WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1976, PAGE il Candidates put their platforms beforethe peopl From P. 9 After seven years of litigation practice in Toronto, he left to become Executive Assistant- to the Honourable Martin O'Connell, Minister of Labour. Mr. Sims opened his own l aw practice in Whitby in jJanuary, 1973, and now is a member of Sims Morton Mclnemey & Brady. Mr. Sims was recently appointed solicitor for the Town of Newcastle. For two years, Mr. Sims taught classes at Durham Coliege in the Legal Adminis- tration course. In announcing his intenti on to seek election as a Trustee, Mr. Sims observed: "Whitby's two representatives on the Durham Board of Education, Mrs. Marion O'Donnell and Mrs. Marjorie Mclntyre, wiii not be seeking office in the forthcoming elections. Their contributions have been immense and their further service will be missed". Currently, Mr. Sîms is the President of the Durham Region Law Association, Vice-President for Whitby of the Federal Ontario Riding Liberal Association, and is a member of Ail Saints Anglican Church. "During the next term, budget restraint will take priority in Board delibera- tions. The estimnated budget. of the Board of Educatian is approximately 60 million dollars and represents almost one-haîf of aur municipal taxes. However, municipal taxes make up only 45 per cent of the costs of education. Most of the balance cames from the Provincial Govern- ment through aur income taxes. The trustees have a heavy respansibility ta aver- see the judicious expenditure of the taxpayers dollar. "tA major problem facing the new Board, will be that there is pressure for construc- tion of new school facilities in new subdivisions, whereas in many older are as enrolment is down and vacant space is available. Particularly in times of restraint, imaginative and sensitive solutions will'have to be found. Massive growth is anticipated in the Region over the next ten ta twenty years. The answers can only be found through comprehensive and sophisticated long terni planning", said Ms. Simis. "One area of concern to me is the collective bargaining process. 1 Although the relations between the Board and others in Durhamn have been good, we mnust examine every avenue available to us to improve them and flot to permit themn to degenerate to constant confrontation and brinkmanship. 1 hope that through positive attitudes on ail sides the collective bargain- ing process can provide equity for ail, but above al provide a proper atmosphere for the education of our chul- dren -- everybody's goal", he uir]. "The criticai years in a chiid's educational deveiop- ment are the first grades, from kindergarten to grade. 6. The fundamerital skills must be firmly established then. If fundamental skills are not developed and student's prabiems are identiied and, solved at the earliest year of a student's life, ail rernedial programs in later years are enonnausly expensive and,- at best, moderately successful. i believe that teacher-pupil ratio should be the lowest ini primary grades and that there should be grmater direction of remedial services to se rve students in these critical years", said Mr. Sims. "Surely the goal of the public school systemf must be to graduate students who are1 adequately equipped to face this -world, whether it be University, Community Col- lege or. a job. Each student must have a sound basis in language, rnathemnatics and Canadian studies. But above ail, our students m-ust develop and have such confidence in their analytical and researcli skills that they can confront and deal in an intelligent and informed manner with problems in their work and personal lives. If we succeed More later Ibis report on the sehool board.elections was written with information which the Free Press had as of Monday. morning. More stories on these and other election races wiIi be contained in up- coming issues of the Free Press. in this, we wîll bufid a better comnmunity and a better nation", he said. t 4çt > %q U1TE[RIZ E s#4clet $22. 50 &.'parts 0 il POINT CHECK 0 INSTALL YOUR SHOW TIRE 0 FREE RIDE TO NEAREST 'GO' STATION 0 FREE RIDE TO WORK IN OSHAWA -WHJITBY AREA WHITBY TOYOTA BETWEIEN WHITBY AIND AJAX 668-4792 EAST WARD VOICE YQUR 1W <b OPINION For a Sincere, Straightforwýard, Effective (EAST WARD) COU NCIL LO R Ron Treleaven lia had excellent On December6 business experience having provided appliance service ta Whitby residents for 22 of is 41 years. He is married with one son r two daughters and resides at 1913 Dundas Strw 'E! . in Whitby. He is President of Tri-Circle Ltd. arm'. c rlqploys a staff of eight people. 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