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PACE 10 IG EDUCATION COST As a member of the teaching profession, | wish to dispute a statement Premier William Davis made to about 5,000 Scarborough elementary and secon- dary teachers at O'Keefe Centre, and reported in The Globe and Mail on February 26th. | contend that education is not expensive. In support of this statement | use the following statistics from the division in which | teach: For the year 1970 our total budget for elementary and secondary schools was about $2,500,000 and total enrolment for the division about 2,370. By simple division, the cost per pupil per year is $1,054.35. There are 200 school days in a year, so again by division, the cost per pupil per day is $5.28. Each day con- sists of 5 1/2 hours of regular teaching time, so this brings the cost of education down to about 96 cents MARCH 11, 1971 per student. ure does not just represent ; salaries; it includes all gd- | costs = buildings, heating, , equipment and supplies - g. ls this high for profession- es? | have not even consider- xtra hours of overtime which, e, could easily average 1 1/2 ir day per teacher. look at the particular elemen= | in which | teach: For the 0 our total budget Dec. 31, t in September 1970 was 204. e same calculations as above, per pupil per year is only 601.35, per day it is about just six cents per hour above : ng rate for baby-sitting; that is ts per hour for professional onald C .R. Briscoe, rincipal "errace Bay Public School . \TION BRIEFS - by Jerry Dupas BANTAMS LOSE FINALS Ets of the Bantams series held this end are as follows: = March 6th - Terrace Bay 1 Manitouwadge 3 Terrace Bay 1 Manitouwadge 6 Zz 0 Our boys are to be congratulated for their efforts over this past weekend as a number of Major Peewees were selected to replace "regular" Bantams. At present, there is a possibility that a few of our boys will be picked up by the North Shore representative team, if they ultimately meet Thunder Bay. SLIDE SHOWING AT SENIOR CITIZENS PROGRAM fore audit was $122,675. The or only about 56 cents per hour. | s. Surely, this is not expensive. Mr. "Sandy" Cruickshank will be showing his collection of slides in the Craft Room of the Recrea= tion Centre this Thursday, March 11th at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Cruickshank is hopeful that a number of the Senior Citizens will make it a point of attending the showing. The slides contain showings of local + : : scenes as well as Scotland. Plan to attend the showing and enjoy an afternoon out. = cont'd page 13 .eees