Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 28, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Aid local Winnipeg free november 2000 nip has shifted costs of Grade 3 assessments to critic says the province has downloaded the costs of Grade 3 assessments onto school Divi Sions and threatened an election Promise at the same tory education critic Joy Smith charged this the nip replaced controversial province wide standardized exams at the end of Grade 3 with assessment at the beginning of the the move is supposed to save Money and give teachers and parents earlier information on students strengths and the former conservative govern ment paid teachers to Mark but Smith said yesterday school divisions Are bearing the costs of hiring substitute teachers to cover classes while teachers Complete the new assess teachers Are also working overtime with no compensation to Analyse the there feeling beat up and Burnt out at the beginning of the Smith noting that some school divisions have not yet completed the the nip promised to have children writing and performing computations by the end of Grade Smith with two months How can they reach the nip guarantee Smith said each division has developed its own assessment creating potential problems for students who move from division to its All Over the nip Industry and Trade minister Maryann Mihaychuk said if there Are problems with the new the province will work with divisions to develop an assessment she said teachers used to spend least As much time preparing students for the tory mandated Mihaychuk noted that Grade 3 assess ment results will be available to parents to help them work with their children to address dont be fooled get the facts on Scooter Quality because sometimes its not just about Price alone theirs last week you saw an and from another store for a Scooter cheap bolted together at a big that the Law on their lowest they ought to be sued hangers How about a saving on one of the Best scooters in town hangers has the top Quality aluminium 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restrict beginning Dri vers ability to take passengers or even drive themselves anywhere without an experienced Driver in the car for their first year or two behind the graduated licences would see a probationary period introduced for new Dri vers under which they would attain a full licence in a series of unexpected effect a spokesman for highways minister Steve Ashton said while the legislation for graduated licensing should be ready by details Are far from graduated licences could have an unexpected in a negative on said John superintendent of River East school Assiniboine South school division is already looking at the Cost and Avail ability of renting school or Winnipeg transit buses to transport students Between assistant superintendent Lawrence Lussier said that could be a huge said Morris executive director of the Manitoba High schools athletic Glimcher said Only football teams nor Mally get driven to games on school other they get there on their Glimcher the kids Are Given a schedule be at the gym at a Given Boom youre on your the Urban divisions in Winnipeg dont even have enough buses to do that kind of because there taking kids Home at the time they be needed for sports Glimcher pointed pressure on parents Carlyle said teenage students consider it Cool to Load up a car with players and be driven to a volleyball or Basket Ball game by another educators predicted there could be greater pressure on parents or teach ers to drive at a time when Many parents Are still at putting players on Winnipeg transit is also a at their own or the schools if the Dis Tances and connecting bus routes Are Keith risk manager for the Manitoba association of school said Rural divisions dont allow students to drive to out town but its common in we allow it to but we caution Thomas we Tell the school boards that we prefer the transportation is by school with the Sec Ond Choice parents or division employees such As teachers at the Mast carries liability insurance in Case there is 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