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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1969
Page
3
Barbara McIntosh reflects as a former student on current education issues including student input, teacher training, and the balance of power in classrooms. She argues for open to student evaluation while preserving teacher authority and calls for better preparation in teachers colleges and public speaking.
A readers debate argues for student democracy in schooling. It contends students should help select teachers and influence curricula, noting schools function as small governments with student councils. Opponents warn of immaturity and risk, urging caution and responsible oversight.
CWOSSA champions Acton advance to the Ontario OFSSA finals in Peterborough next week. Top scorers from the CWOSSA B finals include Phil Dupuis 14 Bob Turkoat 13 Harry Oehlrich 12 Bill Landsborough 10 and Dave Broostad 2.
Mrs. Sutherland a Scotland born teacher in Acton recalls her career. She taught in Scotland a year before moving to Canada where she raised a daughter now in grade seven at Robert Little school. She has taught three years here and urges modernization of commercial facilities with electric typewriters dictaphones shorthand labs and a student office room. She cites funding limits and hopes the new county board will boost finance for the field. She warns seniors to value the last six months and criticizes the proposed 50 percent exemption as insufficient for her work. She encourages summer work for students and notes girls perform better than boys in her class while boys resist office work attire. She plans to continue business studies at the University of Toronto this summer and says she has never felt a generation gap, advocating thinking from others’ perspectives.
About 75 students from Acton’s two public schools attended a Sadie Hawkins style dance last Friday at St. Alban’s parish hall. The event featured lively dancing and the dance committee promised more surprises to come.
Toronto MP Dr Morton Shulman ruffled Halton YPC feathers during a Holiday Inn Oakville dinner, calling Halton a county with numerous ills from public health gaps to housing. He mocked local priorities, challenged council decisions, and urged tax increases to fund social services, prompting heated heckling from Conservatives.
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