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By Ray Martin Officials with the Waterioo county beard of education are now looking into the possiâ€" bility of giving students more choice in which school they attend. A special group has been set up to look into the "Mexibility of school boundaries, superinâ€" tendent of operations, Stuart Whitney inâ€" formed the board Thursday night. ‘*Our criteria for transferring a student in the past has been based on several facâ€" tors. We now allow a student to transfer if a school is overcrowded; if a school cannot meet a program requireâ€" ment; for medical or personal reasons or if the student has some other good reasons for being transferred," he said. The board is now exploring the possibiliâ€" PAGE 10 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 20, 1982 Medical Dental and Nursing Home Supplies. Sales and Rentals of wheelchairs, walking canes, crutches and commodes. â€" Mon.â€"Fri. 8â€"5 Sat. 8â€"1 G.G.M. MEDICAL SUPPLIES f“ ‘ ‘Fairview MA Un 11 °0: FAIRWAY RD & HIGHWAY 8. KITCHENER, ONTARIO @ SHOP MON TO FR! TILL 9 :30 PM. SAT TILL 6 PM Board considers flexible boundaries 637 Colby Dr., . Waterloo For Fantastic Savings & Terrific Values Be sure to shop our ty of broadening that base to include giving While the study has not been completed, Whitrey said the new practice may lead to the ‘‘labelling‘‘ of schools in the system and the possibility of schools recruiting stuâ€" dents would exist. dom to pick the school they would like to atâ€" Of the 1,880 students attending Kitchener Collegiate Institute, 334 or 18 per cent of the student body are from outside the school boundary, Whitney said. He was not sure of the figures of students who had transferred across the region. In schools in the cities of London, Windâ€" sor and Guelph beâ€". tween .75 and 5 percent of the elementary stuâ€" dents and 5 to 10 perâ€" cent of the secondary school population anâ€" C ‘Park I‘ Mall 885â€"2457 The Waterioo county separate school board has made appointâ€" ments to its standing and special commitâ€" tees for the new year. In 1982 the separate school board will have five onâ€"going commitâ€" tees. These will include the high school board committee, the early school leaving commitâ€" tee, the teachers‘ grievance committee and the custodial safeâ€" ty committee. nually make requests students were allowed more freedom it probâ€" ably would not result in a laftge number of reâ€" quests for transfers. The normal proceâ€" dure is for the student to register in the ‘"home school," (the MON â€" FRL 8:30 â€" 5:30 EVE & SAT 8Y APPT. DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC DEREK GROVES D.T. 48 BRIDGEPORT RD EAST atholic board sets committees Stroll down our Tree Lined Mallways in Ci: mate Controlled comfort Shop or just browse at any one of our 95 stores ranging from Intimate Boutiques to our 3 Large De partment Stores â€" Simpsons Woolco and Sears Take in a First Run Movie enjoy Din ner at any one of our 3 Licenced Res taurants or a quick bite to eat in our Picnuc area Free parking for 3800 cars (Corner of Peppler St.) WATERLOO said if school usually nearest the student‘s home) and then try to arrange a transfer to the new school through the principal, Whitney said. The arrangements are usually approved if there is room in the new school or if a student in their graâ€" duating year wants to A new compensation committee was also formed to examine emâ€" ployee salaries and benefits in industry and education to keep abreast of new develâ€" opments which may be useful during contract negotiations. Trustees Englert, Donovan, Dietrich, Sahl and Voll were named to the new comâ€" mittee. The high school board committee will #e Wanted: Pictures of Waterloo from 1857 to 1932. The heritage comâ€" mittee of the city‘s 125th anniversary coâ€" ordinating committee urges area residents to dig into attics, baseâ€" ments and photo albums, in hopes of finding family picâ€" tures, industrial photos, street scenes, or anything else depictâ€" remain in his or her old school after moving to a new school area. In all cases where a transfer takes place the parents take on the responsibility for transporting the stuâ€" dent to the new school, he said. include trustees Paluâ€" biski, Englert, Cumâ€" mins, Voll and Zettel. Trustees Yates, Sehl and Zinger will be working on the grievâ€" ance committee. The early school leaving committee will consist of trustees Purâ€" long, Olinski and Faâ€" ther Hauser while the custodial safety comâ€" mittee will include trustees Haller, Paluâ€" biski and Zinger. The separate school board will be maintainâ€" ing its three standing committees in 1982. The study according to Whitney is looking Historical pictures sought for displays The education commitâ€" tee deals with program and curriculum; the management commitâ€" tee handles manageâ€" ment, finance organiâ€" zation and personnel policies; and the buildâ€" ing and sites commit tee deals with the acâ€" quisition and mainteâ€" nance of sites, buildâ€" ings and physical facilâ€" ities. The building and sites committee will again this year be chaired by Cambridge trustee Frank Furlong, while Waterloo trustee into the possibility of extending this proceâ€" dure. For administraâ€" ing Waterloo during that era. Any area residents who have pictures from this time period are asked to mark them with their name, adâ€" dress and phone numâ€" ber and drop them off at the library. Resiâ€" tive reasons a move might only be allowed during certain weeks of the year and a "free move" mii:t be inâ€" troduced where a stuâ€" dent could move to a new school within the system for any reason at all. According to comâ€" mittee chairman Joye Krauel, photos are needed to help form a pictorial display. At Thursday night‘s meeting Waterioo t rus tee Robert Klieinschmidt and Cambridge trustee Twyla Hendry were ap pointed by the board to act as a liaison be tween the board and the administration with a report to be forth Anne Marie Sahl heads the education commit tee and St. Agatha trustee Alf Dietrich will direct the manage ment committee. Other study commitâ€" tees named by the board include commitâ€" tees examining conâ€" tract benefits, com puter study, principal administration, French as a second language, Bili 82 and a committee studying the possibility of carrying a teacher‘s fourâ€"year salary over five years for sabbatiâ€" cal leaves. dents should also indiâ€" cate whether or not they wish to have the pictures returned, Krauel said. coming The committee urges the public to donate photos for permanent filing in a Waterloo archive system. All donations will be properly insured and cared for, Krauel said. For more informa tion,. call 886â€"1310.