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st orchard park tops in gr 3 test scores the tribune thursday december 11 1997 p 3 b from page 1 agency has suggested only good results levels 3 and 4 will be acceptable in the future within two years hogarth pledged 60 per cent of the boards third graders will perform at levels 3 or 4 in reading and writing and 50 per cent will be at levels 3 or 4 in math current board scores at levels 3 and 4 are 55 per cent for read ing 46 per cent in writing and 39 per cent in math there were flaws in the test but it is helpful as a tool for dia logue between parents and school administrators said hoga rth the test and related surveys pro vided a wealth of information on each school but the scores are virtually meaningless out of context warned curriculum super intendent sharon craigen principals talked to their staff and advisory councils to find the next steps to improve learning at each school she said adding her department made its own recom mendations our intention is to keep getting better all the time asked if the boards results could be compared to others hog arth couldnt resist a jab at the areas catholic board which had done such a comparison generally the catholic board did a bit better last week sepa rate board chair tina molinari invited fellow trustees to imagine the kind of results catholic schools could get if their resources were equal to public schools id like to say if i had more resources wed have junior kinder garten if we had junior kinder garten you should see our scores then hogarth responded the public board also exempted more students from the test than the catholic board at some local schools the number of students exempted in a category had a sig nificant effect on the reported results hospital granted 100g markham stouffville hospital officials say they are very pleased with the ministry of healths recent announcement to provide funding in the amount of 100000 which was made in response to a proposal submitted in april for enhanced diabetes ser vice during recent years markham stouffville hospital has focused on addressing the need for dia betes education and support for the communities of markham and stouffville by opening two dia betes clinics for adults and chil dren markham stouffville hospitals diabetes program provides educa tion on lifestyle management and how to reduce the risks associated with the disease and thereby reduce related complications some 100000 of the 300000 proposed is earmarked for mark ham stouffville hospital and hos pital officials state they plan to increase clinic hours to weekends and evenings implement a satel lite outreach education program in the milliken area and provide out reach educational support to resi dents who are unable to go to the hospital or the satellite clinic the hospital is seeing a need to provide more outreach programs in collaboration with community resources to keep up with an esti mated 196 per cent increase in cases of diabetes says wood bury by providing support to residents in their homes and other clinics we hope to ensure those needs are met walk around the lake out for a walk recently in musselmans lake are from left micheline philib- ert sharon busse amelia busse 3 samantha philibert 9 months and julien busse photo by sjoerd witteveen region will revisit issue before renaming ninth from page 1 chair of parkviews tenancy asso ciation the local seniors petition is seeking to influence regional council in midjanuary york regional council will revisit the issue said whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson regional council will look at it again said emmerson we have to bring this back it has more impact on whitchurchstouffville than it does on markham mayor heads to as well some residents of markham have expressed strong opposition to renaming the ninth markham councillor jack heath has notified emmerson that he too has received calls from people opposed to the name change heath joins emmerson in stress ing that the opposition is not directed at king with his kings lengthy career and valuable service it is a fitting gesture on the part of york region to see to honour the former chair but i do not believe that renaming ninth line is the best approach to take in this instance a regional building or a new park might be a better alternative said heath middleton also pointed out that a name change would be costly to businesses located on the ninth running from steeles avenue to the musselmans lake i dont think this was given much foresight its too much for us all and it would hurt the busi nesses said middleton court mayor wayne emmerson and councillor judy scala are going to court in newmarket monday the mayor and ward 5 council lor were subpoenaed to appear as witnesses in a court case involv ing the stouffville country mar ket and the town in august the towns bylaw council officer acting on a noise com plaint charged stouffville stock yards ltd with breaking a bylaw in connection with its memories of elvis celebration the event was billed as a karaoke and an elvis lookalike contest the town bylaw stipulates that concerts are not prohibited on the premises scala and emmerson are to be witnesses for the defense r joan ransberry look out below keith may of crcssman tree maintenance of cobourg ontario cuts down a dead tree limb by limb on wellington and lorn street in claremont monday pholo ty sjqerd mireyeen