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Mayor Margaret Britnell was present and said she hoped the town could carry on the “great co-operation it has received from the school board in the past two years". Frank Kelly of Georgina, took the vice- chairman‘s spot in a clear m a j o r i t y o v e r Newmarket Trustee Kathy Taylor. About 100 people turned out to watch him defeat Richmond Hill Trustee Con Thompson and fellow Markham Trustee Leo Wigglesworth, for the position, Mr; Pelliccione, trustee for Markham.' was elected at the board‘s inaugural meeting last Thursday at Holy Name School in King. It doesn‘t hurt when you're nominated for chairman of the board by a man who has held the post for five years and new Chairman of the York Separate School Board â€" Larry Pellic- clone â€" is glad he'll still be able to call on the experience of Jack McDermott. Separate Schools Any differences there might have been between these two men disappeared last Tuesday night at Holy Name Separate School in King. Larry Pelliccionne (right) was elected chairman of B-z â€" THE LIBERAL. Wednesday, December 20. 1978 Pelliccione named new board Chairman Mr. Pelliccione went on to list some of the board‘s accomplishments over the past two years. The board has made capital In his inaugural ad- dress‘ Mr. Pelliccione said he‘d like to be able to lead the board as ef- fectively as Mr McDermott had during his tenure. “The York Separate School Board is second only to the Dufferin‘Peel Board in pupil in creases," said the new chairman. “We are one of 11 growing school systems in Ontario and we now have 1,400 more students than in 1976. Our biggest challenge has been to meet the needs of increasing enrollment when there are declining numbers in most systems and the province is un- dergoing a period of financial restraint.“ She also extended greetings from former Regional Chairman Garfield Wright, who also expressed the hope good relations with the Catholic School Board would continue. Several areas in school programs improved significantly: family life and religious education, new psychologists for the special education department and better programs for the learning disabled and trainable retarded. He also noted St. Robert's produced a Progress, he said. was not limited to buildings and contracts. “We made some good progress in teacher negotiations and now we‘re one- of the few boards who has a twoâ€" year collective agreement with the federation." said Mr. Pelliccione. It has also recently completed construction of a new school â€" St. Berâ€" nadette in Sutton. expenditures for ad- ditions onto Holy Name in King, St. Paul’s in Newmarket, St. Charles Garnier in Richmond Hill, St. Luke's in Thornhill, and for a science room at St. Robert’s High School in Thomhill. the Separate School Board on a ballot of three nominees. His number two man is Georgina Trustee Frank Kelly. (Liberal photo by Steve Pearlstein) The committee structure for the next term is as follows: management committee: Frank Kelly. Con Thompson, Kathy Taylor, Elio Bellon, Leo Wigglesworth, Jack MCDermott, Ernie Nyitrai and Tony Diodati. Education committee: Tim Byrne, Father Francis Robinson, Father Don McLean. June Mallon, Rita Zanatta, Dan DiRocco and John O'Mahoney. The firsi regular board meeting is January 16. 1979‘ at 8:30 p.m. “Through all that we do, we never lose sight of the fact the needs of our children are our most important function. Our biggest immediate challenge will be to make the best possible use of government grants to meet those needs.“ he said. championship volleyball team this year and it was also the first time Separate School students won the County-wide science fair and made it to the national finals. “The way it is now, the only time parents will have any say about the course is after it is drawn up and implemented. When their child has been exposed to it they will be allowed to decide to continue with the course or have the student with- drawn ~ nothing in between," he said. Richmond Hill Trustee Rev. Quick said the second issue, the one that probably upset parents most. is the failure of the board to bring a finished curriculum to the parents before the course is implemented. to allow for public input and comment on its appropriateness He pointed out one of the board's own studies showed an increase in awareness by students of such things as birth control methods and factual knowledge of sex served only to increase sexual activity. professionals to design the course are far too broad Our group (he heads the Right to Life group of Richmond Hill) would like to see more specific direction taken in the area of moral responsibility and in‘ terpersonal relationships and less emphasis on actual aspects of sex.“ “Our biggest com- plaint,“ said Rev. Robert Quick of the Richmond Hill Free Methodist Fhurch. “is the guidelines given to the committee of That‘s the indication from one of three local school trustees, the head of a Richmond Hill church and a former trustee. All feel their views reflect the conâ€" sensus of opinion among parents and interest groups in the community. And it is likely the sen- timent is echoed around the region. It appears a new program on sex education and family life studies the York Board of Education has begun to devise will have a long way to go before it reaches students and teachers. Sex education School board is a long way from implementing guidelines “Sex education should be handled as a formal board policy and I think the whole matter will come back to the board. The guidelines are very broad â€"â€" they literally allow the committee to do Beverley Breslow the board didn‘t the issue the best could. PUNCH. SCOOP AND RUN ()n December 17 at 8:30 pm. a man walked into the Hillcrest Sunoco Station on Kennedy Road in Milliken and asked the attendant for change from a $5 bill. When the employee reached into the cash register the man punched him in the Iside 0f the face. knocking him to the Firefighters attended the scene and ex- tinguished the 310.000 blaze. An investigation showed the fire had started by leaving a stove element on. which ignited a pot of grease. BIG MA(‘ ATTACK? Sometime between 8:30 and 9 pm. on December 11. the front windshield-of a car belonging to Mark Simps’on of Markham Road in Richmond Hill was smashed. It was parked on the lot of the McDonald‘s Restaurant on Yonge Street in Richmond Hill. Damage was worth $150. BLACK GOLD MISSING . Sometime between December 9 at 1 pm. and December 12 at 8:30 am. Maynard Fuels on Eureka Street in Unionville was entered by means of a key. At that time. 60 cases of motor oil worth about $1,600, were stolen. GREASE WAS THE WORD While Gordon Bazzard and his family slept at their home on Royal Orchard Boulevard in Thornhill on December 11, he was awakened by the smell of smoke at 11:30 pm. The family left the house Quickly and called theuMelrkham Fire Department. Police have not laid any charges in connection with the accident. The first car flipped onto its roof and then hit a third vehicle driven by Theodore Scott, 48, of (toulding Avenue in Willowdale. All three vic- tims were taken to York Central Hospital, where Ms. Urban was pronounced dead at 11:30 pm. Ms, Biggar was admitted to the intensive care unit with major injuries and Mr. Scott was treated and released. BATHURST STREET FATALITY At about 11 p.m. on December 12, Silva Urb- ban. 41, of Downsview was driving southbound on Bathurst Street in Richmond Hill when she was involved in a collision with a car driven by Sherry Patricia Biggar. of Steeles Avenue West in Willowdale. Police Ne WS Brie fé agreed handle way it what it thinks is best in this very touchy area. I think the aims should be more definitive." she said. Mrs. Breslow claimed she isn‘t prepared to go on a one-person crusade. She said she wants to hang back and allow the for- mation of a new Rich- mond Hill education The suspect is described as: male, 20-30 years- old, 5'11" to 6' tall. having a slim build and no accent. He was wearing a dark balaclava with light-colored stitching around the eyes, a light brown hip-length ski jacket and dark pants. On December 13 at 11:30 pm, Peter Agnew of Willowdale who is the assistant manager at the Ponderosa Steak House on Yonge Street in Rich- mond Hill. left the premises with the day‘s receipts totalling $957. At that time, he was approached by a man armed with a .22 calibre sawedâ€"off rifle. He demanded the money and left the scene on foot, travelling west on May Avenue, GOLD STRIKE AT THE DRIVE-IN York Regional Police are investigating a suspect who is alleged to have stolen 350400 gold zmd silver chains worth $7,000 from a Flea Market run by Ahmed Elsayed of Jane Street in Downsview. at the Dufferin Driveâ€"In in Concord. The theft occurred at about 11:30 am. on December 17. The Aurora and Newmarket Fire Departments attended the scene and put out the flames, which did $100,000â€"worth of damage. The building was gutted and cause of the fire has not been determined ‘ Between 10:30 pm. and midnight last Tuesday. a fire started at the south end of the Aurora Scale Company on Edward Street in Aurora. The premises is owned by Dick Hefner of ('nurtland Avenue in Toronto. Though the unnamed group doesn‘t plan to make any one issue its platform, it could con- sider using sex education as one of its areas of concern. The suspect was last seen driving on 14th Avenue from Kennedy Road in a dark 1969-71 (‘hevelle He is described as: male, 6’ to 6'1“, 210-215 pounds. wearing a black balaclava with red trim and a Skiâ€"D00 jacket. BEER BOTTLE BARRAGF. While Christopher Stalker of Fred Varley Drive in Markham was driving eastbound on Highway 7 through Markham on December 8, a beer bottle was thrown from an approaching westbound car and struck his windshield. The resulting damage was worth $100. FACTORY GUTTED AT AURORA Her fellow trustee. Bill Monroe agreed parents should have all kinds of floor. He then grabbed all the money from the till and ran. group to take a stand on the issue. Don Mills Road/Sleeles HOLD-UP AT THE PONDEROSA Rev. Quick touched on the real problem: “This is the most sensitive subject that‘ll ever be dealt with. Rightly. it‘s not the education system‘s responsibility, but the parents‘. The board feels some of them don‘t do their job properly, that‘s all." say on education issues