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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 24, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday february 24, 1972 school trustees advised about role Brandon Man. Staff the importance of Public rela Lions on a variety of Levels a stressed in a seminar for Abou 50 newly elected trustee wednesday. W. W. Robson Dauphin pres ident of the Manitoba association of school trustees told the group the trustees Are Caugh in uie Middle Between professional educationists and the provincial government. A. A. Leach of the for Garry school division presided of the Manitoba association of i school superintendents told trustees they faced the same problems As if they had inherited a Multi million Dollar Busi Ness and told them they must understand the principles of its operation. He warned them against get Ting bogged Down in detail and losing sight of the broader perspective. The Board should set the policy and the superintendent and staff should execute it he said but the approach should be one of team work. Jake Braun vice principal of Neelin High school in Brandon said school divisions should hire a Good Public relations officer to help the Board and staff be through to the Public. Most people even teachers feel All the trustee does is go to the occasional Board meeting to make policy to restrict Between trustees administration teachers and students and attributed much of the difficulty to the fact that the chief con tact at present Between Board and teachers is from opposite sides of the bargaining table. Peter Coleman director of educational services for the trustees association said the Best Public relations any Board could have could be undone by one principal saying something stupid at a meeting of parents. He said it was essential for boards to distinguish Between the role of the trustee and that of the administration boards also need to develop policies which stand up to challenges and which will have the intended effect. Value decisions which in dive a Community s ideals Are the prerogative of the Ioard he said. When the Kitchen gets really lot the professional adminis raptors leave and they e said. Former senator Dies Concord mass. A Sinclair weeks 78, a former . Senator who was Secretary of Commerce in the Cabinet of president Dwight d. Eisen Hower died monday after a Long illness. Piping water debated Hamburg Germany West German Federal authorities Are examining plans to pipe water from swedish lakes to relieve a shortage of water in the Hamburg and Ruhr Industrial areas. New medals Tokyo a a depart ment store has started Selling medals that Are 51-per-cent Silver and 49-per-cent Gold to commemorate the return of Okinawa from . To japanese Rule Progress by any innovative trustees often see themselves As a watchdog of the Public purse which they should the said. Trustee Bob Rose of the Souris Valley school division said trustees often found it difficult to argue with teachers and superintendents who were professionally trained in Educa Tion. He expressed concern and called for better communication poverty group gets Ottawa staff a Grant of from the Federal Man Power department s local Initia Tives program to the National poverty organization in Winnipeg was announced wednes Day by e. B. Osier l. Winnipeg South the National poverty organization which has offices at 456 main Street in Winnipeg will be using the funds to provide Community Liaison workers in Mani Oba or. Osier said. Emphasis will be placed upon the formation and development of poor Peoples self help groups which will become viable with out external support the member said. This is a scene from the film the French connection nominated for four Academy awards including Best picture. It is based on the Book of the same name by Robin Moore and relates the True Story of two new York City narcotics detectives who broke up a Large heroin smuggling ring in 1962. Other nominations the picture received went to Gene Hackman for Best actor Roy Schneider for Best supporting actor and William Freidkin for Best director. The film starts Friday at the Carrick theatre Cinema two. Education help promised cation department is currently of a full scale in the throes reorganization last Chance to save tax dollars on your 1971 income. We re staying open saturdays to show you How. To help you take advantage of this Opportunity to realize these savings on your 71 tax our offices will stay open on three saturdays in february. The 12, 19th and 26th from 9 . To . There s a part of the income tax act that permits you to deduct up to from your 1971vearned tax Able income. But you must have registered a plan by february 29th, 1972. At metropolitan life you la find Many plans that Are eligible for registration. Let tax deductible dollars help you build a retirement income. Visit or Call us before the end of february. 2nd floor 1516 Richardson bldg. 1261 main Street and one Lombard place 589-4331 943-0681 metropolitan life helping canadians for 100 years by Katie Fitzrandolph free press staff writer Brandon Man. _ the department of education is mov ing towards greater assistance to school boards in their Deci Sion making education min ister Ben Hanuschak said wednesday. He told a group of 50 recent a elected school trustees tha he department was faced with the dilemma of imposing limits on school costs or presenting alternatives which Don t really re suit in Cost reductions. Should we ultimately impose controls on spending we shall also provide the expertise thai Many boards will require to As Sist them to overcome the Resis Tance to change that will be inevitable from Many quarters and we shall also provide personnel who will work with those who must modify their prac ices and techniques in such hings As accounting construct Ion and programming. This Wie not be hand hold no it will be Aid the kind of Aid that every trustee in the province has the right to expect rom a department of education Laiming to provide educational m r Hanuschak old the evening session of a to Day seminar for new Trust is at the agricultural Exten Ion Centre. The minister said the govern ment did not intend to impose curtailed expenditures and Cen realized government controls on Manitoba school divisions. We fully intend to assist our boards to work More efficiently in a More Auto onious manner to become More flexible to establish their own budgetary priorities and to seek out better methods of developing new pro Grams and to provide to them the full and co operative strength of our researchers in cide where to specialize the educational Field. This. 1 j he warned against canadians submit will be the salvation of siding with the forces of protect our divisions not their Damn j zionism in the . That would Lead to a sort of fortress West Ern hemisphere. Western resource View aired Ottawa staff e. B. Osier l. Winnipeg South Centre told the commons in the throne speech debate tues Day that Canadian Industrial pol icy must provide a Means of in vesting Canadian Money and technology in Western Canada. The Constitution of Canada gives ownership and control of resources to the provinces. In he last resort this simple Legal act gives immense Power to Vestern Canadian provinces in his time of rising demand for resources. Or. Osier said he was confident that the people of West Ern Canada Are willing to join with other canadians in a United federally led Industrial policy on foreign ownership re source and manufacturing development As Long As this policy meets the legitimate needs of the modern West. Without such guarantees Why should we westerners per Mit the insensitivity of . Capital to the nature of Canada to be replaced by equally if not More insensitive Eastern Canadian asked or. Osier. He said a consensus is emerging in Canada that we should learn to specialize in Industry. The problem is to de education with other education of a full scale Al groups into improving the department has research projects going on curriculum change innovative forms of educational presentation differentiated staffing school design and construction Early child Hood education find other areas of special interest he said. Fun a discussion following his presentation or. Hanuschak said there were difficulties in permitting people without teaching certificates to instruct in schools. Trustee Benji Levin of the seven Oaks school Board asked Why All certificates were based on teacher College training which he said was unnecessarily restrictive. Or. Hanuschak said the prob Lem arose particularly with individuals with specialized skills such As Art music and Ukrain Ian and the present situation prevents students from Benefit Ting from their Talent. Or. 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