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-3 Volume 134 Number 41 > WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2000 COPY 75¢ noc + sc ast 32 Pages Classes begin after summer of discontent By Rik Davie Special to the Star Sweeping changes implemented by the Ministry of Education - ¢overing every- thing from singing the national anthem to student dress codes, to expulsion rules - should actually have very little effect on Durham classrooms, according to the vice- | chair of the Durham District School Board. Bobbie Drew, trustee for Scugog, said that many of the new regulations, which have been the subject of great scrutiny for - the past few months, simply reinforce poli- ; cies that have been in place for some time in Durham. "We have always played the national : anthem at the beginning of the school day," said Mrs. Drew. "Many of the younger students in public schools have sung along with it of their own accord for a long time." --- 155 = AA Dress codes are now part of the man- Fol ln SE ARE Su g date of School Community Councils : : : : JEFF MITCHELL/PORT PERRY STAR (SCCs). And while some, like Port Perry its Tig up the family rc Sl uh at Port Perry's annual fair High School's SCC, have tightened up their he auidant in he Sr on 3 grip) vo dtr made kend. TI sre was plenty going on during the codes, such measures are just a reflection hangs on for dear life as on Eirors rome gate 144th edition of the annual fair. We've got lots more pho- ~~ ©f standards in the school, said Mrs. Drew In the childrens' mutton-busting event, one of many that tos on pages 14 and 15 of ixiay's Star. € have always hap a Cress code lor what is appropriate and what is not," she oe Please turn to page 19 Hou 4 hold [MI { rod -