WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1984, PAGE 3 ]Ruche 'says Iie's wiling to forgo public money to miaintain board's Policy f hing nlCah ie If the Ontario gover- nment is going tô dictate the hirlng and ad- mission practises of the separate sehool1 system, then' perhaps they shouldn't take ad- ditional public funding Trustee Charles Roche says. Roche, one of Whit- by's three represen- tatives« on the Durham Region Roman Catholie Separate School Board, made the comment last week after Premier William Davis announ- ced that the province would fund ail separate school grade levels. Currently, the provin- ce only provides public funding for gradfes 1 to 10 in the separate sehool system. The last thre grades are operated as a private. school with Funding will be detrim entai to public system, Lafarga says parents paying tultion fees. lIowever, in return for the additional $80 million that will be pumped into the separate school system, Davis said that the Catholic school boards will no longer be allowed to discriminate against non-Catholic teachers and will have to admit any student who applies to attend any school in their system. While Roche was delighted at the announ- cernent of more money for the system, he was visually angered at the stipulations handed down by the premier. "He speaks forked tongue, conraitinhe with it's a hasn't got the right to dictate who we should or shouldn't hire," Roche said in an interview last week. The trustee is afraid that if the board is for- ced to hire non-Catholic teachers and admit non- Catholic students then the system will lose some of its best qualities. He points out- that the "Catholic education system is made for and by Catholics. " . "Either we're going to have a Catholic system or not, " he added. The trustee said that the Catholic system was set up to educate children in a Christian marner. The system stresses the values that make up the 'Catholic faith. Public schools, he noted, are non- demoniational and *do not attempt to instruct their students in the moral code of any religious teaching. Roche said that the public school system is "void of value and meaning" and notes that students in the public system seem to suffer more of today's pressing social problems than do those in the separate system. So long as the separate school system adheres, to the educational standards laid down by the provin- ce, Roche feels that the goverrnent has no business dictating its hiring or admission practises. He wants the system to maintain its Catholic heritage and outlook. "We are staffed by Catholics *and- have Catholic students to avoid division," the trustee said., "We pay extra for that extra dimension and for that we expect extra con-' cessions to maintain our Catholicity. '"; In fact, he prepared to go as far as rejecting the extra fundlng if that is what it takes to main- tain the system's autonomny and identity. 'm nprepared to forgo the money,"1 Roche said, "If thatb's the way its going to be then I would say: 'don't bother'. " However, he feels that the province has an obligation to fund the system. The province he said, should "grant each child what is fair and just and ensure that his education is Up to stan- dard and then (it) should mind its. own business." The trustee points out that the separate board does flot receive in- dustrial and commer- cial property taxes - they automatlcally go to the public board whether they are own.ed by Catholies or not. "C"F. MESHER- JEWELLER 15% off wlth thia couponf 668-2872 ' , 109 Dundas St.W. Whltby The complete funding of the separate school system will have a definite and detrimental impact on the public school systemn accor- ding to Durham Board of Education chairman Ruth Lafarga., "I'm not very pleased with it," Lafarga said in a brief interview last Friday. The Oshawa trustee fears that the provincels decision to fund the complete Catholie system will mean a drop in the funding levels for the public systemn. "There is not enough money for both,"I Lafarga said,- "We could end up with two systems that are both inadequately funded." She also fears that there will be a movement of students away from the public system into the Catholic one. This may produce staffing and personnel problenis in the public system that could even- tually result in the laying-off of public school teachers. Lafarga is not convin- ced that despite the provincial 'Conditions at- tached to the additional funding that there will be free access to the separate school system. Premier William Davis told the -Ontario Legislature last week that if the separate school system wants the additional funding then they will no longer be able to discriminate against non-Catholic teachers and will have to admit non-Catholic students. If the accept the con- ditions Lafarga noted that "they realize it may mean a loss of autonomy. "It may even under- mine the principles on which their system is based." Now that the flood gates have been opened, 50 to speak, Lafarga also fears that other private school systems wil begin to demand public funding. "Is he going to fund the other private schools? " The chairman also wants more information on how the new funding program will be im- plemented. The premier said that beginning in 1985, the province wil fund a new grade a year until the entire Catholic system has public money. Currently public money, is only used for grades 1 to 10 in the separate system. Lafarga is not sure what response the board will make to the an- nouncement, however, she is confident that it wil be the major topic for discussion at .next Monday night's board meeting. Introtduc ih person-,-erson, calli card ovrsa colle third numbe s r billing tele,,.phone cali. er4J Long distance calling has improved again and it's worth reading about.. For years you've been dialing only station-to-station caîls that dont require an operat or (1- + the number). Now you can dia! the rest of your long distance calîs too, wîth reduced operator assistance. * To place these calîs, you'll dia! the number yourself. Then the operator will corne on the line to make sure the caîl goes through the way you want. Since you do the dialing, it will no longer be necessary to give the number and wait while the -operator records it and dials for you. Allyou have to do is tel! the operator the type of cal! you're placing and how you want it completed. This chart explains how it's done. 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