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The Canadian Champion, Fniday Novemnber 7, 1997- Chair of Halton board blasts Bill 160 ~:4I. w- Photo by STEVE LeBLANC Toachers continued ta adamnantly oppose Bill 160 Tuesday, durlng a region-wide rally in Milton. A show of solidarity waa seen ail along Main and Ontarlo Streets. pgIM"SUPER PE1 I iÉrm, XPEIENCE *N3EN. MHAEN I DOG CRATES PSLa~ CTL- Vartous sizes .BOE $1000 & PL OAM BLEND 1si) P STAINLESS STEEL BOWLS 0é~ STAI N & &U~ft ODOUR PINOE SET REMOVER 250/ 8Z F4 [FRESH 'N EASY Wfl CLUMPING X5 ANÇA HAMSTER CAT LIlTER VAU ^é :9 4E.- 4 CHEWTOYS C78.18 kg bag. W rfl av :CTFK» H1301, H1312, H1321 csPOsI OOP»ou 984 PETS ARE WELCOME 100% CANADIAN OWNED &OPERATED : SST PRICE GUAR.ANTED PHOTO PET* io-store photo studio 'ADOPTA PET* 'GROOMING* in-store pet grooming *Select stores Locattos in anuiptcn, Butinon, C.ksfltOM~ Edmonton & London THS WEEK'5 FEATURE.UN OUR BIR & SMALL PETS DEPAfRMENTS... G EY COCkATIEL$ BABY GUINEA PIG% of Sutableof Suitable 9$39.00 Without $14.88 Wsthou*t Cage Purchase Cage Purchase * ALBINO TIGER BARBS * BLACK NEONS * LONGFIt PANIOS -CORY CATs CAVE TETRAS BANANA 4 PLANT 1 *N3EN. FLUORESCENT SOLAR CANOPIES AM85 - A2&93 $1OOFF fmum LIZARD LOUNGES NO GST. ORPRS.T REPYTILE 25 SANP D OFF BIR NUSR TRPIA FIS RP I.10 FOO 5M L P ETS C .O [MgJEoe99 iFREEDO6TRAININGSEMINAR$ IEEU Ni flEf£.i Uxdme/PrdkaSovangiJas- Bang SarQmdo!ITHEa 2 KG I urlington: çM r November 15,1997 PM FOOPDBampton- CopnF mNoveoiber 13,1997. Lanit 1 per coupon. 1 îeb ,997 Expuan- -- -- -- By STEVE LeBLANC Special to The Champion Much like a ruthless king or power-hun- gry dictator, the Minister of Education could lord oiver Ontario's school systemn if Bill 160 ispassed. That's what Halton school board Chair Linda Glover fears. The overaîl implica- tions of the Education Quality Improvement Act are what particularly frighten her. "Bill 160 is about power and control at the provincial level," the veteran Burlington trustee wrote in a letter to Halton newspapers. "Bill 160 gives ail the power to a few people. Anything in education could be changed through Cabinet. It would not have to go to the Legislature. There would be no public hearings. You would flot have any say." According 10 Ms Glover, it is this assumption of "absolute power" that must be removed from Bill 160 - otherwise teachers and school boards will be hand- cuffed. "We can work with some of the specilic issues like class size and prep lime if the govemment scraps the move to centralized power, but if not there's little we can do," shte said. In a losing effort at Tuesday's Halton school board meeting, Ms Glover voted against a motion that would see coopera- tive action by the Greater Toronto boards in retuming teachers to the classroom. She criticized provincial achool boards for not supporting the teachers, whom she believes are "doing what every trustee and board in this province should be doing." "They (achool boards) haven't been doing enough," remarked Ms Glover, although adding, "I don't think there's much we can do to stop Bill 160 because the govemrment juat isn't listening. They have a one track mind with one purpose, and they're the ones holding children hostage." Linda Glover Contradicting statements made by Halton North MPP Ted Chudleigh that ample consultation was done before Bill 160 was introduced, Ms. Glover said meet- ings were held to tell trustees and teachers of proposed changes but not to seek any real input. Under impending education reform, she said, trustees could wcll become hired guns for the province and ceaxe 10 effec- tively reprexent those who elect them. She herself ix stepping dlown after 12 years as a Burlington trustee. A number of her colleagues, including Tim Kingsbury and Flo Belford of Milton, have done like- wise. Ms Glover predicts that with the newly implemented Fewer School Boards Act - which has slashed the number of trustees across the province and capped their salary at $5,000 a year - the province will soon see a Jack of qualilied candidates seeking achool board seats. "However, that's already passed and we can live with il. What we can't live with is the absolute power clause in Bill 160. It's quite frightening 10 think what this could mean," said Ms Glover.