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a8 tribune march 18 1987 si parent attendance lacking by lynda williams parents groups are now known by many different names but most have basically the same functions the parentteacher association pta school advisory commit- ttvsac or parentteacher liaison group ptlg consist of the prmcjpal or viceprincipal usually one or more staff mem bers and as many parents as possible homeandschool orga nizations are still popular in some areas attendance of parents at these meetings is usually low schools have tried having meetings different times during the week hopefully attracting parents that cannot attend on a particular night this has not been any more successful than having meetings on regularlyscheduled nights ie the first tuesday of each month guest speakers or topics of priority do not seem to change the number in attendance by any sig nificant amount why is attend ance so poor in most cases do most parents think theyll be asked to volunteer for somthing if they show up and already they dont have enough hours in the day perhaps the dates and topics should be published in the local newspaper as many parents have suggested to me they dont always receive the newsletter un til it is too late communications from the board and the ministry of educa tion arc discussed as well as any educational concerns reporting standards school budget alloca tions parent volunteers fund- raising discipline procedures etc what will it take to boost attend ance apparently everyone is satisfied with things as they are or do they feel there is nothing they can do to change things anyway you might be surprised to find out you have more input than you imagine and parental decisions are discussed with interest if your case is strong and can be put in place to the benefit of students it will be considered once a year parents nights or science fairs usually get a good turnout of adults but as the stu dent gets older in a higher grade the participation of the parents decreases a continued dialogue between parent student teacher princip al and administration is impor tant and the parents group is a good forum to approach all gener al issues of course any particular student teacher or principal can not be discussed but that is what private conferences are for leaf star mobbed markhams steve thomas now with the toronto maple leafs received a lot of atten tion from young fans monday when the national hockey league team brought its prac- tice to markham centennial arena here he tries to keep with hungry autograph hounds sjocrd wittevecn police briefs retail office space 9 9 newmarket plaza newmarket ont 9 two retail locations now available 9 2000 sq ft presently jewellery store 9 9 9 2000 sq ft with 1040 sq ft basement presently health food store 9 9 9 office space available 1600sq ft 292 sqft and 640 sq ft 9 9 9 9 9 details from administrative office suite 201 92 davis dr newmarket ontario toronto 9250732 newmarket 8957353 security guard beaten in mall police charged a youth with theft and two counts of assault causing bodily harm following a shoplifting incident at a woolco store in the markville shopping centre friday night police said a shoplifter shoved a toronto woman to the floor badly bruising her as he ran through the mall in an effort to elude store security when caught the shoplifter threw a security guard down and kicked her in the face police said the security guard is a mark ville rd resident machines taken from local firm heron gate barn dinner thohro ltona ltd pickering no sex please were british every thurs fri sat sun feb6april4 limited sealing available now reserving forthe hilarious britishxzomedy out on a limb apr 1 0may 1 6 special sun apr 12 s two slitting machines worth i 8000 were stolen from interna- tional label company at 130 don j park rd on march 7 said police i the markham labelling com- j pany produces die cut blank and j custom printed labels poster taken j in local theft i for reservations tntormation please call ql 2940426 fil a man was observed stealing a poster worth 40 from new york window fashion on 7355 bayview ave in markham oh saturday afternoon said police the owner of the store was able to jot down the licence plate num ber of the thiefs ear as it fled the scene mmmrtm jewellery dealer heating air conditioning 4791290 all air conditioners on sale until april 15th dealer specializing in quality unique line of handmade silver gold and ceramic jewellery r individually designed and created byjose goldsmith and proprietor our services include appraisals remodeling arid repairs tbtewellery watches clocks wmmmmmmm for personalized service call jose 4795673 1 59 main st unionville 2nd set 499 599 disc film processing on all expires march 24th leave your film with us photo magic 18 edward st stouffville 6408062 photo magic videos now available vhsonly