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EDUCATION Board may cut conferences AURORA Poor month They asked what attendance will probably r suit in a reduction in tl number of county school board education conferences next year The York County school board held a series of conferences across the county in both spring and fall this year Their pur pose was to acquaint the public with educational trends in the county and to let the public participate in establishing board po licy Approximately people attended the four Fall conferences held dur ing November and eva luation sheets were turned In Committee tabled last week said while it was obvious that those who at tended had found the meet ings valuable it was too expensive and time- consuming to reach so few In deference to the small but loyal following the committee recommend ed that one such conference be held each spring Three questions the board doing that s specifically liked what s disliked and what sug gestions could be offered help the board do a Job On the question of what was liked in the Boards actions the most frequently mentioned item was the sincere attempt to establish communication with the public by means of public meetings and the newsletter Contact Forty two of the groups approved the action of the board to equalize educational opportunities all the way from the ap pointment of Mr Sam Chap man as Director of a bus policy which conclusion to the answers to this question was that there was not nearly as much unanimity on the dis likes of the community as on the likes One dislike that of too much red tope it was not an issue which would affect many of the general public dislikes in the complaint that the operation of the board was loo large and that there was a feeling of remoteness from the board The issue of the use of school buildings was also raised In the dislike column and it was thought that school buildings should be open longer hours dur ing the summer months for the use of community groups Student transporta tion policy was also a com plaint in eight of the groups only thr mile limit One group com plained the hoard spends too much time on detail rather than on matters of board educational Impact and another felt that board meetings would bo more efficient If trivia were eli minated Several felt the board had not been in op eration long enough for the group to offer criticism In the suggestions to help the work of the board most concerned the problems of the second question and most of them would mean greatly increas ed costs to the board and taxpayer If Implemented These Include re quests for more buses more conferences wider use of schools by community groups at no charge im proved quality of teaching staff belter libraries and more teachers for specific learning disabilities Issue Lions club festival syLtabus NEWMARKET The syllabus for the loth Lions Club annual Music Festival is now available Extra copies may be obtained from the gen eral secretary Charles Williams St Music Store Main ins as class and con- Church and St Johns six months of sustained slants are In their prop- rate school auditorium fort festival dent niches and everything The opening of the music- his aides and at both Trinity United festival culminates over committees Robin should be made to cut made as to how this should be done One was the hir ing of staff architect to cut design and construc tion costs of elaborate buildings furnish ings and equipment com patible to that found Newmarket Op timist Club chairman Many exhib its a plaque presented to the by the New- market Hoy Scout and Girl Guide Association in appreciation of he meeting III pre sented an Optimist pla que to James Walk er of Newmarket for his contributions to hoys work in the com Main St Centre Davis Dr Aurora Music Centre Aurora Cos mo Music Co Richmond Hill and McCaffrey president of the festival committee for and as sisting are vice William Kevin Glen Hen derson and Ernie Sokol Re cording secretary is Austin secretary Charles Wit- Kinsley and his McCaffrey The Festival wilt be held the first week in May and Hie closing date for entries received will lie Feb or postmarked Mon day One of lie musical events Its out n Luxuriously cosy bootee stylo slippers by Lyons ol London fashioned in fluffy brushed Orion Hints completely nonallorgenic with comfy foam and tricot lining to cushion every step Theyre easy to keep looking groat too cause theyre hand or machine washable I Pink Turquoise American Bcauly or Gold shades in womens Sizes 6 to Newmarket Plaza pair 89551745 CHRISTMAS HOURS mi Open