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_ "8tthYdarNo.7 [II-0:053] pareins con- sid r to be unsatisfac- tory. The proposal. which has been the subject of two public meetings and Considerable dis- cussion on the part of trustees at last week's (Chronicle? wins awards Parents will recom- mend that committee members include parents. school board officials and represent- atives from the origi- nal basic and modified action committee which came up with a BUSING CONTROVERSY By Terry James Some parents of students enrolled in basic level programs at Bluevale and Waterloo collegiates are concerned that they :nay not be getting all their questions answered to their lik- ng. To ensure this is not the case, last evening at a public meeting, they recommended the striking of a special committee to deal with the future accommodation of their children. This recommendation, among others, will be presented to the Waterloo County board of education tomorrow evening. Proposals unacceptable, parents say For the second year in a row, a panel of weekly newspaper editors has judged the sports section of the Waterloo Chronicle to be the best in Ontario in its class (8.000 to 2tt,000 circulation). The Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associ- ation (OWNA) recently announced the winners of its 19m better newspapers competition and The Chronicle was again listed among the victors. As well is achieving best sports. the paper placed third in its class in the overall general excellence awardr. - -- Judges for this award considered all aspects of two randomly selected editions of the paper. including the front page. news and features. editorial page. photog- raphy. layout, sports and advertising. First and second place were awarded to the Brampton Guardian and Georgetown Aiards will be presented at the annual OWNA convention to be held in Toronto March 4. 5 and . lndepcngent. At last evening's meeting. held at Blue- vale, parents echoed concerns they voiced during a similar meet- Ang held at- Waterloo collegiate on Feb. 9. THIS WEEK INSIDE, board meeting, would have grades 9, 10 and II basic level boys from both Waterloo and Bluevale cone- giates bused to Elmira and all basic level girls in grades 9, 10 and 11 grouped together at Bluevale in' September - SEE PAGE " She's fond of Li'l Abner By clustering stu, dents into larger groups the four-year program could be of- fered at one location and class sizes would be closer to the ap- proved levels of I2 or fewer per modified level class and It! or fewer per basic level class. all came about in an effort to make max- imum use of existing specialized facilities and equipment; some. thing the ministry of education insists upon. While Waterloo colle- Riate's enrolment is in- creasing due to ex- (Contmued on page 3) would be nurtured. The end result of both public meetings was the same. All parents present. with the exception of one last evening, voted against the proposal despite the fact it would mean better pro- gram opportunities for their children. Howard Parliament, superintendent of schools for Waterloo North, said the propos- Among these con- cerns were the psycho- logical implications of busing a student out of his home community; the time factor in- volved and the fear that by grouping these students together and sending them off to another school, feel- ings" of segregation --aEE PAGE 20 Senior Soccer arrives Amy Mchhirter (right) of McCarron Crescent shows Lynn Rivard that making valentines is a serious business, requiring skill and concentration. The productive tour-year-old invited Lynn, a neighbor who lives across the street, to be her special guest during Little Mountain Nursery School‘s Special Person Valentine Party held Thursday. Each child was accompanied by an aunt, uncle. grandparent or neighbor who helped nursery school students enjoy a day of tun activities. (Photo by Karla Wheeler) 2SCqettnatthqN-uetqt Dr. Koegler recommends naturopathy - SEE PAGE s iZfEEIEilTiTE