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126th Year No. 4 Chronicle staff writer â€" Waterloo will unâ€" dertake a major street lighting program this year, Council decided Monday night. The proâ€" gram should reduce munâ€" icipal energy costs by The City will gradually replace incandescent, fluorescent and mercury vapor lights with new high pressure sodium units in an effort to proâ€" vide better lighting and save both money and enâ€" ergy. & The main thrust of the program is to replace the high wattage 400 watt mercury vapor lights â€" like those found on King and, Weber Sts. â€" to low wattage high pressure soâ€" dium (HPS), according to Paul Allan, assistant engineer. & ‘"The new units themâ€" selves are a little more expensive, but we can convert the fixtures and recover our . costs within Community Calendar Comment. LEARNING: Sally thought the history exam was a snap. She scored 40 out of 40 on the multiple choice and fill in the blanks questions. But, her essay answer explaining the causes of World War II received only 20 out of 60. Sally didn‘t know how to write in complete sentences. She didn‘t know how to organize her ideas into an essay. She needs help. " In ‘1975 the Waterloo County Board of Education made its first attempt to set up learning assistance centres in four area high schools. However, with the annual cutbacks, the program folded that same school year. & ; s After studying existing learning assistance centre programs in Toronto, London and Ottawa, the proâ€" City to cut energy bill Waterloo Chronicle By Theresa Barlow 5 Tomorrow is the math exam. Today‘s lesson scribâ€" bledonpoblacthoanlhohlike:ennfledwb Tim. He needs help. Inside ‘‘This will leave prokimately s‘:fiurfi cent lights in the system which should be replaced in conjunction with the rebuilding of a hydro line on University Ave. in 1981,"" Willis said. It vas ree ~»mended that ae ughl a the Doâ€" minion Life area and Alexandra Ave. be reâ€" placed with the HPS lights this year. _ The HPS units will also be installed on Devitt Ave., Parkside Dr., Schaefer St. and Dutton The reéemainder of the program will be devoted to replacing about 230 high wattage mercury vapor lights with the newer units. In a report submitted to Council by Jim‘Willis, commissioner of works, it was suggested that the fluorescent lights on Erb St. be replaced. a 10â€"year period," Allan said. 12â€"20 21,22 6.7 Each high school employs a spetial education teacher, a learning resource teacher, who "helps kids get their needs met,‘"" said Bob Horton, consultant in special education. Horton explained that outside of the regalar ‘ _ aelassroom routine, in the learning resource centre, the special education teacher works on a one to one years. Here, Gerard‘s 23â€"monthâ€"old son Scott carries on a conversation with his friend Sliver while Gerard looks on. the Dietrich family, featured on our entertainment page, manipulate the course of naâ€" ture by supernatural means, in the name of entertainment. The Great Gerard and his magical family have been entertaining Waterlocoâ€"area residents for seven vealed an increase in positive remarks on report cards, an increase in the attendance rate, and a deâ€" crease in the number of subjects failed for those stuâ€" dents who sought help at the learning resource centre at their high school. h In 1978 the remaining seven high schools in the area adopted the learning assistance centre program as a vital part of the curriculum. And it has been successful. A rudimentary study prepared by.a local high schoo! teacher in 1978 reâ€" gram was redesigned and started again in 1977 in six Wednesday, January 23, 1980 . _ Oneâ€"toâ€"one teacher contact is . needed to help some students Who‘s a dummy??? basis with the student. In a setting where the teacher listens to the student and becomes aware of his needs, a trusting, working relationship is developed between teacher and student. There‘s a need for more individual assistance in the high school setting," said Raiph Brubacher, learning resource teacher at Waterioo Collegiate Institute since the program began in September 1978. Brubacher continued to explain how the program works to meet the needs of the student. The learning resource centre operates on a voluntary basis for stuâ€" dents in grates 9 through 13. Referrals are given to the special education teacher by staff teachers, guiâ€" dance counsellors, parents, or, often, by the student himself. Then, the special education teacher arranges a meeting with the student and explains how he can help. The student takes a series of informal tests to Waterioo, Ontario (Continued on page 5) 15 Cents