Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 20, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Winnipeg free March 1988 education finance Reform called top trustee priority by Allison Bray education finance Reform will be Foremost on the Manitoba association of school trustees 1988 newly elected president Verne Kulyk said i see education As one of the highest priorities and funding has to be Kulyk said in an interview after being elected presi Dent at the Mast annual convention the present funding formula Cre ates serious discrepancies among with the have not divisions losing the associations past Vic president some especially those in Rural have a weak tax base both in residential and commercial properties and cannot effectively use the special education Levy to Cushion any shortfalls in provincial he the costs Are still there to pro vide education but the Levels of funding often dont meet the a trustee with the Hanover school special needs funding is also an area for he teacher att in truss teacher attitude can make or break a students motivation to a panel of recent High school graduates told school trustees yes you need enthusiastic teachers for the students to be Sandra a 1987 Minnedosa collegiate Institute graduate told members of the Manitoba association of school the ones who we rent enthusiastic made me not like their she it was like sitting in the Robertson said teachers who showed respect for students and treated them As friends facilitated reflects on students the teachers who come to class and convey things like were not getting paid enough or i dont want to be Here reflects badly on the she they think if my teacher Doest care then Why should i Gaye who also graduated last year from lord Selkirk regional secondary said teachers should not Only generate ent Husia sum in the class but encourage Stu dents to get involved in after school activities and events in the comm students tend to sell themselves Short that they dont have the capability to achieve higher she David a 1987 graduate of Dakota collegiate in said in Many cases kids in the Educa Tion system now were previously he we really care about these kids want them to Benefit from Inte Tion but theres a real Cost in students respond better to teachers who Are open and i liked those teachers who treated students As human he the panel selected from schools across the province were invited to speak to trustees on both positive and negative aspects of the Public school system at this weekends Mast Walker said recent inia Tives in such As peer counselling Are quite often when youre being taught by an educator somebody who is Many years older theres always that intimidating and its Nice to see students help ing other he Walker said schools should also develop More programs for enriched and slow learning students who be come frustrated and Robertson said students in Rural areas May be missing out on some of the opportunities others in Urban settings for she said she had to make do with outdated science text books that taught Imperial Mea Rural schools should also offer More programs linking up with other schools via were missing some of the options the Urban students can she Robertson said school trustees Are also often unaware of what students Are and recommended hav ing student representatives on school the recent phasing out of the provinces Low incidence support funding for special needs students has created some he because some divisions will have to spend More Money in order to gain Access to the real costs involved because of the shift we still have the same kids but the level of fund ing is the current funding formula also penalties divisions that Are frugal in spending because the government bases its Grants on expenditures of the previous Kulyk Kulyk said the april 26 provincial election affords trustees an excellent Opportunity to voice their concerns to the new government on funding and other the timing has never been bet he trustees from across the province endorsed resolutions on education labor special needs trustees and school boards and a Mast executive Resolution to encourage member boards to ban the use of Corporal punishment in the schools narrowly a significant number of divisions have banned the use of the strap or other forms of Corporal Kulyk but some divisions opposed Felt they wanted to maintain the right to use even if they dont use it in trustees also endorsed a Resolution by the Jame Assiniboia school division to petition the minis Ter of education in order to reinstate a two year probation period for new instead of the current Law which gives teachers a oneyear pro Bation enforce liquor Laws other resolutions called for d More vigorous enforcement of provincial liquor Laws pertaining to the Supply and Purchase of alcohol by in the government to provide school boards with adequate funding for drug and alcohol abuse prevention aids awareness programs and provision of services for handicapped d the minister of education to pro vide funds to hire guidance counsel lors in All schools from kindergarten to turks told to defy seek Refuge in Montreal Church from the news services Montreal a group of turks ordered expelled from the country is being told to defy the deportation orders and take Refuge in an East end roman Catholic their lawyer said one of the Ismail is due to be deposed today and others Are slated to follow within were recommending to All the turks that they go to this Church rather than hide at Home alone or go to the said Diane be forty part of a group of about who came to Canada 18 months ago claiming refugee received deportation notices last week from the Federal immigration department after their claims were stereo led to killings a Man shot four people to death Early including his brother and a pregnant for playing a stereo too police Earl of Bangor was arrested at his parents in the building where the shootings and was charged with murdering his 26yearold More charges were expected in the other the 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Williams its not Likely government will continue to authorize the shooting of Chi Cotins wild horses next area Range officer Steve because theres always been the possibility of theres always been a review and approval from year to he said in an the Chi Cotin is the last major holdout of wild or feral horses West of the but local ranch ers and government officials say the horses pose serious Competition for forage with wild Moose and lotto the winning numbers in yester Days lotto 649 draw were 39 and the Bonus number was a Complete breakdown of prizes awarded was not available because of computer problems in the free press tries to ensure the accuracy of these supplied readers Are advised not to discard their tickets before Phon ing 9472225 or checking the official list with their dealers or in Luck weather Outlook the hot the forecast and weather across Canada Are now being carried in the classified and Section of the free deaths classified death Geny of husband a of Yuk of of wife of 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