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18- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, Tuesday, February 14, 1995 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Ambulance to hold babysitter course St. John Ambulance, Durham Region Branch, has scheduled a block of babysitting courses available during the March Break at all of its teaching facilities. The babysitting course was developed by a team of experts in the child care profession, concerned parents and experienced babysitters. This course is designed to teach students how to prepare for a babysitting job, care of infants, toddlers, and older children. he course also teaches hands-on skills in keeping kids amused and happy. This course teaches students Basic Stan- dard First Aid, and utilization or emergency services in our community. The course costs $25 and includes a workbook, handouts, videos and hands-on experience. Upon successful completion of the course, a certificate is awarded. If you or someone you know can benefit from the St. John Ambulance, please call (905) 434-7800 or 1-800-267-1032. i 985-8552 Durh ar LOOSE RUGS Steam || ppoapL OOM Cleaning pHOLSTERY J 3M Scotchguard Board to review document From Page 1 Concerned Parents; that letter was printed in Friday's edition of the Weekend Star. some trustees have been "absolutely deluged" with comments on the document, Mrs. Drew added. Mrs. Switzer says the activi- ties recommended in the docu- ment encourages teens to talk openly about their opinions on sexual involvement, and could serve to single out kids who are not sexually active. The embar- rassment could "coerce" kids into changing their stance on becoming sexually active, she said. "We feel this could only have a negative effect on the social lives of teens," wrote Mrs. Switzer in a letter to board chair Patty Bowman. Mrs. Drew said the call for a review of the FLEAC decision is unusual; the committee con- sists of community representa- tives including doctors, parents, public health officials, clergy and board staff, and reviews material that deals with sensi- tive life issues. "It is their job to view any type of sensitive material or curriculum and to sort of vet it before it's used," said Mrs. Drew. She added that Reduce the Risk is merely a compilation of recommended methods to be used at a teacher's discussion when issues of sexual activity and AIDS prevention arise. "this is a teacher resource document." said Mrs. Drew. "That's a key phrase. they can take this document and use out of it what they want to, if they want to. "It's at the teacher's discre- tion... If they feel it's not appro- priate for their class, they won't use it." Groups like Mrs. Switzer's take issue with a number of recommended methods con- tained in the document. 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One card car- rier is designated to have a sex- ually transmitted disease, and the result of the game is that the STD 1s passed on to some participants, while others are safe because they have taken preventative measures or avoid- ed sexual involvement; 0 A "Condom Line-Up Game" in which kids hold cards detail- ing the steps for safe use of con- doms; the challenge is to cor- rectly arrange the order of the steps; a Discussion of lifestyle and perceptions, such as those some may hold about the gay com- munity, and Q Outlines for discussion on sexual activity, and high and low-risk activities including anal sex, oral sex, and vaginal sex. Other discussion sugges- tions include encouraging teens to talk about sex, and the con- ditions under which they would fee right about it. "To encourage teens to exam- ine their peers' opinions regard- ing sexual activity and then change their values to reflect the consensus of the group... is nothing short of coercion," Mrs. Switzer wrote in her letter to the board chair. "It is to the school's mandate to indoctrinate or coerce." : Mrs. Drew said trustees were to hear Monday night about the role of the FLEAC commit- tee and the process by which the Reduce the Risk document received draft approval. "It's something we've never done before," she said. "Questioned the FLEAC com- mittee after they've given us their advice." The document in question is recommended for use in con- junction with the board's docu- ment on abstinence, Postponing Sexual Involvement. That doc- ument has been widely lauded and used as a model by boards across the country. THE DURHAM BOARD OF EDUCATION 1995 BUDGET PROCESS Durham Board of Education Trustees invite parents and members of the community to participate in their 1995 budget deliberations. Budget meetings have been set for: Thursday, February 16 at 7:00 pm Saturday, February 18 at 9:30 am Tuesday, February 28 at 7:00 pm Thursday, March 2 at 7:00 pm Thursday, March 23 at 7:00 pm Written budget submissions to Trustees should be sent to the Durham Board of Education, 400 Taunton Road East, Whitby, Ontario L1N 5R5, Attention: Budget Committee. Brief oral presentations to Trustees may be made at the budget meetings of Thursday, February 16 or Saturday, February 18. To register to make an oral presentation to Trustees, please call (905) 666-6402. All budget meetings will be held at the Durham Board of Education Centre. Everyone Is welcome to attend. E 3 | pe