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PAGE 16, WHJTBY FREE PRESS, WEDN'ESDAYPNVM~nZ18 IELEC TION '88.- TR US TEES Tunney: Communiceation, accessibiiyar m ortant Catharine Tunney, incumbent and currently vice chairman of the separate school board, feels ber "track record"' as a trustee for the past three years has given ber the experience needed on the next board te solve the next years' complex issues. Tunney is the mother of two children in the system and bookkeeper for ber busband's planning consultant business. She bas sat on nine of the 13 board comnittees, three of which she bas cbaired. To solve the capital budget problems, Tunney said that trustees have te become more active politically. "There bas ,te be more discussion witb the MPs of the area. They need te be made aware of the situation," Tunney said. The overcrowding issue, closely related to the capital budget problem, is going te be a problem until the Ministry of Education changes tbeir grant structure, Tunney said.' "Until the ministry changes the grant structure, the portables will exist. Advance. planning is difficult (in planningr school size) as the students have to be there for scbools to be, built," Tunney continued. However, she does not support a rampant building of many schools as, she said, school populations are cyclical in nature and tbe board could be faced with empty classrooms in' the future sbould the population take a downtunn. Tunney is quite satisfled with the Frencb immersion program effered by the separate board to grades 4, 5 and 6. She said as the demand grows for the pnogram, it will be extended te, uppen grades. "Eventually, I'd like to see it (the programn) offered in a school in Whitby," Tunney said. Another pet project of Tunney's is child cane centres in sepanate scbools. She chairs the committee, and said there will be tbree coming on next September. Communication witb parents is of high importance to Tunney. "We have te try to make parents more aware of what we do as a board," Tunney said, adding that as chair of the parent communications committee, she and the committee have sponsored evenings on financing, child development and other issues in the last school year for parents at the board office. 'I tny te be accessible. Parents know that they can contact me, there is that rapport," Tunney said. Issues identified by Tunney that the board will have te deal with in the next term will be the education centre facilitieii ("a veny political situation"), the policy for cbild cane facilities and the mïatter of trustees' attendance at board meetings (trustees may see their honorariums reduced for rnissed meetings)- Wallen: Seeking qualit yof Lloyd Wallen, an accountant working out of Toronto, said bis motivation for entering the public board race was the quality of education for bis children and other. Wallen bas been a resident of Whitby for six years, and bas two sons, age 12 and 16, in the public scbool system. "Undereducation is a seious longterm issue. Today's society is higbly tecbnological, and Canada could falI behind (if education is pot updated). It could lead te a .lowering of the standard of living. If we don't have basic standards in education, we can't compete," Wallen said. He believes that educational standards bave gone the way of the dinosaur, to the detriment of quality education. Rather than have the extras, be would like te see the board return te basic academic teaching. "I would like the curriculum to stress basics, and move from there. We bave te keep the average person in mind, who needs the basics. Curriculum sbould be tailored te tbe avenage penson wbo needs structure (te tbeir leanning)," Wallen said. Howeven, Wallen was quick te add that be is still in favor of special education and gifted education pnograms. Extremely opposed te "stneaming" students inte various curriculum levels and contents, Wallen said, "Ail streaming is a ver subjective judgment that wilaffect tbe rest of a child's life." Wallen supports the removal of books fromn the curriculum that are "questionable, especially in tbe eanly yeans. "We've got. te get ourselves back on the path." Standardized testing would belp the board determine wbetber the curriculum was effectively BAR HODGSON of Broolin took this photograph after the plane, in which he was a passenger, flipped over while on emergency landing on a fresbly plowed field noerth of Blackstock. The plane had engine failure while en route from Oshawa to Lindsay a week and a haif ago. Hodgson and pilot Les Keefer, also of Brooklin, quxckly unbucled their seatheits and escaped in case of fuel leaks and possible fire. Bath were uninjured exoept for laoerations and bruises on Hodgson's legs. Damage to the plane was estimated at $12,000. The plane was dissassembled and removed from the field after investigation. Hogn1io New hours at.BroolIn. branch library New- hours at the Bnooklin bnancb librayae 2 to 9 p.m., Monday teoWdnesdaanl a.m. te 5 p.m., Thunsday to Saturday, Ontario Library Week Book- mark winners are John Houston, JilI MacDonald, Cathy Rivet, Chistina Weber, Allen Farrugia, Jamie Scrym geour Thomas Rivet, Enica BekkvolJ, Tara Wil- liams, Jason Kasepchuk Erik Deckhoff, Ammie Reed and Andrea Niepel. Unique book- SEE PAGE 18 Ail-candidates' marks are on display in the juvenile department. Satunday morning (10:30* to 11:30 a.m.) events bave scbeduled for Decemben. 655-3191. *Church's 142nd anniversary On Nov. 6, Brooklin United Chuncb will celebrate its 148tb anniversary witb guest speaker, the Very Rev. Bruce McLeod, former moderater of the United Church. Brooklin UCW will hold their "Home Towne" lunch and mini bazaan on Nov. 19, il a.m. to 3 p.m. Featured will be a soup and sandwich lunch as well as bake table and bazaar tables, choco- late mincemeat and Christmas gooclies. The UCW is aise selling their "Let's Break Bread Together" cookbook, available from the cburch office (655-4141) or from m embers. A Durham riding (tèderal elec- u nsj>ul S o S t tion) ail-candidates' meeting willI b edTuesday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m., . u ns u l h w S t r a at the Ashburn community The Burns Church Kirk Guild annual "Guild Show" on Satur- centre. of Ashburn will hold their fourth day, Nov. 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Thunderbird Golf an d Coun- EMM EMM EMAM EMAM EMMA EMM EMMA EMM EMM EMMA EMM EMM EMAM EMM EMM EMM EMM EMM EMM try Club of Àshburn. w peev h go snsinW ib'~ Catharina and Frances will 1preerv th goo thngsin W itb 1 offer new designs in appliqued w~ sweater-jackets. Artist Donna SPetersoný wiiI show her «Oni- > ginals" in iewelry items. 2 Lsi .Pre ilso W EIAEVote few of his watercolors and Mari- w PEEVTO lyn Wallace her "Designer Silks," PRSRVTO Ssuch as silk pyjamas, scarves 2 m m ~ and ties. w mmmmOMETA Fibre artist Doreen Stainton 2 NIOMETL offers berplr woven and PRO M yor ~ handspun items, Norm Leveiller F. pirie wookwork and Elsie Simp- S Other itemis include musical burlap dolls, petit point jewelry, w c neediepoint cksâ and pictures, 2 r. handmrade children's clothing, 2 MEET GERRY EMM - 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mon.-Sat. r- UdU3)qtl te d cushins, bunlapte W ~~209 DUNDAS STREET EAST <at Green St)akes edybarcocee 2 ~Telephone 668-9932 868-6442 668-1709 ites wetsdidaane w PRODUCED BY THE COMMrrEE TO ELECT GERV EMM MAYOR ments and folk art. 7! Z Sandy Bath and May Hoad are 2 ~ schedu ted te provi de carols and UP&. EI*4E.P. MM EN.q LM EMM E94APA E»h.4 EMM EMM EMM ENM. EMM EMM ! 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