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Administration had felt a ratio of 20:1 was conservative, falling somewhere in the middle of other board â€" maximums, explained Superintendent of Education Servicesâ€"Elementary Dave Katz. Burlington trustee Lynda Schreiber agreed with Leblovic saying it would be easier to start with 23 and then reduce class sizes if necessary, than "trying to get back something we‘ve given away." Burlington trustee Linda Glover agreed, finding it "ludiâ€" crous" that fourâ€"yearâ€"olds would be plunked into a class of 23 when Grade 1 class sizes are held to a maximum of 20. "I know we will probably save money but I think it‘s the time to be cautious about class size," said Oakville Ward 4 trustee Penny Siebert. Some trustees expressed conâ€" cern over the class size for fourâ€" yearâ€"olds, many of whom would be coming from daycare and nursery school situations and familiar with an 8:1 ratio. s part of the fine tuning C of the Halton Board of Education‘s implemenâ€" tation plan forâ€" Junior Kindergarten â€" a threeâ€" â€"year phaseâ€"in program beginning in January of 1995 â€" trustees voted Thursday night to maintain the current Senior Kindergarten class size of 23 children for Junior Kindergarten. Rick Ribble Real Estate Coâ€"ordinator Bob Glasbey, Director of Advertising of The Oakville Beaver is pleased to announce the appointment of Rick Ribble to the position of Real Estate Coâ€"ordinator. Rick was formally Coâ€"Publisher of the Burlington Journal and advertising director of The Burlington Post. Rick brings with him 20 years of newspaper experience, is married and has two children. Please call Rick with any Real Estate Advertising inquiries. Public School Junior Kindergarten will average 23 children per class By KATHY YANCHUS Oakville Beaver Staff Birthdays, Picnics, Openings much more For Rental Information call ... "We looked at what other "Kids Just | Love to Bounce" APPOINTMENT NOTICE uM â€"AJgMP \HIPPDS The motion to raise the class size was forwarded by Burlington â€"trustee Diane Leblovic,whose recommendation to look into the possibility of using volunteers and coop Early Childhood Education students instead â€" of _ Instructional boards were doing. We believe it would be a conservative middleâ€" ofâ€"theâ€"road approach. It would be slightly smaller than senior kindergarten," said Katz. "We‘re finding it‘s not just a watered down kindergarten program; it‘s a different program entirely." «Also available at the mall ckâ€"toâ€"School _ COUFON BOOK Belford‘s sentiments were echoed by Katz who felt it was "particularly important" to have IInstructional Assistants at the "beginning of the program." Burlington trustee Flo Belford disagreed _ with Leblovic‘s proposal saying that the startâ€"up of a new program was not the time to be using volâ€" unteers or students because they would need more direction from teachers than Instructional Assistants. Assistants was also passed by trustees. Opening for Lunch Op YOUR L@' 110 Fine Stores and Services. Just north of the Q.E.W. and Trafaigar Road. 842â€"2140 Open Mon.â€"Fri. 930amâ€"Spm, Saturday 9:30amâ€"6pm, Sunday 12 noonâ€"Spm