PAGE 8,WEDNESI)A Y, DECEM BER 4, 1985, WIIITBY FRRBE PRESS Board inovig on equa1 pay By JAN DODGE Free Press Staff Affirmative action does not mean the promotion of unqualified females to positions of respon- sibility according to the affirmative action con- sultant to the Durham Board of Education. Revealing an im- plementation plan for affirmative action to the board, Kathleen Moor- croft said it was not an attempt to lay blame either. "The Durham board has already made significant steps," she said, but there are areas for improvement star- ting with awareness. Moorcrof t wants to increase awareness with principals, staff, non-teaching staff plus administration and trustees, and parents. The next goal would be professional development. This would take the form of encouraging teachers to seek promotion and acquainting non- teaching staff with ad- vancement oppor- tunities. To help students with professional develop- ment, program con- sultants will need to remove curriculum bias and guidance consultan- ts will have to give students the chance to explore ahl careers. A third goal of the im- plementation plan is to obtain statistics on the present workforce and Sec page 12 Whitby-Brooklin Block Parents are in the mid- badly in need of people who will go into the st of a volunteer crîsis according to President schools and teach the children how the Block Heather Bray. While the organization has close Parent program works. to 1,400 Block Parents, Mrs. Bray said they are Free Press Staff Photo BlIock parents need volunteers The Whitby-Brooklin Block Parents Association is in the midst of a crisis, says President Heather MON.-FRI. 52 Weeks a Year Except Canadian Statutory Holidays Minutes from-Downtowfl Whtbv FOR ENROLMENT ANI F~IN ~ INFORMATION CALL: Houf Day6860 Hourly 6 86 0 Bray, and unless more parents come forward and offer their services the organizations in- school programs may DR. SUSAN LEET is pleased to announce the opening of a family practice of OPTOM ETRY 60 Randali Dr. (Suite 12) PICKERING VILLAGE SQUARE (ON HWY. 2) PICKERING Saturday and Evening exams by appoinimnent 427m2948 -collecting dust. Not when you can brng them to THE FRAMING CENTRE this week, and have them professlonally f ramed for only two-thlrds the everyday low prices!! SAVE OVER 30% Favorite photos, works of art, posters, diplomas. needlework, medals, souvenirs ... 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"What we're trying to do is keep Block Parents in the kids minds as much as possible but if the parents aren't going to get involved then we can't teach the kids. Which is too bad because it's the kids who are going to loose," said the Brooklin resident. in a strongly worded newsletter recently published by the local association, Mrs. Bray refered to the murder last year of young Christine Jessop and the disapperance of Nicole Morin in an appeal to parents to get involved. "If no one in yourarea cares enough to help teach the Block Parent program in your school, your child will not know that Block Parents are there to provide them with help and he or she could become the next missing child. Please dont let this happen, volunteer today," states the letter. In an interview last week Mrs. Bray was concerned that the let- ter may have been a bit heavy handed but then added that she was prepared to resort to any tactics that might generate some of the same enthusiasm association members have shown in the past. The local association is broken down into area committees centred around the different public schools in the district. In this way, Mrs. Bray said they have been able to taylor the programs to each school's individual requirements. However in order to work effec- tively, the program requires active parent volunteers from each school., bte than the parents in a particular area what is necessary in their school to make the Block Parent program work. For example, here in Brooklin the kids are bussed to school so it's a completely dif- ferent situation from, say, one of the schools in Whitby," said Mrs. Bray. Although it is always looking for new volun- teers for ail its area committees, the association's volunteer representation is par- ticularly weak right now in the Fairman-St. John's area and at R.A. Sennett and F.M. Heard Public Schools. In addition to the volunteer shortage, the Whitby-Brooklin Block Parents Board is also trying to juggle a finan- ciai shortfall which resulted when the association's annual raffle fell considerably short of projected ex- penses. With ever in- creasing cost of their supplies, Mrs. Bray said the board may have to launch another fund raising projeet. In the 'interim, the association's primary concern is boosting the volunteer represen- tation. Anyone in- terested in joining the group can cal! Carol Amero at 668-4812 or Mrs. Bray at 655-3334. .*Its just a matter of volunteering," con- cluded Mrs. Bray. "If parents care enough about their kids then they're the ones that are goitig to have to do something about it."