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10 THE LIBERAL. Richmond Hill. Ontario. Thursday. Nov. 19. 1970 Greatest Progress In Special Programs Reports (Continued from Page II 'I and 8 students in senior schools and secondary schools. it has been possible to enrich programs by pro- viding specialist teachers and en- riched resource centres. When the county board came into being library facilities were scanty in many schools. so a deâ€" termined effort has been made to improve these. Library additions have been built on two Richmond Hill Schools. As teachers have come to re. cognize the value of field trips. more money has been available for this part of the program. “But.” says Mr. Chapman. "it is probably in special education that the greatest progress has been made. Don Head Secondary School has accepted students from as far north as practical considerations of transportation have allowed. IDOI’I Head provides vocational training for students who are'not academi- cally inclined.) “One. pilot class for children with specific learning disabilities was started in the Walter Scott School. Richmond Hill and the number of other special classes. mainly primary diagnostic and reâ€" medial. has been increased from 46 to 57 with new classes being established in Newmarket. Sutton. King. Stouffville and Vaughan.“ Quality of programs has been Improved through professional de- velopment of teachers. redistribuo tion of staff â€" moving some of the best teachers to schools which needed. appointment of superâ€" visory officers and improvement of facilities. For example. Elm Grove and Armitage Schools were reâ€" modcllcd aftcr classes were moyed to larger schools and are now used as schools for trainable rctardcd children. Vivian School was re- furbished. and Lake Wilcox and Schomberg Schools are undcrgoing extensive repairs. When the county board came into being there were just three open plan schools w two in Yaug- ban and one in Newmarket. Since then schools wholly or mainly open plan have been opened in Whitchurch. L'nionville. King and the Town of Markham. and similar schools are on the drawing board for Markham Township. Aurora and Newmarket. "The programs in these schools can be more individualized and students are encouraged to accept a greater responsibility for their own progress." Mr. Chapman ex- plains. “Tcachcrs work in teams and so are able to contribute to those areas where they have the greatest skill and depth of backâ€" ground. Moveover they lcarn from each other. The teachers role is more demanding in these schools. and workshops for such teachers were conducted in June 1969 and August 1970. At the secondary level. the most. significant change in a decade has been the shift to individualized programs. Thornlea Secondary in Thornhill. which has been experi- mental since its opening in 1968. tion and a system w hereby graduaâ€" tion is earned by accumulating credits. “As of September I. 1970. the Department of Education authoriz» ed all secondary schools in the province to adopt this same ap- proach." rcports Mr. Chapman. “All of our schools have made large strides in this direction. with Bayvicw Secnndary' and Thornhill Secondary completely committed to it. With one cxccpiion the secâ€" ondary schools arc now on a plan which will see them completely convcrted within the next two or three years." Many York County teachcrs were involved in curriculum dc- velopmcnt during 1969-70. and 66 area curriculum committees were established. During the same school year, 22 research projects were carried out. with the assistance of the board's rcscarch officcr, These projects in- volvcd both board staff and outside staff â€"â€" mainly from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and York University. In the field of spec1al education in the public schools the emphasis has been on special programs. in the last school year there were six prim a r y educational diagnostic classes. five primaiy opportunity classes. 19 junior opportunity clasâ€" ses. 11 intermediate opportunity classes. three senior opportunity classes and one for emotionally disturbed children with a total en- rolmcnt of 541 - 1.8 perccnt of the total enrolment compared employed. and the number is likely to increase as the six speech tca» chcrs had O\('C\Sl\‘P case loads last. year The cmphasis is placed on spccch tlici‘apv in the primary grades w here this service is more effective. Don Hcad Secondary in Rich- mond lllll opcncd a year ago to serve the southern part of the county. providing vocational and academic training for 401 students who were not inclined toward the programs offered in other seconâ€" dary schools. Occupations classes for grades 9 and 10 zit Sutton. Huron llcights. Dr G W. Williams and King Secondary Schools scr\ ed 128 studcnts in the rcmainder of the county. Several secondary school princtâ€" pals haye cxprcsscd a need for a new arrangement for studcnts whose abilitics are below the aver- age occupations students. but. supcrior to thc li‘ainable i‘ctai'clcd adolescent. and specific proposals for serving this group are being developed. Schial education consultants have been conducting surveys to determine nced. organizing special classes. placmg pupils in special classes. cncouraging rc-intcgration of pupils in schial classes with “main strcam education". provid- ing in-scryice aid to principals and teachers. coâ€"ordinating the work of remedial tcachcrs and speech therapists. acting as resource perâ€" sons to other staff. and perform- ing a variety of other duties. Guidance services and psychoâ€" County Board’s Education Director with the York County Catholic School Board The boards attendance counsel lors differ from the old style "truant officer" in doing prevenâ€" tative work with pupils with pro- blems. They are also involvcd with the homcs. the courts. family allmv anccs and other community agen- cies. Master teachers are the board's main development arm. tcacliinE about 40 percent of the time and instructing on iii-service courses. On the average. cacli master Ica- chcr made 293 visits to schools to consult with groups of teachers. a principal or a teacher. and each master teacher had an average of 37 visits to his classes. mostly by teachers An unusual feature of staff deâ€" velopment was the introduction in September. 1969. of a three man organizational dcvelopmcnt tcam. During the year. the OD team worked with many groups. such as administrative committee. an area office tcain. business officers. ctc In addition they conducted two highly successful laboratories and programmed the principals” con- fcrcnce last August. The audio-visual centre in Maple. staffed by a technical supervisor. three technicians and a secretary. serves all schools by means of a courier service. There are also 11 AV school aides to assist teachers. and a master teachcr who helps teachers learn to use audio-visual materials and methods more effectively. The center is equipped with tape Roman Slides. film strips and transparcnv eies for use with an overhead proâ€" jector are prepared in the centre. and teachers are encouraged to go to the centre to iise materials and equipment thci'e. Audio-visual equipment in York County schools is valued at $7114.- 000 and materials at $338000. but. all requests for service could be met by the centre, Of 31.638 rc- qucsts for media. materials and equipment. just 18.548 could be flllt‘t’l. From the beginning. .\lr. (‘hap- man declares. the board has woer ed to establish two-way communiv cations with the community. visit- ing municipal council and York County Council and submitting general and budget rcports. To make school faCilitics avail- able to the public. an elaborate “L'se of Schools" policy was drawn up. and in order to keep people informed. a communications offi- ccr was appointed. Fivc public meetings \\(‘l‘P arâ€" rangcd. innumerable press rclcascs prepared. and four issues of “Con- tact” were printed in over 40.000 copies and distributed through the schools reporting on developments in education in York County. No request to appear before the board was refused. and 16 delega- tions were heard. A summer study committee in- cluding students and parents as well as teachers and trustees was set up to consider the pros and cons of establishing a range of schools â€" conventional. open space. and in between. The board school couoCiIs and as volunteer workcrs in some schools. \\'hit« church Highlands. Rosclawn. Plea santvi‘le and Scbombcrg Schools and Thornlea Secondary have all been very successful in involving parents in the school program, The board is also cooperating with King Township Library Board. making books from school libraries available for summcrloan to any local public library asking for such service. The board has prepared briefs to he presented to proviiiCial minis- tors. A brief painting out the need for a dwclling unit fee to help finance school construction in new developments was presented to the Ministers of Education and Muni- cipal Affairs. When this brief was eirciilatcd to other boards. it drew active support from about 30 of them. A brief on taxation has been pro. pared. and a brief on the impact. of the proposed change in the southern boundary of York County is to be submitted to the same ministers. C o u n t y' taxpayers bencfitted when provincial education grants were increased following a board protest in 1969. Concluding his 27-page report. Mr. Chapman reports expenditures of 530.660.7135. for 1969. with 51.7 percent from local taxation. 46 percent from the province and 2.2 percent from “other sources”. Of this 653 percent went for instruc- tion. 10.2 percent for plant opera- tion and maintenance. 11.7 percent for debt charges. and the remain~ they would not previously have chosen. seeking out. and assigning teachers where they are most has always had subjects taught at varying degrees of difficulty. in- dividual timetables. subject promoâ€" is waiting for a report from the committee. Parents have been involved in television programs and radio pro~ grams which it circulates in addiâ€" tion to films and some film strips. logical services provide spccial testing and counselling for teachâ€" ers and students and are shared with a provincial special education enrolment of 2.1 percent. There were 16 remedial tcachers dcr for business administration. educational services. transportation and other costs. When the weather outsule lS frightful... Let it throw! This is TORQ'S rugged 14' SNOW PUP.” Throws snow up to ‘15 feet. Cleans a 50-foot driveway in ten minutes flat. Weighs only 22 lbs. 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You may also join your friends in chatting over a cup of tea and delicious refreshments in the tea room. meals To Planbing Board Steel Owner Hit With Complaints Over Noise, He Wants To Get Out that if he was forced to ex. pand on his present site “you will be stuck with me Continuous liart‘assment from‘strictly industrial both now and. angry residents including preg- in the town's new Official Plan.‘ nanl mothers complaining about The land contains the steel‘ the noise on their nerves haslstructural plant which due to‘ Bond Structural Steel owner the nature of its bUSiness creates Leornard Prusky at the end Of a great deal of noise arousing $his rope. area residents unable to sleep. his business if his rezoning ap- ‘ plication is approved. ‘ Ward 2 Councillor Davidl for the next 30 or 40 years lSchiller said he had always felt ' because economically I lthat it was "inconsistent having1 wouldn't be able to afford lthe industrial area coming down to move. And I have to to Markham Road. It's not the make this deciSion Wheth lbest place in the world for in-‘ POPULAR DEMAND! Due to the response of last week‘s FREE OFFER. we are repeating this special to introduce you to the finest in Coin-Operated. Self-Service Laundry in Rich- mond Hill. Mr. Prusky appeared before' Mr. Prusky is proposing a‘ ‘ iRichmond Hill Planning Board high_rise apartment complex to expand almost immed- dustry", ITueSdaV “lgh‘ 135‘ “'eEk re"consisting of three 19-storcy iatelyfi" It was decided to submit Mr. ss4_7716 lquesling a_1‘919ning Chang“ 1° buildings each containing 228 M... Husky pointed to the‘Prusky‘s'rezoningapplication to tenable lPSldem‘al (“539101)me dwelling units. The proposal Cedar Awnue apammem d6“ the various mun1c1pa1 depart- On his IHT‘d “Nth ‘5 1°“?le would involve a development olopmem stating a decision m. ments and school boards for ’ "r " ’7 Eâ€"‘V * A WEE , phasing program divided into the board to 1.0mm, his p1.0pe..t;.‘coniiiieiit. It was indicated that three stages. He first proposed from industrml m residemia‘] the board will look on the ap- the project oycr a year ago but “mud be more m kPPping mm plication with a degree of favor- planning board termed it pre- the mpg ableness. mature at, the time. He “mpd hF would be mm”: In other business. the mem- ~ v' -- n . ersa rovd. ‘ttoa.it He was back Tuesday mng m 20 “one “uh anything the b pp 9 sub.le s e 4. .. . . . la. a reement an a 1i ation with a time it one “8) 0r 3"" board wanted "within reason a. Eu]? Oil to Psmhhfhp acmnv other proposal regarding the bu, mm is of me essence... ailtomatic car wast] on» m prop.- ' rtv located on the north ' > I Elldoepif‘markham Road “6.51 01- Mi‘. Prusky' said he is cur- erty on \nnge Street. directly the CVH tracks ‘ l'Pnll." im'estlgalmg other areas north of Wilson-Niblett Motors ‘ H of the municipality to relocate So why not gather up that dirty laundry and come In and see for yourself! You'll be glad you did. USE OF WASHERS JACK EARTH "I receive nothing but com- plaints.“ he said. “I‘ve had three ""7 _ pregnant housewives call me up telling me that they're on the verge on a mental breakdown due to me. I try to tell them I can't do anything about the noise because its the nature of my business." Mr Prusky' told the board he (inmeintnda‘._§ee our was at a stage where if he . wasn't allowed to erect 21W“- 1 . “ . . showroom full of ne :8 men's hp “OHM have m m. used machines and ac- mm his No.9... “Mum... and CGSSOI‘IGS. expand which would compound - w - - ~ ~ v t he roblcm €\Pl1mOl’E‘ He said EAg‘ GALA" EISA“\(I‘\G its Souldn‘i afford to i'cloiate unless he could achicye some deSirable use for his present property He stated his expansmn w ould inyolve gem; into the ware- housmg business which would see at least two shifts and probâ€" ably three operating around the clock "This will mean a steadj run of Il'llt ks along Markham Road and further azzravaiion for , reSidcnts.' he said He warned the Town of Richmond Hill THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, NOV. I9tli AND ZOIh â€" FROM 8 AM. TO 6 P..\l. ONLY â€" FIRE DEPARTMENT Applications will be received by the Fire, Chief for the position of permanent fire fighters up to 5:00 pm. November 27th. 1070. Application forms and further information may be obtained from Chief A. Stong at 1‘2 Wright Street. Richmond Hill or by telephoning 88-1-8101. Applications must be clearly marked “Application for position of Fire Fighter". Open 8 am. to 11 pm. â€" 7 Days a Week YONGE AND LEYENDALE PRODUCTS no. -_- CHEV.â€"QLDS. ‘ A. String, Chief. W RICHMOND HEIGHTS CENTRE 9 board