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WHrrBY FREE PRES WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER is, 1991, PAG By Marlo Boucher The French section of the Dur- ham Board of Education may form an affiliation with the French sections of the Peel and York boards. Rheal Miron, new president of the French section, says it may be necssary or th.threeboard Thy.oldfrmaPrnh.spos.....pov rec be necmeary for the three'boards to work together to improve the aity french education i etï area. Boisyert: Communication crucial By Mario Boucher The'new French chairpersonof the Durham Reon noman Catholic Separate chool Board is esi~ the impdrtanoe of cômhuniéation in the new three- yearterù. Robert»Boisvert ofsWhitb sqy go&communication wit th parents and with his English trustee co'mterp'rts is crucial for everybody v He says an open line of com- munication with the parents will lead to new ideas and improve the quality of French education as a result. Boisvert says relations bet- ween the French and English trustees have been very good SO far, and he praised all the trus- tees for their openness and wil- lingness te work together as a team. The Enish trustees have im- pressed hxm with good support smce the November election, he says. Boisvert says the main focus of the French trustees is to im prove and -romote the quality of French education at the elemen- tary and secondaxy level. Hesays Ecole Secondaire Catholique Charles Garnier must have its own site as soon as possible. Currently, the French school shares its site at 1020 Dryden Blvd with Father Leo J. Austin Separate School, he says. o1help promoteencourage and improve Frcheducation the school must be se arated an given its own particular location. At the elementary level, Notre Dame de la Jeunesse in Ajax will suffice for at leuat the next few years, he says. Th could 'form a French schoolboard similar to the Toronto French School Board, he saïs;ron says as many as 60 elementary and secondary French students must travel to Toronto every day to attend French schools. There is neither enough money nor French students on the Dur- ham board to open a school in the area, he says. Miron sys he and Louise Belan er-nnedy, vice-pre- sident of the French section and the only other member of the French section, will study the Cousineau report in the neit year, including the posiility of me with the rench sec- tions ofPeel andYork to form one French board. Miron, who is startinghis second term with the Fench section, says they need more members tW partcipate in the various tasls and decsions and to give a stronger impression te the English trustees. He says the French section can have up to six members and the more representation they have, the better chance there is to improve the quality of French education in Durham. Members of the French section are only consultants on the board with no power to vote at the regular meetings, he says. Miron a ested if the election was held SEptember instead of November there may more people willing to get involved in French education. He says many people start and plan the school year at the begm- ning of September and by November, most residents are already busy with a various of activities. Nicole H e, who just resi ned as president of the French section, says having six members is integral to get as many ideas A MAGICIAN entertain youngsters during 'Brèakfast with Santa' held as possible to improve French education in the region. There have been at least three members In the French section in the last two years, she says. o melementlry French school somewhere along theo th Oshawa border is amongse future p 'ects the Fren e se- tion should explore, she says: - Hode says the French section should also promote Fzench edd- cation in the areá~afd much can be done if the efforts are there. She s a she is disappointed that only two people are part of the French section. Despite advertisement,. there was a severe lack of interest in participatini«in the possible changeginFrench education, she says. Hodge says she eoyed her time as president of e French section but felt it was time to move on. She as she recen returned to work ful-time, an her two children are heavily involved in many activities. 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