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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), March 11, 1981, p. 3

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The Acton Frog Pro Wednesday Mar 1981 3 Bruce against lunch policy left to right Bricn Grace Graham and I Imia Webster White leiLs bis skill with Wok cookery Reed Continued from page Reed In his third election campaign re minded his listeners that he was first elected be cause Burlington people found that the provincial government had not kept its promises The Liberal tensed the PC style as government by crises In Acton he said the ex ample is the battle local citizens had to go through in order to secure a new separate school building You said women get per cent of a man s wage for the same work a questioner told Cutler What would the NDPdo Cutler told of the ate member a bill his party has presented at Queen Park One for example give equal pay for equal value I believe 11 is an economic right of all women In Ontario If she is doing the same job as a man she s entitled to the same pay I don I think the has as much faith In young women as I have Balnea so d doing It for themselves They arc concerned about themselves In our society they are going to be in management went on to say that If government car rltd out all that Cutler would have It do the cost would be horrendous Reed in his turn chastised the Tories for allowing private member bill to die on the order paper lie also confirmed that the Liberal Party supports the principle of equal pay for equal work Big Bedding Bogs HALTON HIUS FURNITURE guatantees TONIGHT YOU SLEEP RESTHJLLY and at SALE PRICES1 Come TODAY Foam Queen Size King Sue Regular See Studns Bunk Beds Holywood Beds Cots made by IntematjoraJy Famous MatjnHlcant Top lnnarprir0 With Addad FtmwMai HALTON HILLS FURNITURE and APPLIANCES 352 QUEEN STREET EAST ACTON 8534211 More pupils then ever wilt remain foi lunch If Halton hires worth of meal lime supervision Acton trustee Bruce predicts Board of Education will likely vote tomorrow whether to spend to hire supervisors for the board lunch rooms Trustee Bruce said Monday she against spending the money The sum would cover four months of supervision A full year supervision would cost according to the trustee I can see an explosion of lunch children and I don t think the schools want that said trustee Bruce Teachers indicated the trustee need a break from the kids and the pupils need a break from the teachers Mainly principals supervise the lunch hour activities of children and sometimes teachers are involved If the board leaves lunches In the lop of schools the schools have a choice of letting parents run the lunch for a fee thought It would be fair however for child who eat lunch at sen because their parents have Jobs It could work It m be a nominal cost of say cents per day said Bruce The provincial of education said you cannot have a school run lunch program and the school charge for It But parents can run a program and charge according to the trustee Other solutions could Include prefects helping principals and teachers keep tabs on the goings on of the lunches ere also the choice Yes for French at Robert Little French Immersion will for the first time be of fered at an Acton school Board of Ed staff will mend French immersion classes begin this fall at Robert Little Public School confirmed board language Helen Mitchell Acton pupils will no longer have to be trans ported by parents to the nearest school offering the program in Georgetown The course will start with Grade is They will learn their lessons in French for a half day The balance of their inst ruction will be In English French Immersion is also offered In North Hal Inn George Kennedy school in Georgetown and Martin St in Milton Earlier this year staff was not going to recom mend the course because there were not enough pupils In order to start a French Immersion class the board likes a rcg of plus it If there a waiting list They picked up a couple from Little and four or five from M Z Bennett school Robert Little Public School Principal Ron said Core French also starts In Acton schools at the Grade 4 level In the fall of having parent volunteers If the board agrees to hire worth of supervision help for four months then the trustee could sec parents who normally have their children home for lunch change their attitude If after a tax money Is paying for why not permit the child to eat at school Sure it nice to have these I think this something we can t put a priority on I money has to go to education priorities 14 Guaranteed Investment Annul litest ftjattA THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized as Second Class Moll Postal Reg sir anon Number STANDARD TRUST BAINES FOR VOTE FRAN BAINES Opining tor brand unto SATURDAY MARCH 14th Turfmans EARLY BIRD Dormant Spray Kit off Fart I off any purchase Seeds Buy Packages Get FREE UNTIL AMU south of Acta 8632480 HOWABOUTIT ONTARIO Freedom of choice in education should be addressed by the candidates In this election Eight provinces In Canada provide funding for independent and alternative schools Ontario does not Parents of the children attending independent schools in this province wonder when the government will give them their share of the tax dollar How your candidates view this Issue Is a good barometer of their intent to serve the people of Ontario with fairness and sensitivity The following provinces support independent and alternative schools British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Quebec Newfoundland REIand Nova Scotia How about it Ontario CONSTITUENCY MEETING SPONSORED BYTHE GEORGETOWN DISTRICT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL MARCH 12 1981 AT 8 PM Auditorium of the Georgetown District Christian School Trafalgar Road across from Municipal Bldgs

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