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Oakville Beaver, 2 Sep 1994, p. 8

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M VIDEO Bob Williams, director of educa- tion for the Halton board, said Woodland was hired by the Peel board only last week He said an acting com- munications oflicer for Halton has not been named “We don’t replace any- Bn'an Woodland â€" who has held the job since December of 1988 â€" is leaving to become the new manager of communications for the Peel Board of Education. His appointment is effective Sept. 20th. The Halton job pays somewhere between $51,824 and $64,780, and while that’s only a drop in the bucket fi'om a $270â€"million budget, eliminat- ing the position might win trustees some favor with ratepayers in an elec- tion year. Board ’5 cammunieatian officer leaves Halton for Peel pasting With its communication officer leaving to take up a new post with the Peel Board of Education, the Halton Board of Education will likely decide this month if, in the face of rising costs, the position is wally necessaiy. By DENIS GIBBONS Special to the Beaver $1 9I985.R.P. However, Frank Gue â€"- former chairman of the Taxpayers Coalition Halton â€" believes the board might be wise not to replace Woodland. One said the salary range is really much higher than what board officials describe when other costs are figured in He was refening to the rather large benefits package that goes with the job and the office space, secretarial services, and general office services required. “And let no one at the board offices say these services would be needed anyway.” Mike Noble, a Burlington student heading’ back to Western to get his Bachelor of Science degree, spoke on behalf of all the students to the assembled corporate, political and media representatives. Since starting the program three years ago, Petro-Canada has judged over 1,500 applications (420 this year alone) fiom 2,300 stations and awarded more than 600 bursaiies. A jury evaluates each application based on, among other things, a Petro-Can dealer’s evaluation and a letter the applicant must submit answering four ques- tions penaining to their woflc, community involvement and why they want to go back to school. Students received 600 bursaries Graphic Design. Those students attending university were each given a bursary worth $800. In Oakville they included Matthew Johnson - who has been accepted at both the University of Waterloo and McGill University where he plans to study Architecture - and Mike Blyth - who wants to study Business at either the University of Western Ontario, University of Guelph or Lauder University. z'Ihis i§ such a great oppormhity for evelyonc,” he said. “A gmat incenlive to go back to school and not pump gas all year long. It will really help with tuition.” Farmers 1n the Back to School program include the federal government’s Stay 1n School program, the Lewer Insurance Agency and the Quebec Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Ministries of Education. Chairman Dave Whiting said the position has not been removed by the board and he expects it will be retained, since it was included in a report made by the communications policy committee - a group made up of trustees and ratepayers. “It would be a bit ofa slap in the face to them to remove the position,” he said. “To try to change that would have to be a boand decision.” one automatically,” said Williams. “Officially, it’s my decision, but in today’s wofld, I wouldn’t make such a decision without consulting the He said the cost of interacting with (Continued from page 7) Inhisnewjob,Woodlandwillbe responsible for directing internal and external communications for the Peel board â€" one of the largest public school boards 'in Canada He will also be responsible for media relations and communications management otherstaifmembers mustalso be'cal- culated. “Ptesumably this officer sits down once a month with someone highly plawd and highly pdoed” “But his position is to some extent being an mm for the administra- tion. Iftheydodecide to maintain the position, the coalition would strongly recommend that the job be tied much more closely to the board than the adminisuation” During his term of service in Halton, Woodland was named best school board public relations person on the Toronto Sun education honor roll. He was also instrumental in bringing the annual conference of the National School Public Relations. Association to Toronto; the first time it had been held outside the United States. Williams said he wishes him well in his new job. Gue said Woodland was an earnest andhatd worker.

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