The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

thp tribune thursday jan 23 1975 1 ograms unaer tin by ted wilcox markham donald sim of markhain newly elected chairman of the york county board of education would like to reevaluate certain in practice they are simply paying someones salary noting that the on tario institute of education bad cited the york board as pion- novauve programs ap- in innovation proved by past boards j sim said he thought mr sim also told the that the innovationstave j recen resulted in some hasty terview that as chairman- policies he hopes to make board meetings speedier and instead mr sim said more orderly he would like to see green sheds have sprouted along creeks in the stouffville area and last week a press release from the ministry or environment explained the structures this one is located on 19th ave just west of the 10th line the building is part of a comprehensive water quality quantity and sediment monitoring program being conducted on the duffins creekrouge river water system the sheds house streamflow recorders and automatic suspended sediment samplers don bernard among current school programs he questions are the new math the nine professional develop- ment days allowed teachers and the in vestigation into moral reasoning in york county schools regarding the latter program as it related to markham district high school he said the whole thing was ridiculous- furthermore mr sim said be does not believe the openconcept schools are working the innovative programs often sound good on paper but when you translate them into penmanship spelling and sentence structure stressed again also he favors such ideas as a 10 to 15 minute phys ed break in the classrooms that could break up the monotony regarding the conduct of the board wry minor argument meetings mr sim said for low scores mr sim said he disagreed with former chairman merna colbournes assessment of them he said be felt the tests showed that york children indeed are less skilled in math reading etc today the only valid point made by the apologists for the low scores he said might be that a typical classroom now includes more children who in the past would have been flunked the fact that kids today communicate more visually through tv etc than through reading and writing he said was a t0r0mark reupholster sale vz the price of a new suite probl em well brings plea water for get the best for less free armcaps home or store 297- 2055 toromark estimates call mr fleischer 2942581 294- 2060 box grove water supply generally one of the simplicities of life has became a complex problem for a group of residents ir the community of box grove in a letter presented at a recent meeting of markham council barry needier said that alof the homes on ridgevale dr and the 9th line are on wells but some of these are experiencing a shortage of water- mr needier said that it had been rumored that the water table has been disturbed due to con struction of sewers in the new housing develop ments at highway 7 and the 9th line nevertheless it is not uncommon to see a water truck filling a well or hear a neighbor ponder the expense of drilling for the water works department and un derstand that there are no plans to pipe water to the area in the near future councillor carole bell told council that she was aware that the water shortage in that area was a real one and that what water was there is often polluted these people have tried to buy water from suppliers she said but even this is difficult because they cant find enough people who sell water the town owns trucks she pointed out and i think we should look into the possibility of supplying water to the people in box grove who have the problem s a motion was made and carried to refer the problem tov the he hoped things could move a little more smoothly than in the past when meetings could go on until the small hours of the morning he said he would first indicate to the members that they would go by the v rules of procedure which among other things doesnt allow any member to speak twice until each has had a chance to speak once because self- discipline didnt work in the past mr sim said discipline now must be imposed from the outside speaking of last years testing results which seemed to show that york students had declined in basic skills i think that for the amount of money spent and the cultural ad vantages of being next to toronto our kids should be in the 80th percentile nationally instead of us arguing about the 40th or 60th york students finished close to the 40th percentile but apologists said that the score was not that significant one area that mr sim did commend the past board about was the way they began dealing with the teachers after the strike he said he hoped the board would continue on with- that type of approach and be available to teachers mofe water he saldyi engineering committee have made enquiries at for investigation britain 259to339 kktnng on ticli urc advahcebookiflgcharterswfth british airways conuttusnowforfulldcttlbboomis arkham travel centre ltd in the village shoppes 60a main st n 2945102 keith liedtke airsri- ford mercury stouffville advertise weekly ihiisee our halp hirt specials price rack of buy one at regular price get second for wash arid wear flares j sizes 28 34 reg 1295 now suits slacks sport jackets etc -j- y a i a- fi ia h 20 to 50 off meksand boys suits blazers sportcoatstopcoats car coats leather coats dress shirts sports shirts ski jackets turtle neck sweaters polo pajamas casuals suits j h jrt 126 main st markham plenty offree parking in thereaf suits sweaters blouses vtvvv l f v a kh s pawfetikgeftiizndm mi i- v uk- womedxsapparel mawstreet horthrjattm-