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WIJITBY FREEPRESS,'WEDNESDAY DECEM1BER 8182 AG New high school structure is long overdue: Monroe The Ministry of Edu. cation's plans" to re- organize secondary school education is a positive step says Ken Monroe, Director of Education in Durham Region. Monroe told the Free' Press Friday the new structure wil provide a more "well.rounded" education for students planning to attend urni versity, and for those entering the work force. The new system,. an- nounced last week by Education Minister Dr. Bette Stephenson, will create: a one-diploma. systemn and put greater emphasis on "1core"l subjects such- as English, mathemnatics and science. Water The wandering 1983. regional water and sewer rate has finally corne to roost lat a five per cent increase. over last year, a joint finance 'and works committee decided last week. The increase bas fluc- tuated fromn as high as a predicted 15 per ^cent, to 6.4 per cent, and now re- quires the approval -of regional council to stand at five per cent. The marginal in- crease means Whtby ratepayers will pa' a average of $2.75 more, per quarter than in 1982. The average Whitby user paid $44.63 per quarter in 1982. Regional works chair- man Gerry --'Em 's a id the increase was kept to five per cent by trimm- ing the 1983 budget, and, by applying some lot levies to the system. Lot levies are normally a separate tax not cal- culated in the user rate. Emnm also said the original estimate-of 15 per cent- was high, an that a miscalculation i the number of users helped keep the in- crease down. "The more people that use the system, the more revenue we gener- Instead of granting' twýo diplomas, one for Grade- 12 and one for Grade 13, hlgh schools across the province willl grant one diploma com- prlsed of 30 credits. The number of com- pulsory courses will in- crease from nine to 16 andý Will include five Engllsh and two mathe- matics and. science courses, -and -single credits in French, geo- graphy, history, social science, arts, physical and health 'education and business or techni- cal studies.- "1I'm. very positive about the documnent," Monroe Sail. "It will give, students' a chance to complete high school in four or. four-and-a- haîf years instead 0--f five." >Monroe said he feels the emnphasls, on core subjects is "long. over- due", >and .will, ,help prepare students for post-secondary educa- tion and employment. Requiring one, course in French of ail students is a "natural extension"7 of the emphasis now placed'on French in the elementary schools, Monroe said. Whitby's two high school principals were .more .reserved in'their judgment. of the new structure. Both Jenny, Beal, principal of Henry Street High School,'and Fr ed Parrott,. principal of- Anderson Collegiate, rate ifin aliy set'at ate,"I Emm said. "We, were low on our original estimate for the number of users and that means we can keep the rate down." As in the .past few weeks, Emm stressed that the new structure will Stijl lslow local mu nicipalities to go ahead with road pro- jects that' require sewer work in 1983. "'There was some con- cern expressed by Tom (Edwvards) that the Municipal road projects would suffer if the bud- get was cut," Emm ssid., "But they can stil do'- road work with the' fîve per cent increase. " Water and sewer pro- jects, which account for a total of $23,837,000 in the regional budget, became a bone of politi- cal contention, in the past few weeks be- tween Regional, Chair- man Gary Herrema and Councillor John Aker,, who is challenging Her- rema' for, the region's top political job. 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"We don't just want to churn students out in a sausage ma- chine." .Beal added that under the present system used at Henry and many schools throughout the province, students can now finish high school in as few as four years. "Most of them don't take advantage of that," she- said, adding that most students at Henry take five years to com- plete high school. Parrott said he feels the one-diploma system may be a "lfairly good solution to the question of Grade 13", but ques- tioned how students will, comfplete five English courses in four years. "6I really think it is a littie early to make an intelligent comment on the document,"' Parrott said. "But it certainly is 5 % icrease, Aker accused liHer-, rema of plsying politics when the chairman re- leased a pre-budget re- port that, predicted water and seweér rates would juxnp as much as 15 per cent. Aker ,ssid Herrema wsnted to make himself a "'hero"' by first inflat- ing the increase, and then bringing it to with- in the fiveper cent re- straint gui deline. Herrema, however, denied the accusation and said he released the report strictly on the in- formation given to him by regional engineering staff. At press time, the re-,', sults, of today's election of regional chairman by council were not known. YOU CAN BE A PROFESSIONAL -~HAIRSTYLUST ART [b TECHNIQUE Kurnyhq SC". ENROLL NOW FOR NEXI MONTH'S CLASSES 7 Government Licensed lnstructors 27 sucm*W vlY'ms of hàs*tyfo experocd 14 Ontarlo St. Oshawa' 5760479 221 Pitt St. Cornwell 938-9313 Thank you for helpmrg our stud'ts todaiý to hi: professional hdirStYlStS tomnorrowv. a responseto.a numfber of concerns in the report (Secondary Education Review Projeet), , n- cluding' the amount of free timne students The new program could be available as early as June 1986, and wrnl be, fully implement- ed by 1990. iKen Monroe said there will be ongoing meetings with trustees, principals, teachers and parents to discuss the detaiLs of' the program, and 'its effect, on stu-, dents. He-said the content of some. courses may be >changed, and addltlonal part-credlt <courses could be added to the curriculum to help stu- dents with scheduling and', fulfill ing the new requiremnents. Now Showlng R. Ernest jukes A.O.C.A. Pre Christmas Sale 585 KING ST. E. 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