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Next week, October 15 to 20, is Credit Union Week in Richmond Hill. To launch the celebration, Mayor William Lazenby (centre) is welcomed as the 1,000th member of the Richmond Hill Credit Union. Present- ing the mayor with his membership certifi- WW 0031 DENTIJRE SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE FOLLOWING DENTISTS on. SA. HARRIS BRADFORD 775-2352 DR. “.6. “now sunou 722-3861 YORK REGIONAL DENTAL SOCIETY Credit Union Wee/r In Richmond Hill Paul Henderson says “Here’s your all-star lineâ€"up for BIG WINTER ACTION." Big wmter action is what Canada is all about. It happens when hockey superstar Paul Hen- derson lets fly with a blistering shot on goal. It happens on the ski slopes and snowmobile trails. And big winter action is what you want when 'you've got places to go. And that's what you get with Firestone DR. J.A. CONDER couconn 889-7655 cate is John Pounder, manager of the credit union, and Ward 6 Councillor Lou Wainwright a director of the local credit union. The mayor has issued an official proclamation of Credit Union Week. So much traction that we guarantee you’ll go , . . or w 'Il pay the tow You ge that promise in writing with every Firestone winter tire. (Yes; even the low- priced retreads!) So why settle for less than big winter action. . . with Firestone guaranteed traction! NEWMARKET: Construction of entrances into Upper Can- ada Mall from Yonge Street and Highway 9 will cost the Ontario Government $96,- 556.50; The contract has been awarded to K. J. Beamish Construction of Thornhill with work starting October 15. Most stores in the new mall are scheduled to open next March. NEWMARKET: Because of a council resolution last Nov- ember the South Lake Sim- coe Conservation Area paid property taxes totalling over $4,800 on its two parks in this municipality this year. Authority Secretary - Treas- urer Mrs. Myrna Hunter re- ported that Newmarket had just never billed the author- ity before. (Photo by Fawn) land-shortage housmg cost crisis and take action. “The approval in principle of the provincial Cabinet of muni- cipal land assembly and land banking is welcomed. But we' would urge the province to move from approval to the necessary legislative changes that will bring it into effect, said Newman during his open- The federal government has been anxiously waiting to con- clude an agreement with the province so that its neighbor- hood improvement program can get going here. 'There was some chance further talks this month could result in a provincial commitment to enter the pro- gram, it was said. Basford urged Ontario to pre- ing out of the reach of many. Today these problems are still with us and, if anything, they are getting worse." said Basford. The federal Minister agreed that the overall level of starts in Ontario has been. satisfactory. * * 1" Municipalities’ spokesman Newman said provincial action is needed to allow local gov- ize them to build or acquire nonaprofit housing without indi- vidual project approval. Here again he didn't win much sup- port from the province. Neighborhood improvement programs also came in for a bit of criticism from Newman and other delegates, but Basford defended the plans set out in recent NHA amendments. ii.llllllllllllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“llllll.llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll1llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll'3‘ WILLOWDADLE: About 50 members of the Temple Sinai Congregation on Wil- son Avenue left Monday for a two-week tour of Israel. Some cancellations had been received because of the war in Israel and the Golan Heights, site of fierce fight- ing between Israeli and Syr- ian Armies was removed from the itinerary. The Sinai Peninsula was not on the itinerary. John Zupancic Reports Success 01‘ Open Area Schools Depends 0n Dedicated Teachers One of the problem's en- countered at the recent con- ference on open area schools not have the flexibility avai- lable in the open area school. That the staff and The Eas I . Press Province For Action 0n Housing Crisis The local and federal levels of government are pressing the provincial government for policy clarification and action in the housing field. They were disappointed that July meetings at Peterboro haven’t yet resulted in an open- ing of the provincial barriers to the flow of available federal money to the municipalities for land banking, services and neighborhood improvement. About all that was gained at a federal - provincial - municipal Toronto meeting recently was provincial agreement to allow municipal representatives to attend meetings of a new fed- eralâ€"provincial staff committee on housing budgets and operat- ing agreements. The aim is to assure municipal participation. Municipalities have long sought the right to be able to deal directly with the federal gov- ernment. Federal Housing Minister Ron Basford said he has fund- ing available and is willing to lend it directly to the munici- palities. But constitutionally the approval of the province is re- quired. The spokesman for Ontario’s municipalities. Whitby Mayor Des Newman, strongly urged greater municipal power in the housing field. He said it was time to stop talking about the landâ€"shortage housing cost crisis and take action. “The approval in principle of the provincial Cabinet of muni- cipal land assembly and land banking is welcomed. But we would urge the province to move from approval to the necessary legislative changes that will bring it into effect, said Newman during his open- “Firestone CREDIT PLAN. AMERICAN EXPRESS USE OUR CHARGEX Mr. Zupancic reported that .the conference was told that the open area con- cept was imported from the U.S.A. a few years ago with- out much [thought being gi- ven Ito expense and teaching staff. But it seems to be working well in some areas because of dedicated tea- chers. In some cases the concept was adopted whole- heartedly. There were in- stances where a new school was built with one big open space for all grades. tea~ chers were hired and given a one-week indoctrination summer course. but the ex- periment failed because they hadn't a feeling for the open education concept. 3 CLASSES PREFERRED The conference agreed that with more than four classes in. one open area, greater problems are en- countered. Three classes seemed to be preferred, al- though many favored two classes in each open area because of staffing prob- Iems. One of the problems en- countered at the recent con- ference on open area schools held in Vancouver was in d‘eu finition, Superintendent John Zupatncic 't-old York County Roman Catholic School Board October 2. What do we mean by open area? An open area facility is just that, he said, to accommo- date two, three, four or eight classes and as many or more teachers, “But the delegates from Ontario were more interested in open edu- cation â€" where the team of teachers plan the day’s work for the whole team, share their talents, relate to each other, know what is going on, are [responsible for all the children in ‘the area and do evaluation work.” He reported he had visi- ted one open area school in Vancouver and found that the children seemed happy and were doing good work. The flexibility between- the teachers was not there yet as they had been together only two years. HIGHER COST Open education carries a higher cost factor since the teachers need time for team planning. The conference agreed that some kind of teacher help has to be pro- vided and in some schools this has been given. by vo- lunteers taking over the claSS in art, crafts. music, or other areas. In most cases an extra staff member has been assigned to relieve the teachers of the team for planning sessions. WORK HARDER In the team teaching si- tuation the teacher has to work harder. 'he or she is on view all the time, tea- ching in front of colleagues. Team teachers must share their talents and share the planning. Of course this can be done in the traditional style school, but this does It was later contended that cost need not be higher for the open area school. with good architects and good planning. It was con- ceded that costs will be greater in the future no matter what kind of school is built. Staffing problems are the main ones. If tea- chers are hired and assigned to a team without prepara- tion the board is asking for failure. Mr. Zupancic said. The team has -to be planned in advance and moulded as “Th go in' soon ; ves b1 warne get 01 get st The areas the y: paratx It‘s n( gagim WODO BAIF “inn it works together, If that doesn‘t happen. then it’s no good. ing remarks at the tri-level meeting. But Newman didn't reserve all his ammunition for use against provincial inaction. He also called on the federal gov- ernment to respond to proposed policy changes in National Housing Act amendments. Housing Minister Basford asked for more co-operation in the development of innovative projects to help solve the pres- ent dilemma in housing. Provincial Treasurer John White made it clear to the meeting that the province isn't going to act piecemeal on the recommendations made in the (province's housing) Comay Re- port until the entire report has thorough study. He included land banking in the matters requiring such previous study. Treasurer White told the mu- nicipal delegates that the prov- ince can’t introduce legislation for land assembly until next year. He said there are already about 100 bills before the House. These would have to be dealt with and time wouldn't permit proper study of land banking legislation in time to get it under way this year. Also White said Ontario hasn't developed a program for rehab- ilitating and maintaining the existing housing stock. Mr. Zup-ancic countered criticism of the teachers' colleges by stating that they have only 18 weeks of lec- ture time in which to give the students a knowledge of basic pedagogy and child psychology as well as provi- ding time for them to ob- serve teaching methods and participate in teaching ‘in classrooms. “We will just have to concentrate on put- ting money into in~service training programs and in bringing knowledgeable people in to talk to our tea- chers, encouraging them. listening to their needs and giving them advice." GOOD WORKING GROUP Three people are as good a working group as you can get, Mr. Zupancic stated, and the best situation is ‘ha- vihg three classes of 30-32 pupils in a four classroom area, since teachers and pu- pils want and need periods of some kind of isolation, Since the size of classrooms is controlled by the Depart- ments of Education, it was suggested that a good archi- tect could provide this extra space by cutting down on hallway space. TWO EXTREMES The two extremes in the educational field, are the barn, withowt any closed areas to which the children and teachers may retreat for peace and quiet and the traditional classroom school where each class ‘is shut away from the others and there is no communication on the pupil or teacher le- vel. He warned that the noise level will definitely in:- crease with the number of pupils in an open area, but with good planning this can be kept under control. KEY PERSON The principal is the key person in an open area school. He must have knowledge and special qualities and the teachers must be trained. It takes time, said the superin- tendent. “I’ve found that if you try to do a lot of things In a hurry. you are in trouble. Those taking it slowly are making progress." Programs must be set up and evaluated. The Public must be kept informed of what is gong on and it must be proven to the public that the quality of education is being improved. not have the flexibility avai- lable in the open area school. That the staff and its talents can be used mo best advantage in an open area school was the consenâ€" “Those boards who don‘t go into open education are soon going to find Vthemsel- ves behind the 8-ball,” he warned. “They had better get on the band wagon and get started." The York Board has open areas for team teaching in the year-old John XXIII Se- parate School at Unionville. It‘s now in the process of en- gaging an architect for the proposed new shool in the BAIF area. Before determi- ning its design the board will study the open area concept in considerable depth and discuss it with the architect. Find a buyer through a classified ad in “The Liberal" on sale every Thursday. It’s easy to place your ad. Just call 884-1105 or 884-1983 FOR FAST RESULTS. THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Oct. 18, 1973 23‘ SELLING YOUR BOAT? sent preliminary estimates of the volume of National Housing Act funding it will require over the next one to three years so the housing budget can be set. The federal Housing Minister said last year was a record for house building in the province with more than 100,000 units started, 60% of them involving NHA. This included 12,000 low income housing units and an- other 50,000 insured loans. He said Premier William Davis’ 1974-75 target of 46,000 addi- tional home building lots is formidable. “This represents an increase in the anticipated number of lots coming onto the market in each of those two years in the order of 25%." he said, adding that NHA and CMHC programs would get behind the Davis effort to the fullest extent possible. Basford showed concern over the rate of low income housing starts. He noted it has been dropping about 2,000 units a year for three years to this year's level of about 10,000 units in Ontario this year. “At Peterboro five months ago we were all agreed about the housing problems that faced the people of Ontario. Land prices were too high and rising. there wasn‘t enough low in- come housing and housing costs were putting good quality housâ€" ing out of the reach of many. Today these problems are still with us and, if anything, they are getting worse.” said Basford. W N Seagram’s $9.?) FIVE STAR ~/ Canada’s largest-selling rye whisky. Blended and bottled by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Ltd., Waterloo, Ont. ernments to take advantage of the new federal legislation. He said the municipalities also need to know whether or not the province will be providing additional financial assistance in the housing field. Newman also included among his major points a request for information on the manner in which the municipalities will be involved in setting housing pol- icy priorities and in the imple- mentation of planning. He was dissatisfied with the results that have so far followed the July meeting in Peterboro. “Municipalities must be in- volved in planning. setting of federal and provincial housing budgets for the province, and program allocations within those budgets. “A ritual restatement of the need for municipal involvement. after which the federal and pro- vincial governments go off and do their thing. won't suffice," said Newman. "A mechanism for ensuring municipal input into budgets and operating agree- ments should be adopted at this meeting and a staff committee should be struck to report on the best method of municipal input," he said. Discussing non-profit housing. Newman indicated he wants the province to pass legislation that will clarify just what the muni- cipalities can do. and to author- ize them to build or acquire nonaprofit housing without indi- vidual project approval. Here again he didn't win much sup- port from the province. Neighborhood improvement programs also came in for a bit of criticism from Newman and other delegates, but Basford defended the plans set out in recent NHA amendments.