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‘1 Inl i .‘E-u m. 50/“ fif' R GIF I‘MMNMMWBIIMWNZMMHBIH Service Station Everett Baker, Prop. Greasing, Washing, Simonizing 150 Yonge N. TU. 4-0013 RICHMOND HILL WN‘IWMKWW‘ Neither do we! WHITE ROSE WISH YOU MOST . . . GOOD HEALTH, GOOD CHEER AND HAPPINESS Ouhmond Homhln lea P-(hmond Hill, Onl INE hmmld GIFT SHOP MacKiIIop Plus Two Schoolrooms Yesterday and today two portable classrooms were‘ moved from the Beverley Acres Public School on the west side of town by Charles Matthews, the mover, from Langstaff. ‘Each frame building measures about thirty by fifty feet and weights approximately thirty tons. The first was moved on Monday at a cost‘of some three hundred dollars by Mr. Matthews and his two sons, using a heavy ten- wheel diesel crane and a large tractor and float. After removing the oil tank, the whole building was re-inforc- ed and jacked up. Two twelve by twelve timbers were slipped un- derneath and two double axle four wheel combinations were put under the beams. In this manner the building itself be- came a trailer which was pulled by the crane to the new site. Once in its new location holes were dug in the snow and sand put down as a base for cement blocks upon which the classroom rests. The building was jacked up so the wheels and timbers could be removed and gradually low- ered onto the blocks. By the use of a transit, Mr. Matthews was able to set the building exactly level. Had this been a regular school day, the classroom would have been ready to accept students some seven hours after the men started the removal process. According to Mr. Matthews, these buildings are not the heav- iest his company moves by any means. They are awkward howâ€" ever. In spite of the name, they are hardly portable. Rather the name is to imply they are tem- porary. The Christmas scene, which can be seen from the shopping centre to the east of the school, when illumin- ated at night, took two weeks to build. Even the outside of the church, not visible to the eye in this picture, is well finished with ivy-covered grey stone walls. Chris- tmas carols, from a concealed loud-speaker in the rear of the display, further enhance the scene. 6/2”" Nearly New Costume Jewellery TU. 4-3341 55A Yonge St. S. 'uw'dt‘mad ENCORE Céora/iem ~S)CAOO/ A superficially attractive but somewhat dangerous theory was propounded in this column last week, namely that the unprepar- ed, uninformed and uncaring might as well stay in their cosy homes on election day and leave the serious business of electing our representatives to the well- informed and the caring. The theory rests on two invalid as- sumptions, i.e., that all who vot- ed cast their ballots judiciously, and all who did not were unin- structed. However, many people were working on that day to com- pensate for an extra day's holi- day at Christmas and were unable to vote. My wife was one of those who did vote, but there must have been an element of bias in her choice, because she admits that /she had made her selection before hearing the candidates’ platforms. Dear Mr. Editor Undoubtedly a vote capriciously cast might neutralize a wellâ€"con- sidered ballot but the mischief is less than that caused by not vot- ing at all. Exercise of the fran- chise whether it be judicious or wanton is probably the best safe- guard against atrophy by disuse. Taking your correspondent’s thes- is to its logical conclusion we might arrive at a stage where he and I were the only people left Vice-president Mr. Ken Smith- ies presided at the December meeting of the OM. MacKillop Home and School Association, held at the school on Wednes- day, December 17. Mr. Robert Newman, principal, welcomed the fine attendance and conveyed Miss Staunton's thanks to the as- sociation for the flowers receiv- ed during her stay in the hospi- tal. We were glad to hear that she will be back at school after the holidays. School will begin again on January 5, with two new portables, making a total of 19 classrooms. Mr. Trevor Pierce. programme convenor, introduced four pupils of Mrs. Andrews, piano teacher at the school, representing four levels of learning: Kathy Mitchell, beginner. Good King Wencelas; Valerie Howard. Grade 1. Spring Song; Carolyn Sayers, grade 5, Sleigh Rid-e; and Wendy Ashkanase, grade 6, Sar- abande. - MacKiIIop Home Enjoys Program The school junior choir then sang three Christmas selections. conducted by Mr. Herman Fow- ler. This choir was organized by Mr. Ritchie, Miss Curtis. and Mrs. Nesbitt and has only been singing together for one month. â€" Photo by Lagerquist “Dear Mr. Editor” Comments On Local Election sufficiently well-informed and caring to cast our ballots, at which point we might be running not only Richmond Hill but the whole of Canada. I am sure he would be disturbed by the pos- sible consequences â€"- particularly if my interest outlived his own. Candidates, having a vested in- terest in the outcome, are prob- ably the least desirable people to give instruction on the obligation to use the ballot or to promote its tonsidered casting but if those better qualified or abler to do so fail to educate the public in this respect, the job is better attempt ed by the worst people rather than by none at all. Instead of deploring their ef- forts or casting up our hands in despair at the apathy that sur- rounds us, we might do better to consider how best to implement their endeavours and perhaps de- vise less biased means of in- struction on the franchise. ,After all, certain countries to- day are run by a well-informed minority, but they are not gener-. ally regarded as desirable ex- amples in the Western world. Yours truly, TOM BROADHURST, 343 Taylor Mills Drive South, Richmond Hill. BOLTON â€" Aibion Council at its last meeting paid bounty on And School Club By Junior Choir 19 foxes Their performance was indeed enjoyable. Mr. Lloyd Queen, assistant dir- ector of music for the Ontario Department of Education. spoke on the place of music in child- ren's education. He said they find children very eager to take part in musical en- deavors and encourage them to enjoy good music. The school programme starts in kindergar- ten with rhythmic activities and singing, then progresses to readâ€" ing music, singing in part, and Singing by sight. Some schools provide simple instrumental training. He urged parents to encourage children at home with good music, family singing, and to use leisure time usefully. Mr. Queen demonstrated how even an elementary knowledge of mus- ic can provide a lot of fun â€" he led the audience in a few sing- ing rounds, which were enjoyed by all. The meeting closed with re- freshments, served by Mrs. Ac- ton and her able assistants. The January meeting will be con- ducted by the teachers of the school on “Teaching Aids” and “How The Teacher Uses Them.” Even the extremely frigid weather of the past week caused very little concern at either greenhouse, since there was also plenty of sunshine â€"they just piled more coal into the huge furnaces and kept temperatures at their usual balmy warmth. At Bedford Park Floral 50,000 roses were cut, packed and shipped by express and ’plane, while at H. J. Mills one of their biggest crops ev- er, 150,000 roses, was releas- ed to retail florists. While the burden, as it is so often called. of education. forms a large part of the tax load on prop- erty, it might be of interest to learn that Canada. as a nation, is spending about $750 millions on education out of a total national product of $31 billions â€"â€" in other words about 75c out of every $31.00. I know you have all heard how we ,as' a nation spend more on liquor, on smokes, etc., than we do on education. It is little comfort when you get your tax bill. However, it might be well to remember that the Pro- vincial Government, through grants, pays for 35 to 40 per cent of all school costs in the prov- ince each year. Perhaps some other basis of raising money for education is overdue. Perhaps education should be financed on a Provincial-level, provided local boards do not lose their auton- omy. Perhaps some other forms ,of raising money for education ‘should replace property tax, such as a sales tax. Perhaps the Govâ€" ernment should revise its method of allocating money for new buildings and property. Certain- ly, it seems asif something will have to be done, and soon. I Staff Growing r. . With this in mind, your board has been searching for land in or near Richmond Bill that would provide a site for a new school in that area. So far, while we have found one or two possible sites, the cost is, we feel. too high. We are, howeVer, still trying While the Board's task would be much easier if no further large subdivisions were permitted. we realize that it is almost impossible to stop such expansion. Our only hope is that municipalities and subdividers alike will co-operate to help your Board obtain sites at the most economical price pos- sible, and that very strenuous efforts will be made to obtain in- dustry to help offset the load that is now, and will be for some time, borne to such a very large extent by the real estate owner. About Costs (Continued from page 1) would account for the large ma- jority of the 1956 secondary school population; in 1956. those in the under five age group had swelled to nearly 630,000. This means that as this tide reaches the secondary school level, from 1972 onwards, we will need, in this province, about twice the classroom accommodation and about twice the teaching staff. In other words, the problem that the public schools have been cop- ing with in the past few years is just now reaching the high school level. Our problems, severe as they may have seemed in the past, are due to grow even more severe. Your board is getting to be “really big.” It now has three schools. as mentioned, with an en- rolment of 1.500 pupils, a teach- ing staff of 73, plus three princip- als and two vice-principals. The schools have a secretarial staff totalling five, caretaking and caf- eteria personnel totalling 23. The Board office has two employees, the secretaryâ€"treasurer and the business administrator plus a maintenance man, who, under the supervision of the. business ad- min‘strator, does maintenance war at the three schools and also subs for absent caretakers. Your Board offices are in the Thornhill High School, where your board meets regularly on the second Monday of each month. Indicative of the many expansion problems facing the board is the possibility of inâ€" creased accommodation for the board itself. At the present time, our two administration personnel work in one office, with one phone and one typewriter. It does appear that some provision may have to be made in the near future for the addition of a typ- ist, with the attendant problem of finding room for her. However, such problems will be studied by the board and a solution found. It is my personal hope, that, with a business administrator, as well as our secretary-treasurer, more routine details can be hand: led without long board deliberao tions, leaving the members more time to consider and determine matters of policy. The business administrator has been of great assistance in getting the new ac- commodation ready for use, and we feel that his value will in- crease now that he has had a few months to become acquainted with our budgettlng and other methods. In this way, we hope, by continuing to improve our ef- ficiency, we can save more money. Savings For the future, it appears that most of the board's time will be taken up with planning to meet the ever-increasing secondary school population. Business Administrator Since hiring a maintenance man, we have managed to save considerable amounts of money. For example, we had provided $2,000.00 in the budget for the painting at Richmond Hill. The job, using our maintenance man, and caretakers when they could be spared from regular duties, cost $1,617.01, giving us at least as good, and we feel a better job PLUS repairs to the roof and pointing of the parapet. At Thornhill, there was a budgeted amount of $900.00 for construct ing book storage and camera club facilities. Our cost was $474.22. We are now planning to insti- tute a systematic schedule of painting classrooms. A yearly survey will be made of the com- plete buildings for necessary re- pairs or improvements, including those suggested by the staff. As our buildings grow older, this sort of planned maintenace be- comes very essential if we are to keep our costs to a minimum. In 1957 the cost of educationg one secondary school pupil in our district was $493.00, of which $218.00 was paid by the taxpay- ers and $275.00 raised by grants High School Board Chairman Reports For the immediate future, as mentioned, our first and continu- ing challenge, is accommodation. Then, too, we have to staff these schools with the best we can of- ford. There has been a tendency in the Metro area to unite for the purpose of setting teachers‘ sal- aries on a uniform basis for the 13 boards in Metro. Whether it comes about. and whether it works if it does, is a matter of opinion. Such efforts may be the fore-runner of a wider con- trol, such as Provincial. on salar- ies. At present, the trend set in the Metro area does not affect the salaries through most, if not all, of the province. Your board has felt that influence very strongly and in the past has tried to keep our salaries close to the Metro level. What will be the policy next year is hard to say, but your board will try to come up with a schedule that is fair to our teachers and to the tax pay- ers. Both the business administrator and secretaryâ€"treasurer have been invaluable to your chairman and the coâ€"operation from all mem~ bers of our staff is most reassur- ing. I might mention that in addi- tion to taking quite a load off the chairman’s shoulders, our bus- iness administrator has been most helpful in obtaining statistics. etc., which help the board to ar- rive at decisions and to plan. He has also been watching the grant system carefully to make sure we do not miss out on anything to which we are entitled. It appears that, as a result of this vigilance. We may be able to receive more grant for our bus transportation costs than had been the case. I might point out that this is not in connection with the private bus lines, but rather with public transportation systems. To aid in planning transporta- tion. it is suggested that the bus- iness administrator and the prin- cipals prepare a map of our area showing locations of the child- ren’s homes. This will enable the laying out of bus routes to pro- vide'a basis for tendering by our bus companies next year. We may be able to save by re-routing busses. etc., when we have such information laid out in a com- prehensive manner. In fact, the upward spiral in costs will affect your board as it does other civic and commercial operations. We can only do our best to keep such increase as small as possible without sacrific- ing our educational standards. It is the hope of this year’s chairman, that suggested revis- ions in the committee structure of the board will have beneficial effects, such as by eliminating some committees whose functions are limited, and consolidating such committees within a frame- work that has proven so success- ful with other boards of com- parable, and even larger sizes. and miscellaneous revenue. This compared well with, and is, in fact, below most other areas. Transportation K .W V, , Your chairman suggests â€"- A Managament Committee of five members plus the chairman to deal with all. personnel problems, hiring. etc.; all matters now cov- ered by the Education Commit- tee, to prepare salary schedules for the budget (six members in all). â€"- A Property Committee of five members plus the chairman to handle all matters re mainten- ance, cleaning, purchases of equipment and supplies, transpor- tation, etc., and to prepare figures for the budget (six members in all). â€" A Finance Committee -â€" to S K be a committee of the whole â€" ' A 6! 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Principals would not necessarily have to at- tend regular board meetings, un- less required. It is suggested that a regular time be selected for these com- mittees to meet prior to the regular monthly meeting of the board so that committee reports may be ready for the board. Agen- das should be prepared for each committee. Agendas for the reg- ular meetings of the board to be sent to each member along with the minutes of the last board meeting. That recommendations from committees be sent out with agendas and board minutes. That separate minutes be kept for each committee. ' summaxmmnuuflmmm § a /) ‘ n â€" A Planning Committee â€" Two members of the Board (not already on Management or Prop- erty) plus chairman of the man- agement and the chairman of the finance plus chairman of the board (six members). geted amounts. to check and ap- prove yearly budget (13 mem- bers). 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