alcohol to school, or who harass teachers," Ms. Ecker said. Scugog Trustee Bobbie Drew said that she agrees it is time to look at the boards violence policy. "I think we need to make sure that the policy is as up to date as it can be," Ms. Drew said. "I want to make sure that our policies reflect the social climate of Motorcycle Club attends council regarding noise our times, and they do all they can to protect our students. As for zero toler- ance.' well that is a pretty broad term... | would want to hear what exactly that means." Inspector Chuck Mercier of the Durham Regional Police Service 26 Division, said that while revisiting poli- cies is always a good idea from time to time, the public needs to be aware that any policy or law is "only as good as the practices used to enforce it." "We need to be able to look at each case on an individual basis as it comes along," Insp. Mercier said. "The greatest strength of any individual practice or policy is in the education of the students to the consequences of their actions." "If we have some students who seem unwilling, or unable to operate within the regular students environment," Insp. Mercier said, "then we had: better be able to offer alternative forms of school- ing, as well as any other type of help these individuals may need." Minister Ecker said that the federal government needs to give the province the tools it needs to combat school vio- lence in the form of legislation. "The federal government needs to give us a Young Offenders Act that works," she said. "Then they could give us the health care funds to help do the preventative work that might help a young person to avoid a life of crime." The discussions on zero tolerance at the Durham District School Board are expected to begin sometime in March. J. PETER HVIDSTEN / PORT PERRY STAR FIT FOR HEART: A good turnout was on hand at the Scugog Community Centre last weekend when the annual Fit For Heart fundraiser was held Saturday (Feb. 26). Three 45-minute aerobic sessions were held, with partici- pants needed to raise pledges to participate. All funds raised from the event were passed along to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Scugog Township council has asked the Oshawa 3 Competition Motorcycle Club to come up with a new plan of procedure for racing bikes on the Lake Scugog ice next winter. The request came Monday afternoon after Mayor Doug Moffatt said the municipality received complaints this winter about the motorcycles racing on the ice, specifically that the noise started as early as 8:30 one A Sunday morning. Motorcycle Club member Ron Bailey, who attended Please Turn to page 13 lication f Applications are now being received at the Scugog Memorial Library THE KENT FARNDALE. 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