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| â€" Slick 3 ; / < | y® C & oun A > I Yaak _ Funding failed to tear apart Renfre s R4. is the board‘s former & l jN\ year ago, parents and stuâ€" not been ripped apart.. Schools dressed," Mark says . ith i §§;'i,,:§3 o 4 ‘<tal t dents across Renfrew County haye not been split in two and the "What we‘ve ended up with is Trimm says he no longer hears £ } predicted full funding of Catholic board‘s extension has another public system where the 7 repayers on the issue and, % 4 Catholie schools would tear drained fewer than 100 students tone is set up by the Catholic l'tfi ri; {J year there‘s little on 1 . apart communities from Barry‘s from the county‘s public system. _ community.. .. I‘m a lot happier . unlike last. y thé local media. > | . Bay to Arnprior. The Catholic board has added with how it turned out, Most peoâ€" thgl{?l?“e” wcem to have settled e I One public school trustee, Steâ€" grades to its two high schools, one. ple are," . ings sce * wart Mark, went so far as to in Renfrew and the other in Pemâ€" _ Last year, Hinsperger described down'f C he says he‘s not | _ compare full financing to a "gang. broke. Its once armbitious plans to | the mood in communities throughâ€" _ AS 4 ced athow things turned out 1 . rape" of the public school system. . share schools in Communities out the county as, ‘One of absolute Asurp'rlst?d;l 9Â¥ 4 f Education Minister Sean Conâ€" where there‘s only one high school uhrest and fear." *4 8 :Efi,n lagfe my friends and my ) . way, who represents the riding of will likely never reach fruition, _ Today, Trimm describes the "These dythey’Ve always Renfrew. North was shaken and says Joey Trimm, Chairman of mood as "apsolutely wonderful. .. neighbors anl to be sensible ® stunned by the remark. the county‘s Catholic school. . He says the Catholic board‘s apâ€" . shown themtst? +. d judgment. ‘ Twelve months later, Mark and board. j proach is "going to be slow and peop}e s k %oo ffectively . to other members of the county‘s _ ‘‘There‘s really been no. cautious. We‘re definitely NOt goâ€" They‘ve worke ets of this polâ€" â€" public school community admit change," says Barbara Hinsperâ€" ing to do anything that‘s £O1D8 t0 ; meet the requiremen in so many they may have overâ€"reacted. ger, chairman of the public board take away from the eXistiNE ijcy as they have df’;e "But I think the bill (on Cathoâ€" committee studying the impact of . school system," other cases," he sai fident the peoâ€" lic funding) has changed drasticalâ€" full funding! The county extends about 200 _‘ ©[ was quite confi e1¢:l work it 1 1y," he says. "People are pleased." kilometres from Arnprior to be~ ‘ple of my county wou is of the 7 l b "Singleâ€"school communities are Hinsperger and Mark ‘are yond Deux Rivieres along the Otâ€" out in the best mterestedly last t going to be protected and they pleased that the bill has been tawa River and about 120 kiloâ€" students I said repea To isten weren‘t in the original draft. The changed to give all students acâ€" metres north to south from Pemâ€" . summer that I was .gou}g yoas not s ; concept of enforced splitting of cess to Catholicâ€"schools and that ‘broke to the border of Hastings to what people said. ng to y society, that‘s been totally there‘s no enforced religion. County. just going to listen, I was gmtgve dropped." "I also thing the issue of diss "On the whole, things have been act on any constructl § Singleâ€"school communities have criminatory hiring has been adâ€" very, very quiet," says Hinsperâ€" criticism." se m Ggy s $ e 7 o e e New Opeongo viceâ€"principalz» Garth Gilligan likes school, area After years of being an _ I want to be and I â€"wanted ‘‘very strong personal inteâ€" getting ~oriented to â€" the educator in an urban area, _to come back to a small test‘" in _ communication high school environment. returning to a rural setting _ community." skills, particularly at the Garth Gilligan is a busy â€" agrees quite nicely . with wommmmâ€"â€"wre.... general level, and hopes to man and so far the Opeongo High School‘s new â€" * _ illl j bring some of his knowâ€" â€" transition for him to a new & viceâ€"principal Garth Gilliâ€" P _ " 2M ledge in the area to position has been a smooth ga‘r}.I y 0 & i hi Op}c;ongg) 1s.tudenti. in one. in] eongo is a | 1A e believes both comâ€" gorgeous scho(fi in § supert BM 5h +m im (| munication and â€" thinking 2 ¢ : sefting,"" said Mr. Gilligan [‘wW@" (@Re )/ WR *| skills are important to _ ‘"‘When school is starting who, along with principal RAW . W@ y _ _ W T enable the . student to. OUt it‘s always very hectic, Wilmer â€" Matthews, comâ€" [ (®@ _ _ K&fi handle outside responsibiliâ€" but the ladies in the office prise the new top adminiss | ; _/ n | qutat ties. tell me it‘s ,the quictest trative team at the school. 'Q‘;;_;f‘,,j’f es > ‘‘Weâ€" have to. be conâ€" OPSMig they‘ve had in The fact that Mr. Gilligan |. *_ WMMi > .. W _ | scious of what‘s happening YC2TS. Mr. Matthews and I | enjoys the surroundings at CSc e in the world,"" the viceâ€" ArC quite pleased things are | Kelly‘s Corners shouldn‘t | . > waoe . | principal said, ‘"especially â€" flowing along nicely." come as too much of a [a@ m @HAW °* ...A | the world of employment." Mr. Gilligan has found surprise when one consiâ€" [X . WE â€" _ . j . . Opeongo students should the students to be "‘friendâ€" ders that he is a native of 4’;3'”;2:,‘%‘ h J wirll cexpect to see a fair bit of !Y» Open‘‘ and "extremely Mattawa and is familiar x'y,;.;;,m‘f\ h 4@ 9 ~ their new VP as he doesn‘t coâ€"operative"" and is imâ€" with the Valley. p 3:?;::;%,’1:5\ l':g\\ B @| plan to be stuck behind his PtEeSSed with the quality of For the past two decades "jrf,fr,(fi%,.,i.; h. C 5) desk toiling on administraâ€" . the staff. M though, he has worked in ,,,,;%}Zf%/;u ‘)fifi* WR tive chores only. Opeongo‘s motto for the the Nation‘s Capital teachâ€" _ PA ;w:*‘ < ‘TI‘ll sit in my office for NEW school year is ‘Opeonâ€" f | ing at Hillcrest, Champlain e e only_a small part of the £0 Pride‘ and it‘s evident and Nepean High Schools, s Garth GI”Ian â€" day," said Mr. _ Gilligan. although the semester is s spending eight years with He: took â€" the ARenE More often I‘ll be out in b‘gt. 4 â€" week old, Mr the Oftawa _ Board _ of Esuaiys boora onipa tCY _ the halls with teachers and Gilligan, too, has acquireci ¢ Education‘s Program Deâ€" ‘tion'syLeadershiD Pro ‘;;;’: the kids." . _ that sense of pride. i osimgr af Ne id i ande nomrentie | Coln it B se dihis 04 ove t he, said. of = nator _ 0 eo: 2 x nda, _ as is â€" assistin > T1 j _ General Studies Pilot Proâ€" 1mptLest51§n onlhlm,'so much / ‘prade nine students irgl place."* It‘s \a . beautiful ject for the OBE out of °0 that he told Director of Rideau High School. Edu:iatlon Howard ~Hempâ€" Mr. _ Gilligan _ explains â€" stea hand several trustees | ==â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"me l ul _ g |â€" what his job for the past _!ustho_w Moptessed 1 was ‘ couple of years entailed. _ * tcelr approach, ¢ |‘‘We tried and did develop M oan_l]t;pmcatlons a program in communicaâ€" t giligan fakes Oa E tion _ skills for general it Â¥<2 students at the grade nine and 10 level," he said. The program was formulated so % it could be adapted in other 2 schools »within the Ottawa system. K \,_ However, he felt the time \ & | was right for a change. 5 © l "I wanted to be back ; with students and teachers £ again,‘‘ Mr. Gilligan said. 7 I feel strongly this is what a â€" 3e \ a ©\ f 4