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Pierre Dube, spokesman for the citizens committee, described the pilot project as ‘‘an extremely successâ€" ful program (which) has a high degree of support from both parents and teachers." The pilot program, from grades one to three, was introduced into six public schools in 1974. Despite beâ€" ing termed highly successâ€" ful in two consequent reâ€" ports, the board decided last year to phase out the program due to financial restraints. â€" establishment of at least one French immerâ€" sion program for those parents who desire to enâ€" rol‘ their children in such a program â€" establishment of a biâ€" lingual program for stuâ€" dents in grades one to eight who desire it â€" the current pilot proâ€" gram, also known as the Extended French program, be generally available to all elementary students Discussion will be based on four recommendations made Thursday by the citâ€" izens group to the Waterloo County board of education : â€" continuation of a presâ€" ent pilot French language program through grades four to eight for pupils now in the program Recomniendations _ will be â€" brought back to the board before the upcoming budget deliberations. view Committee and a citâ€" izens Committee for Eleâ€" mentary French Instrucâ€" tion, based in Kitchenerâ€"Waâ€" terloo, _ will _ coâ€"ordinate ideas and possibilities for more French instruction. Increased French lanâ€" guage instruction in public elementary schools will be the topic of a joint school boardâ€"citizens committee. Mr. George Mitchell, Viceâ€"President, Ontario Region is pleased to announce the appointâ€" ment of Anthony Porter as Manager of their new office at 100 King Street South, Waterloo. Mr. Porter was previousâ€" ly a Trust Development Officer, at Royal Trust‘s Kitchener Branch. Mr. Porter‘s Appointâ€" ment reflects the conâ€" tinued growth of Canâ€" ada‘s largest trust comâ€" pany in the Kâ€"W area. More French instruction will be topic of joint committee ""It seems wrong to phase APPOINTMENT ANTHONY R. PORTER ‘‘*A great number of parâ€" ents surveyed have indiâ€" cated strong ;:support for the Extended French proâ€" gram and have also indiâ€" cated a desire for a greatly A â€" bilingual instruction program ‘"has many adâ€" vantages both for the board and for the children involvâ€" ed,""‘ Mr. Dube said, regardâ€" ing the comfnittee‘s second recommendation. Waterloo Trustee Doreen Thomas. noted the most complaints she heard durâ€" ing last December‘s elecâ€" tion campaign was the fear that the pilot program would be discontinued. Another committee memâ€" ber suggested the board should ‘"‘"cut frills, not French". She felt it was wrong to cut the program after the investment alâ€" ready made and that it would dampen children‘s enthusiasm. Parents surveyed desirâ€" ed the continuation of the program. Others even wishâ€" ed the program could be expanded from its current 30 minutes per day limit, Mr. Dube said. out a program that has been so highly successful," he said. The 12â€"member citizens group was formed after a series of three public meetâ€" ings and a survey was unâ€" dertaken in Kitchenerâ€"Waâ€" terloo which indicated subâ€" stantial support for the program. The committee discussed 11 different possibilities beâ€" fore narrowing it down to the four they presented to the board. 4 Good Citizenship deserves a medal ONTARIO MEDAL FOR GOOD CITIZENSHIP Recipients are selected by an indefiendent Advisory Council of Ontario citizens whose honorary chairman is the Lieutenantâ€"Governor of the Province. Anyone may nominate a person for the Ontario Medal, and nomination forms are available by writing: _ o That‘s the kind of person for whom the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship was established. Do You know anyone here in Ontario whoâ€"through selflessness, humanity and kindness without expectâ€" ing anything in returnâ€"has made this a better province in which to live? Executive Secretary Advisory Council Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship Queen‘s Park Toronto, Ontario M7A 1Â¥1 Making a nomination is itself an act of appreciâ€" ation for good citizenship. All nominations should be received by April 15, 1977. Kitchener Trustee John Darling pointed out it would cost $70,000 to eduâ€" cate those students in the normal stream of elemenâ€" tary education which isn‘t eligible for the special grants. Said Mr. Dube: "A biâ€" lingual program is an inâ€" expensive~way of making French language â€" educaâ€" tion available to the counâ€" ty as a whole without fiâ€" nancial discrimination." _ / Expanding the Extended French Program, to make it generally available to every grade one to grade eight student would be the best way of introducing all students to French instrucâ€" tion, Mr. Dube felt. ~ The committee also felt it would be of "great adâ€" The program could be implemented at existing schools which have low enrolments, he said. Total cost would be slightly over $58,000 for 200 students after provincial grants were taken into consideration, he said. ing encourages. ‘‘Furthermore, a bilingâ€" ual program would alleviâ€" ate some of the low enrolâ€" ment problems currently faced by some schools in the county. It would simâ€" ilarly relieve current overâ€" crowding in some suburâ€" ban elementary schools.‘‘ French so that their chilâ€" dren might become bilingâ€" ual and also so that they mighst&rrofit from the inâ€" crea awareness in other areas that language trainâ€" Distributed in Canada by: Chipman Chemicals Limited Winnipeg, Stoney Creek, Longueuil * Dyfonate has continued to prove its effectiveness year after year for the control of rootworms. * Dyfonate is easy to use. A freeâ€"flowing granular which does not excessively wear out application equipment. * Cut costs with economical Dyfonate. mDyto * No objectionable odor problem! DYfO C This season, use economical, effective \s £. Dyfonate. 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