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York.Regional Council has been.at odds with its land division committee since first appointing it a year ago February. Last week council agreed to meet the nine-member group in an effort to resolve a few differences. can I sauwc. We each have a steady hand on the rein. Unfortunately, there are many reins, all on different heads of the beast, and we have been riding off bareback in different directions. A tendency towards change is beginning to emerge. The standing committee structure, given time, will ensure that trustees are at least well informed on one segment of the Board of Education business. 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Many dedicated young parents have carefully studied the matter and have shared their considered findings with us, requesting that we begin to institute a carefully- planned junior kindergarten program. xv“. “5‘. “we..-” Do we have the courage to change our direction and once again truly represent our community when we make our decisions? It will not be easy to return to square one and build a system responsive to its citizens. , How do we overcome our fear of making changes at the board level? Fear is rarely evident at social gatherings when education is the topic of discussion. Common sense is more often than not obvious in the discussion of an unnealtny Sl‘dle OI tnlngs. REMEMBER We each have a steady hand on the rein. Unfortunately. there are many reins, all on different heads of the beast, and we have been riding off bareback in different Who is to blame? lam sure that all of the 20 elected representatives are committed and concerned 'about our educational systemt but like the previous board I watched, we writhe in agony with a multiple-headed beastie system that we can’t saddle. When you are a Board Watcher you are completely flabbergasted by the bumbling way decisions, affecting thousands of students in York County, are made. It is even more bewildering to find yourself a member of the bumblers who stumble and bumble through meeting after meeting. By Chris McMonagle Trustee (Markham) York County Board of Education From Board of Education critic and watcher to trustee is at} iipterpsting leap. This term‘s group of trustees, like those who preceded them, have .been more noteworthy for their lack of action than for dynamic leadership. 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Bowden Lumber Ltd. 9301 Yonge Street Richmond Hill, Ontario York can still use Board Watcher pressure HOW BEAUuHJLTHrNGs WITH' WALLS Rowe said the proposed $65,000 budget cut for the committee â€" from $128,300 The proposed meeting resulted from a suggestion - by Richmond Hill Councillor Gordon Rowe that the committee be whittled down to three members. Gamma: A . Slow to change But change is slow to occur. I have this recurring nightmare that we will have to pull and tug the educational system into the ‘705 through sheer force. 'H The vâ€"veek before at the regional budget meeting. Rowe said the committee had been slow to process applications and tardy in â€" could only be met by reducing its membership. cacao-oogggncooooOQO A topical column of opinion by our readers. Submissions should be no more than 800 words, 1yped prelerably. S’SPRING THING CHARGEX- MASTERCHARGE Above items available at THORNHILI. STORE ONLYU Coupon We carry a complete line of Swimming Pool Chemicals 15 ml. g"as-‘2,“ $1 .69 GARDEN HOSE $5.99 TIRE CORD REINFORCED We reserve the right to limit quantities We reserve the right to limit quantities We reserve the right to limit quantities We reserve the right to limit quaptities SOLUTION "O‘Oanoo â€"Couponâ€" KlEENEX Shoppers Drug Mart o. .0... Shoppers Drug Mart Shoppers Drug Mart Shoppers Drug Mart CANADIANA 100’s for 99¢ Coupon TINACTIN Coupon attending scheduled meetings. Mayor Dave Schiller of Richmond Hill said three members was an un- workable number and suggested five as a better Our professional educators advise that this is a political decision. They are neither for nor against them, but I know that unless there is some strong opposition from the interested parents we won‘t have such programs for a few years â€" until we are forced into making a decision. Had the parents who wanted these kin- dergartens been a little wiser they could have asked for an “innovative play school” or a “community co-operative child development centre." Then if they had added lots of busy and complicated studies, an essentially simple issue would have been suitably confused and clouded. Innovation is the key word to acceptability in York. Courage needed Do we have the courage to change our direction and once again truly represent our community when we make our decisions? It will not be easy to return to square one and build a system responsive to its citizens. , How do we overcome our fear of making changes at the board level? Fear is rarely evident at social gatherings when education is the topic of discussion. Common sense is more often than not obvious in the discussion of If you are really enthusiastic about an educational program and would like to see it started in York County, never, but never, advise that is is working somewhere else. That's how progress has always occurred in our system. However. I am learning. 50 feet DO YOUR OWN a trademark of Koffler stores limited 10 Royal Orchard Blvd. Thornhill, Ontario 889-8171 Expiry Date April 201h, 1975 It at social is the topic of is more often discussion of “You can‘t reduce the budget by just reducing the members,” Schiller said. number Councillor David Fraser of Vaughan said “the touble is the commitiee is not making We get trapped in what we think we can't do. We must become more like the little boy who threw a rock a great distance. His amazed father said, “Why, you couldn't have thrown it that far!" But the youngster replied, “I didn’t know I couldn‘t." questions like “Why don’t they County?" Make sure that your questions â€" “Why don‘t they . . . in York County?” â€" are directed at your local trustee. And don‘t be afraid to be critical. It was Winston Churchill who said “criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” Please Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer, do more phoning of your local trustee to ensure that we keep our heads above the quicksand of educational theory and keep struggling for some common sense in our system. Vaseline Intensive Care Beads Regular or ‘6 0L ¢ Herbal ea Changes have been made in our approach to our teaching staff in York County. This happened because the teachers made sure we understood they wanted change. Coupon life Brand Shampoo 8. Creme Rinse Garden Utensils 33333 $1.19 SUSPENSION 0R TABLETS $1 .79“. We reserve the right to “Exit quantities We reserve the right to limit qganflies We reserve the right to limit quantities We reserve the right to limit quantities “$2.99 12 01. or 99¢ each decisions‘ It was now taking six to nine months to grant land severances, while in York North it took nine days. April 24 was set for the meeting. 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Gibson Public School in Maple we are fortunate in having excellent bus drivers in charge. Eric Edmanson, Helen Fleury, Allan O‘Brien and Arlene Mitchell loaded their buses and started out. Our thanks goes out to them, because they made sure that everyone got home safely. Mrs. Mitchell deserves special recognition, Having picked up the children at 1:30 pm, she delivered her last charges at 7:30 pm. For six hours she pacified, amused, supervised and even fed the 24 students on her bus. Though the parents had long worried hours, the children took everything in We reserve the right to limi} quantities We reserve the right to limit qugnjitjefis We reserve the right to limit quantities We reserve the right to limit quajtilies THE LIBERAL, Wednesday. Apr. 16, 1975 â€" 5 £1 .49 29¢ CHILDREN’S SIZE Shoppers Drug Mart Shoppers Drug; Mart Shoppers Drug Mart Shoppers Drug Mart COPPERTONE Coupon Coupon Coupon Coupon 115 ml. V ' :OooooO’ ooooofioocoooggggoda 48’s More letters Dear Editor: We have three clubs that have very few members. One is the U.F.O. Club They need more members. There is another club that just started named the CN Tower Club. It also needs members. Anyone interested in joining any of these clubs can call me at 884-1620. JOHN CLARK (11) 319 Neal Drive, Richmond Hill. The last one is the Rocket Club. which needs more members, too. their stride and according to Mrs. Mitchell “The kids were great". So was she! As principal I would also like to commend all the parents who temporarily assumed responsibility for children whose parents were not home. We appreciated all their assistance in the storm's emergency. I hope you will publish this for us. Let's give our support to school bus drivers. Theirs is not an easy task. R.K. ROBSON Principal Joseph A. Gibson Public School Clubs need more members