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FACE 2 TERRACE BAY NEWS NOVEMBER 28, I973 go fo TERRACE BAY ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH - Rev, A, Creengrass SUNDAY MASS - 8:30 and I0:30 A.M. SATURDAY MASS - 7:00 P.M. CONFESSIONS = 6:15 = 7:15 P.M. and after evening Mass on Saturday. COMMUNITY CHURCH - Rev. P, McKague SERVICE OR WORSHIP - II:00 A.M. CHURCH SCHOOL = 9:30 AM. - Grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 11:00 A.M. - Kindergarten to Grade 4 Cere for Babies and Pre-Schoolers, ROSSPORT ST, BERCHMAN®S CHURCH MASS - Sunday I:00 P.M. the CURLY of your cies SCHREIBER HOLY ANGELS CHURCH - Rev. F.J. Meyer. DAILY MASS - Monday, Wednesday, Friday =- 5:00 P.M. . Tuesday and Thursday - 7:30 P.M. Saturday 9:00 AMe & = 7:15 P.M, SUNDAY SERVICE - 9:30 and II:00 A.M. CONFESSIONS - Saturday 4:15-5:15 P.M.; before Saturday evening Mass; before Sunday morning Mass and before all daily Masses. (RACE BAPTIST CHURCH - Rev, R.L. Dye MID WEEK SERVICE - 7:00 P.M. - Wednesday SUNDAY SCHOOL -10:00 A.M. WORSHIP SERVICE -II:00 A.M. EVENING PRAYER =~ 7:00 P.M. ST. ANDREW!S UNITED CHURCH SERVICE OF WORSHIP - Every seoond Sunday - II:00 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL - I0:00 A.M. All children are invited to attend. Memo =- continued became more difficult to allocate the grants on this basis. Therefore, the cost of the three programmes was averaged and the single figure arrived at. This figure was considerab- ly higher than the elementary amount, one reas- on being the differentiated programme provided. It is our contention that now the elemen- tary schools are expected to provide personal- ized programmes, in order to meet the needs of each specific individual, there is every bit as much reason to believe that such programmes . require groups of differing size. Unfortunate- ly, elementary grants have never allowed for these new requirements and elementary teachers have been expected to do an impossible task with a ratio of something like 25.1 while a similar pattern of programme differentiation in the secondary school, provided for a small- er ratio. In fact, the prospect of an increas- ed ratio of 17.5:1 in secondary schools had led some secondary teachers to withdraw volun- tary services in the schools in order to draw attention to the "impossible" situation. In fact, it is my belief that not only should the pupil teacher ratio for each panel be equal, but if anything the ratio should be smaller in the elementary school. Shouldn't one expect that as students become more mature and increasingly self reliant that the student teacher ratio should be relatively higher not lower? Another factor in the differing grant has been based on the higher qualifications held by secondary teachers. This is still true to a large extent but-is a decreasing factor. About one-fifth of the teachers in secondary schools now consisting mostly of people brou- ght in from business and industry, do not have a B.A. degree but are being paid as though they had. On the other hand, all elementary teachers now being trained are required to have a degree and an increasing number of tea- chers already in the profession are obtaining degrees. But elementary teachers are not paid on a degree basis until that degree has been obtained. Again this discrimination is poss- ible because of the gross disparity between the grants paid to the two panels. When these points were drawn to the Minis- try's attention, the Minister of Eduation agreed that although such disparity ought not to exist, a lack of money would not allow the the situation to be remedied immediately. However, he did commit himself to narrowing the gap. In 1970/71, a gap of $515 per pupil existed between the two panels. In 1971/72 this was reduced to $505 and in 1972/73 to $500. We were less than heartened by this rate of decrease, seeing something like one hundred years stretching ahead before the gap would be closed, but with the announcement of continued page 3 ........