SCHOOL BOARD MANAGEMENT STUDY Unsubstantiated opinion critics claim By BOB MARTIN Era Stan Reporter AURORA The first major public a here last Wednesday night One trustee went as far as terming the study by P S Ross and Partners Management Consultants as fraudulent The remark drew a scattered burst of ap plause from the estimated 30 persons attending the session but was immediately withdrawn when John Stephens a lawyer and chairman of the trustee committee studying the report warned that such a remark is slanderous Markham representative Gary then said the reports conclusions ore not properly substantiated In the study Its largely opinion he noted The committee will bring its report July and is expected to recommend implementation of the Ross proposals only after substantial modifications With the exception of Canadian Union of Public Employees representative Nick Vollebregt all six delegations appearing during the evening session attacked areas of the study The delegations represented criticism from all sides teachers groups board staff parents groups In a later interview the committee chair man said the thrust of all the submissions had not been that the report is in error they disagreed on points of detail effect of the recommendations ore as guilt of the same generalizations as critics claim arc contained In the report said Mr Stephens In addition to the withdrawn fraudulant charge other trustees described the report as a lot of opinion Said Vaughan trustee Donald Cameron It would appear to be a highly opinionated document that in some areas has little basis in Another speaker for the same group Marlon said implementation of the Ross Report recommendations would do nothing to improve communications between the board she said Anything system where many people take par it thi decision making level she asxed Its sometimes very difficult for parents fa administration a i and give them a higher profile centralized board he said work against the best interests of the people who pay favor of anything that doesnt we arent Board business superintendent George Ford was also critical of the proposed centralization Its wrong to try to achieve greater ef ficiency through centralization the bill It will become v data concerning what it termed a split a of between the branches of the board he suggested a northern of between the academic and business We should expand on this concept rather than centralize said Vaughan trustee The reports stress on the need for He called for increased localization of board services by dividing the Area and offices in he southern end of the region permitting establishment of at least one additional local proved counterproductive community education If portions of the study are implemented they would only succeed in making trustees more remote and sterilizing or eliminating the area structure said Mr Band In its submission CUPE called for the In troduction of job descriptions as recommended in the Ross Report Should the board 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