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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 14 Apr 1982, p. 4

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PAGE 4 â€" WaATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1982 Date: Saturday, April 24th Time: 9 a.m. â€" 10: 30 a.m. Location: Waterloo Motor Inn Tickets: $3.00 advance sale only by contacting my office Lets discuss concerns important to you. Please join me for breakfast. Dear Friends, MARY MELINDA GILLIES 3rd finalist of the Miss Teen Canada Fitness ‘ Award A 24 Hour Answering Service HOURS Mondayâ€"Friday 9 am â€" 5 pm WALTER McLEAN, M.P WATERLOGO Office Waterloo Square Lower Mall WESTMQUNT ROAD AT ERB ST. WATERLOO NEW HOURS MON., TUES.. SAT., 9:30 a.m.â€"6:00 p.m. WED., THURS., FRI , 9:30 a.m.â€"9:00 p.m Four trustees, memâ€" bers of the ad hoc committee, were also the recipients of a letâ€" LCarry Freiburger, another spokesman for the parents, presented trustees with a petition bearing the signatures of concerned Waterioo citizens. Gloade also suggestâ€" ed that trustees, parents, teachers and clergy reâ€"evaluate the situation in September to determine whether or not any significant information has come to light. (Gontinued trom page 1} board encourage parents to send their children to St. Louis in 1982â€"83 and said that in view of the school‘s uncertain future, some parents of kindergarâ€" ten students were alâ€" ready making aiterâ€" nate plans. St. Louis school closing Freiburger said the parents have been in contact with the city of Waterioo to determine projected population growth and subseâ€" quently the number of students likely to enter In the letters the teachers point out what they consider to be the advantages of triple grading. One teacher has turned down posi tions in other schools and drives 60 miles to St. Charles in order to participate in the triple grading system. St. Charles has been successfully operating a kindergarten to Grade 8 school with a total enroiment of 76 on the basis of triple grad ing. ter written by teachers at St. Chagles separate school in Giencoe, a community west of London, Ont. The caption under the frontâ€"page photo last week showing chilâ€" dren singing with mu sician Bob Schneider incorrectly identified the youngsters as stuâ€" dents of St. Louis sepaâ€" Faulty heater blamed for $35,000 fire A spokesman Waterloo Fire ment said fire was restricted being Dia m which â€" cau damage to Bradley F Roselawn terloo, last morning cordingly . Gloade sug school board novative en said the chal worked worked cording ‘"They J portunity t close hand don‘t let it he â€"said. superior, he said. Gloade said the perâ€" sonally believes triple grading is something society will have to accept. He believes the local trustees should be examining in detail what effect triple gradâ€" ing has on children. "They have an opâ€" portunity to examine it close hand. I hope they don‘t let it slip away." he said. *"Then they can say this has worked or this has not ‘*As for St. Charles in Glencoe, it proves tripâ€" le grading is effective and in a lot of cases, superior,"" he said. Gloade said the perâ€" sonally believes triple grading is something society will have to In an interview folâ€" lowing the meeting, Gloade said he and the parents he represents *‘do not at this time feel the school will be closâ€" ing. Trustee Frank Furâ€" long suggested that Freiburger take a look at the city‘s projected figures for the last five years and then look at what actually hapâ€" pened. Estimates have been compiled up to the year 2,000 and show a popuâ€" lation increase of 35,000. According to these figures, Freiâ€" burger said approxi mately 2,500 students can be expected to enter the separate school system. + c FRITZ ELECTRIC the separate scho‘ol system . Our WE DO THE COMPLETE JO8B: e Forced Air Furnaces _ e Hot Water Boilera & Baseboard e Service Heating Changes We Assist You in Obtaining Govt Grant ELECTRIC HEATING SPECIALISTS faulty 4 blamed â€" causec ge to the ey Free Members of The Better Business Bureau ELECTRIC HEATING â€" FREE ESTIMATES â€" 576â€"456860 or t and vard is enoug challen: sugge sed $35. the home eeman, Place, V Wednesc heatt d for : CONVERSIONS is has adapt dnesday for the Depart damage to the nge Stt not twoâ€"yearâ€"old child w or the _ at home when the epart brok e out. Bo image â€" escaped without i to the _ory mistake the Electrical Industry ‘or Over 50 Years d the they has not . ac bu fire | in and fac ‘ of 370 to pupils at Our Lady » Lourdes school. The Chronicle apoio gizes for this over sight. rate In basems room | a was °x damage the hou Sehi was kids years, includ mammoth bu boom or **stu coming out c woodwork," the still 400 empty s separate scho Waterloo and s lieves the boar place students tively without k St. Louis open. ‘"Five or 10, 1: youngsters does school make. Sehl _ gardless that m within 1 As far as she is con cerned the school board has conducted an exhaustive study and the school will be closed in September Sehl said that /re gardless of anything that may transpire within the next few years, including a mammoth building boom or ~‘students coming out of the woodwork," there are still 400 empty seats in separate schools in However â€" Sehl caun tioned that in as much as nothing is etched in stone," she does not want to see parents receiving false encour agement. While she said the parents‘ inten tions are pure, she "‘does not want to see the carpet pulled out from under them." Gloade said he wants other concerned parents to know that there are parents working to keep the school open and "to have faith it will be open."‘ **We have no control over the forces out there," be said. ing all school boards in the province right now is their ability to adapt to change. Freeman and his 0â€"yearâ€"old child were home when the fire r o k e out. Both caped without inju school fact, t young house burlt ent recre area. but xtensive .s e to the o r m a k e when t these schools and she to people board the sc house _ effec keeping 15 eation â€" there smoke rest of tale J were e fire B o t h inju 1 GF 24 not a â€" said school ent are be 190 of 1

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