WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9,1988, PAQFe38 KAYE: Province shirking responsibility to boards Carl Kaye, candidate as Whitby public school trustee, feels that the Province has been shirking its responsibility toward the education system. "They've increased funding but actually, the percentage has gone down from 60 to 45 per cent. As the accommodation problem increases, so does availability of funds. "All we can do is put forth to the ministry the problems we have in Durham Region. Bellwood (public school) already has six portables." Kaye, a sales executive, was formerly a policeman with the Metro police force, working with the domestic response team, dealing with family disputes and difficulties.He is the father of two children in the system. "Overcrowding means the child can't communicate with the teacher. If you have 42 kids in a class, the teacher want to sit down and have a discussion, get input from each one, it would be impossible to do so. What about the kids that need special attention?" Kaye is appalled that the lack of funding for vital needs of Whitby schools forces some parent associations and the children themselves to raise funds. 'We've got te lobby the Province for the money to prevent overcrowding, we've got to keep hammering at it." Busing is another issue that Kaye would like to see addressed by the next board. "It's not just proper busing for children that we need. I don't see why, when we're paying 54 per cent of education through our taxes, that we still have te get up in the morning te get the kids te school." The teacher shortage should be addressed by advertising the benefits of teaching in Durham, and by "putting yourself in the teacher's shoes, te see what their complaints are." Communication with the Town is poor, Kaye said, resulting in poor planning for school accommodation. Kaye said the Town usually takes money rather than a parcel of land for a school or park from a developer, and uses the cash for other projects. 'Whitby is still a small town (mentally). It doesn't have the experience behind it. There are a lot of developers out here, and the Town should.be taking land in case it's needed (in the future)." Kaye said that The Lord's Prayer issue should be referred to a referendum. Some people may switch to the separate board because of the removal of the prayer. Kaye, in conclusion, said he'd be accessible to parents and teachers and feels that trustees should not make promises that they can't keep; trustees should instead promise to try. Flewwelling: Elirinating portables FROM PAGE 32 been banned for use in morning exercises. "If we went to a foreign coun- try, we would have to abide by their laws and traditions. We're taking the relevance out of the Lord out of everything we're doingtoday for example, Sunday shopping," he said. FlewweIling does not like the credo now being used by the board to replace the prayer. e also feels the teacher shor- tage should be addressed by study into the reasons for tea- chers leaving the board, and what attracts them to work here. "Childrentoday are far super- ior mentally than they were years ago, and are better able to adapt to the structured experience at an earlier age," Flewwelling said, making an argument for the implementation of junior kindergarten. He noted that the separate school board has a JK program, and said that the board should L go to the provincial and federal governments for reallocation of funds designated for day care to go to fund the JK program. Flewwelling woùld also like to see the community school con- cept expanded in Whitby. He said community school programs allow for citizens without chil- dren to enjoy the use of their education tax dollars, and poin- ted to Bellwood and Pringle Creek as examples of working commnuritv school concepts. s Liz Aruta Time flies by when you're naving fun, especially here at Denis O'Connor High School. It's hard to believe that three months have already passed and that we are halfway through the first semester. Soon, mid-term marks will be handed out to the surprise or dismay of many students. But this reporter has a feeling that nearly everyone came out of the first quarter of the year with little wear and tear and the marks to prove it. For the few who haven't received the best of reports, I hope you shape up before the finals in February. Things are just beginning to run in high gear as our various clubs and sport teams continue with their busy schedules. Choir members, and concert and stage band performers have been busy rehearsing and practicing for upcoming performances. Mr. Arbour and Mr. Kraus are "instrumental" in keeping this aspect of the DO'C spirit alive and have been doing a wonderful job. Last year our band became an international success with a brilliant display of talent and poise down in the United States. Perhaps the participants this year plan to concentrate their abilities here in Canada, or lucky for us, here in our own region. I wish everyone only the best. Good luck with the year ahead! It appears that Lady Luck was not in DO'C favor this week, at least not for some of our sports teams. I think she has had it with our winning and decided to give us a taste of our own medecine. It all started off with our first eleven-girls' field hockey team. Though the girls did not lose a single game in the recent DYSSA playoffs, the girls did not win any, either. The points that they accumulated were not enough to advance them to the final game. Tough break girls. But coach Flynn was extremely pleased with this year's season and could not be more proud of the effort and dedication that her girls put into the year. Sad as it may seem, our boys followed suit. They seem to have caught that nasty wave and failed to qualify for the finals of DYSSA as well. Though our senior boys soccer team were slated to rand 2nd in the spring OFSAA championships, they failed to advance. The boys were eager to better their last year's silver medal Ontario showing, but instead had to settle with ending the season in a tough battle against Father Bersanni. It was a heartbreak loss to their losing opponents from last year's match-up. A terrible call resulting in a penalty shot in overtime left Bill Heaney with DO'C's only goal. The 2-1 loss put DO'C out of contention for medals and another shot at OFSAA. Don't worry boys, we have faith in all of you and we know that you will get them next year! Not all of our sport teams have suffered defeats however. Our junior and midget boys volleyball teams recently completed and won their respective tournaments. Our midget boys defeated arch rival St. Mary High School as the highlight of the tournament. Our boys will be completing in the LOSSA playoffs in a few days and all of us at DO'C hope they come out on top. Stay tuned for further details on their performance. Finally, our hockey team has started their season on an upbeat note. The senior boys defeated Laurier by a healthy score of 5-3. Our offence seems competent as do our defenders and goalies. Coach Fitzgibbon and Coach Sheehan were pleased with the boys and their fine play-making. Keep up the good work, boys. Hopefully you'll finish the season in the same shape that you started it. Maybe you'll bring DO'C another gold! ANNA ARGANTE was valedictorian and winner of both the Mayor's Medal and Whitfield Trophy/Nel- son Shield at commence- ment at Henry Street High School Nov. 4. THOMAS BRACKENBUR was a multi-award winn at Henry Street Hig School commencemen Nov. 4, receiving award for math and science, th Kiwanis bursary, highes Gr. 13 marks, Governo General's medal anc school honor prize. TARA STUBENSEY, wh received English, chemi try and Legion Auxiliar awards, also was honore at commencement cer monies Nov. 4 for havin the highest academi achievement over fiv years at Henry Stree High School. er h 't ls le st r d Sean Whitehead Students at Henry are getting prepareci for mid-term exams which take place next week. To some students this is their second most feared event (I can say without a doubt that final exams are still the most feared). To other students this simply means that they get a chance to improve their marks and that this isn't such a big thing. Anyhow, I'm sure that students will be studying hard and giving their best shot. Good luck everyone. We were privileged to have the three running candidates from the three different parties come to our school. They explained to us some facts and reasons as to why we should elect them. We had Rene Soetens from the PC party, John Roberts from the Liberal party, and Jim Wiseman from the New Democratic party. Some students asked questions to the candidates and it got quite interesting. The Halloween dance was a success this year, as usual. There was great student participation in dressing-up this year. Prizes were given out to the students who had the best costumes. In sports, the senior boys' rugby team did extremely well against the team from England, only losing by a score of 18-16. The game was played fairly and everybody gave it their best shot. Henry's school hockey team was picked recently. The team looks very, very promising under the guidance of Mr. Brady and Mr. Cherry. The team should do extremely well this year. Charlyn Long - This past Saturday sports were first on the agenda. T'he Trafalgar basketbalî teams participated in an all-day teurnainent. They played some interesting games against other private schools. A lot of enthusiasm was displayed by the members, and it was an experience for everyone involved. That evening the excitement continued when TCS hosted its first dance. The season was kicked off with a Halloween theme. Trinity, Lakefield, and Pickering College were the sebools invited te, join in the festivities. Between dances, the judges consisting of Mr. Kamcke, Miss Roberts, and iss Riches, sorted through various costumes and came up with a winner: twin bumblebees, ina Gallery and Carmina Chiappe. 10 The season traditions continued through Monday. Our head girl, S- Nancy Ailovic, held a Halloween chapel service in which students ry learned about the origin of this holiday. Goodies were prepared by the d kitchen staff and served at lunch. At 6:30 p.m., senior students escorted their little sisters" out for "trick or treating" in Whitby. The e- "big sister" program started a few years ago. Older girls act as special g9 assistants te the younger ones. At the beginning of each year the ce head girl calîs a meeting at which time the Gr. 12 and 13 students Fe are paired up with a junior. Many close friendships have resulted q from this systern. A number of girls make it a point to keep in touch when they leave Tr-afagar. With the increased number of first year students, the organization helps girls to, get te know each other. -- ----------------------- ------------ -- - --- - ---------- - ------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------