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The â€"Renfrew County Roman Five pages of the Reporter describe Ca‘h_OhC Scpar.ate School Board has _ various programs and types of educaâ€" published an exght page newspaper to _ tion offered by the Separate School ‘?” ratepayers in the area "‘what the â€" Board, two of the pages are dedicated situation is" in regards to full funding _ to the issues in Pembroke and one page f_or separate schools and public educaâ€" _ is headed, ‘‘Catholic education in Renâ€" “0{}}.\ $ frew County needs you!" e Separate School Reporter is beâ€" | ing distributed in Pembroke area _ The Pembroke Story newspapers and through schools and In the Pembroke issues section, callâ€" church parishes. ed ‘"The Pembroke Story" it points > _ Dave Marcus, the director of finance _ out that full funding does not mean a for the Iboard, said Bill 30, the provinâ€" _ new Catholic high school will have to cial legislation that gives full funding _ be built in the city. "‘Statistics show to Roman Catholic separate schools, _ that there is ample room in the two exâ€" means that Catholic ratepayers have _ isting public schools (Champlain and equality. Fellowes) for all secondary pupils in ; 3 $ the Pembroke area and for that reason bol:red S]allfg l}:l; Lgf;:;z i;mdralf Sch?}?l the separate school has requested that econean Â¥â€" CstOY 1¢ _ one of the public schools be transferred ' public education system. Mareus said » o f § to the separate school board. the public schools are a good education ; tss 6 It says that all ratepayers paid for system. But, Marcus added, many m 2. 5 "Catholics want a faith integrated proâ€" the public high schools in Pembroke. gram" $ E ® "Up to December 31, 1986, all "I feel both boards can provide ratepayers pald secondary sghool taxes ie ces : ; to the public board. In addition much good education,‘‘ Marcus said, poinâ€" f th ital cast onafese biitdin ting out that students will have a choice o sigah‘ f £* Ne 8 f 3 were covered by grants from the proâ€" of the two systems. s % n vincial government ‘and provincial | : r funds come from all ratepayers," it Coâ€"operation Sivg He said a key to the issue now is coâ€" *€: operation between the two Renfrew It explains that the separate board County boards and Mareus said he _ needs one of the high schools because believes that the "men and women of _ Bill 30 states that a separate school good will (in both boards) can acâ€" board must be able to provide a complish this." ‘"viable secondary school education‘‘ in hn Aprerview (last meekaiMareus and this means the separate school l 3 ; iss board must be able to provide a full talked about some of the issues. He 6 iz f range of secondary programs. To do said that the numbers of students are i2 9 ane eb $ . this secondary accommodation is needâ€" sufficient in Pembroke to allow each o8 n Repotics sayg board to have its own high school. He a 8 taysr® suggested that the Renfrew County The Reporter says presently 42 per Board of Education can affort to give _ cent of all secondary pupils in the Pemâ€" up one of its high schools in Pemâ€" _ broke area are the children of separate P & j a broke. "It won‘t hurt their quality of _ school supporters, approximately 900 education," he said. pupils, which the board feels justifies moving into one of the public high Public needs information schools. Marcus said there is now a lot of inâ€" 3 es formation that the public does not it also comments on apublic school f h oR 5s i board suggestion that it would give up have. "It is a complex issue," he said Pembloke Seniok Publissthcot h explaining why the separate board has _ . _ _.,,, bolafd“r ie School to the published the Reporter. P & f The newspaper insert explains what _ PSPS is inappropriate f the separate board has to offer. He ©‘The public school board decided in said it will give all of the ratepayers an _ 1970, that the PSPS facility was an opportunity to choose whatever system inappropriate‘ facility for secondary they want. pupils. Seventeen years later it certainâ€" We (the separate board) thinks the _ IY is still an ‘inappropriate‘ facility for public has to know,"" Marcus said. secondary students."‘ The Reporter is just the beginning of The Reporter says that, if the public a continuing process of publicity, Marâ€" board gives up a high school in Pemâ€" cus said. He said that there will be . broke, it will not lower the quality of literature published for other areas of education. ""It will allow each board to the county as well. ot_{lerb fu':l sle(}:‘ondary programs. There f f s will be healthy competition as well as With new education requu;jements, healthy coâ€"operation by both boards to adarcus saxdbghefsepéilrate E&E}; he}\‘ss ;0 supply the best possible education.." ave the public funding. o ; have public supported Catholic high It also points out that, under Bill 30, schools,"" he said. ‘"Our mandate is to all students have open access to sgconâ€" supply education." dary schqols which means the children mc of public school. supporters may Marcus said that full funding is the _ choose to attend a separate high school la\;;" z}nc} it has t‘he(;u{)p(.)rt of all three _ or the children of separate school supâ€" political parties in Ontario, . % porters may choose to attend a publich He said it is the result of full funding _ pigh shcool without the payment of that the separate board is interested i; _ fopg, "regardless of how it was achieved."" The Reporter includes a letter from The pages dedicated to the issues in Leo Buckley, the chairman of the Pembroke are summed up in a box that separate board. says the separate board believes: In the letter, Buckley says, ‘"There ® The Pembroke and area community are obviously differences of opinion to deserves two properly equipped seconâ€" overcome but I am optimistic that dary schools. good will and everyone‘s desire to proâ€" o Separate school supporters have the vide a quality education to all the right to a full range of secondary students in the county will prevail. 3 :*:chcl)‘olrprhqu;lagcllsu;'glr their children in a "Th Separate _ School â€" Boar atholic hig c se that the public must be kept inâ€" _ @ es T T9 ce dSC“OOIf board‘s plans he Board‘s efforts in educaâ€" will treat all students fairly, treat fPfrl;nzcrilcc‘)ft:l: issues that confront us. _ ratepayers fairly, enhance Sccondaz;ll ;}gr this reason, the board has launchâ€" _ education for all pupils, be cost effec)j ed this new publication, The Separate _ tive and be in the best interests of the School Reporter."‘ whole community.