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Page 22, The Citizen, Ottawa, Tuesday, March 29, 1977 OBE fire safety questioned out of the schools, they are of no use. Trustee Ted Best said the board's annual $50,000 budget for fire safety improvements is inadequate because two fire escapes cost $30,000. Education director Art Cummins said there was nothing wrong with the fire safety budget in the past. He said the OBE does not have to meet fire safety regulations unless it renovates schools. Trustee Jane Dobell was concerned about fire safety in older schools and suggested the board examine fire exits in its buildings.

"We aren't trying to push this thing under the table," she said. "We are trying to bring this out into the open." Law said 90 per cent of school fires have been after school. "If we are worried about the lives of school children, we should spend more money to solve the alcohol and drug problems," he said. "We should establish a list of schools that urgently require improvements. If we feel this is really our priority for schools we must spend whatever is necessary." Trustee Don Francis said the board had increased its budget by a "ridiculous amount" but has cut back on essentials such as fire safety.

said they were concerned about the lack of fire exits in Mutchmor School at 185 Fifth Ave. Parents of pupils at the school have tried since November to get the board to install two fire escapes at a cost of $30,000. "Fire safety could be a Pandora's box," said Trustee Roy Bushfield. "It could cost us $300,000, not $30,000. "The fire hazard continues.

Instead of trying to hide it under the flammable carpet in this room, the board should do something about the problem." Bushfield said the board can install all the fire alarm systems it wants, but if students can't get km Hon Poling. Citizen Oliva Gareau, Philippe Louisseize at graduation Seniors turning new page with university diplomas Beauchamp said Louisseize attended classes in St. Andre Avellin while Gareau, who has lived in Hull for the past eight years, attended at the university buildings in university proposes a similar program in Gatineau after Easter, as well as sending a group of senior citizens to the Graz Music festival in Austria later this year. The program would expand this fall to offer classes on theatre, folk dancing and on how older people can organize to help themselves. Board Irenames school A row over a new name for a school for the train-; able retarded generated almost as much heat as an international incident at the Ottawa Board of Edu- cation Monday night.

The board's French-lan- guage advisory committee ZZ recommended that Rose F. VI Kennedy School at 181 Donald St. should become Ecole Jeanne Lajoie "to reflect its social and cultural atmosphere." Several trustees thought this was going too far and would be an insult to Rose Kennedy, mother of for-rner U.S. president John Kennedy. "This proposal is nothing short of disgusting," "'said Ted Best.

"I am annoyed and ashamed that we should consider chang-ing the school's name to insult this great lady who has done so much for the mentally retarded. "This is 'francophobia' gone wild. We might just as well call it the Rene Levesque School for the Mentally Retarded. This is a good example of why some anglophone trustees are a little bigoted." Bill Law said he regretted the change and sug-. gested it be cleared with the American ambassador.

"This school was opened by the U.S. ambassador in the name of Rose F. Ken- nedy. As a matter of cour- tesy, we should clear the name change with him." Several trustees applauded and Roy Bush- field shouted "touche" and "what guts." Best did not object to a francophone school but could not see why the board would name the school after a woman who had nothing to do with the mentally retarded. He said the school had been named after Kennedy more than a decade ago and there was no reason to change it now.

Jacques Faucher suggested the school be called the "Best School for the Mentally Retarded." He said the board would advise the American ambassador of the name change and predicted it 1 would cause no problem. Faucher said the name should be changed because the school is the only francophone school for the trainable retarded in the By Dave Rogers Citizen staff writer Most Ottawa Board of Education schools do not meet basic fire safety standards of the Ontario Fire Marshall's office, a board trustee charged Monday. Bill Law, chairman of the board's property committee, said although the schools don't conform to this year's fire safety regulations, they are probably safer than homes or many public buildings. He said the board spends $50,000 to $100,000 a year to upgrade its schools, mainly by installing new fire alarms. "Most schools built within the last 10 years couldn't meet 1977 standards," Law said.

"Schools built before 1962 have wooden door frames, and many constructed before the Second World War have wood half way up the walls, or dead-end corridors. "Despite this there has never been a fire in one of our schools. Children are safer there than they are at home or in a public building." Several trustees at Monday night's board meeting COOKED DINNER Shop for the top SAVE'S fine quality brand foods. With the LOW and generous selections of SUPER SPECIALS SHOP AND GO WITH SAVINGS oil the way Hull. Students arrange their own transportation to lessons, held once a week for two hours.

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Gareau and Philippe Louisseize, 88, talked to reporters Monday at a lunch to celebrate their completion of "gerontology" at the university. The course is specially designed for senior citizens. Gareau was delighted to have the time to study. An ex-teacher in the rural schools of Quebec, she had left school at 16 and reared a family of nine. She has 28 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Louisseize, who left school at 12, raised a family of 17 and lived all his life in Ripon, Que. He said he took the course to improve himself and to learn about the life of old people. His favorite course was on nutrition because he has cooked for himself and his wife for the past year. The program takes in academic subjects, such as modern and ancient history and political science, as well as practical courses on how to deal with old age nutrition, physical fitness and the use of leisure. Maurice Beauchamp, director of the university's community service section, said there was a tremendous demand for enrolment.

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He said Best is "a clown making a grand-" stand performance." Jeanne Lajoie, he said, is a heroine to the franco-' phone community because she led the struggle to establish a French-language school in Pembroke during the 1920s. She worked without pay to establish the free school and died in 1930 from tuberculosis at age 31. Only Bushfield, Best and Bill Harback voted against the name change, meaning that it passed easily. City man fined An 18-year-old Ottawa man was fined 5100 in county court Monday after pleading guilty to common assault on a Gloucester policeman. Jeffrey Schofield, of 3066 Heatherington was charged in connection with an incident last July 27 on Jasper Crescent.

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