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st ffirffiunernqvembesi 19937 p school board streamlines supervising julie caspersen staff reporter the york region board of education will close four area offices save 400000 and no employees will lose their job since 1992 the board has saved 28 million in three phases of restructuring its oper ation starting with the 1992 budget the second phase involved hiring bill hogarth to start as open line of communication is priority for public board the york region board of education has pledged to be more open and accountable with staff students and tax- payersgaining trust is a top priority of the communications action plan approved by the board last week the plan aims to help teach ers share strategies and pro grams and inform teachers about board policies and deci sions it outlines how the board will address the demand for the tightening of the public purse relevancy in education and global comparisons a onetime cost of 30000 plus ongoing costs of 144000 were proposed this includes resuming daily courier service at a yearly cost of 100000 all costs items were referred to the budget committee and trustees will look for other options when considering the reinstatement of daily courier service the new director of education last july while the third phase will halve the number of area offices markham and stoufiville are now served by three offices one attached to milliken high school one at dickson hill public school and another in thornhill the thornhill office will remain open but the other two will close in the next month and a new area office serving all schools in whitchurch-stouf- fville and markham except thornhill will be leased in unionville starting dec 1 one of the current comple ment of supervisors retired and the remaining seven will be joined by six supervisors from the boards aurora headquar ters to be nearer the schools and the communities a team of four superinten dents of education and commu nity services will be responsible for the local schools which have the total highest student popu lation the other three areas in york region will each have three supervisors this is a proactive measure to ensure the success of our stu dents hogarth said at a press conference last wednesday the plan was passed unani mously by trustees last week after which staff was given details teachers were filled in at information meetings held at each school any area office staff such as secretaries deemed surplus will be absorbed somewhere else in the system hogarth said weve done it in a sensi tive way and wording plays an impor tant role in the restructuring divisions will be replaced by teams and area offices by com munity education centres phqtosjobrd wttteveen new brownies the 5th stouffville brownies accepted 11 new members last thursday in the front row are the new brownies from left kelly ferguson jackie orsetto sara da- lessandrojucjey juk erin button jennifer arthurs laura meimari cheyanne provis shannon watts megan berry eilish mcma- hon in the back row from left are carley mcllwaine shan non cartwright dara neale julie nighswander katelyn button sabrina williams joanne crymble joanna eagar andrea sauter stephanie harrott helly dodds lindsey mcllwaine and jennifer lannuzzi welfare dip in august attributed to seasonal job openings tracy kibble staff reporter york regions welfare rolls decreased slightly during august this year due to seasonal employ ment opportunities the latest general welfare assistance report by the regions community and social services department shows a slight dip in the number of welfare cases from july to august but community services com missioner peter crichton has said the temporary lull is based solely on summer employment gains and should not be miscon strued as the end to hard times for york region welfare recipi ents there were 8765 people who cashed welfare cheques last august down from 8870 in july but a 103 per cent hike from the same period in 1992 the report shows the region received 1965 new welfare assistance applications during the onemonth august period but turned down 612 of those as ineligible york regions taxpayers have so far forked over 79 million this year to aid their nonwork ing neighbors and dished out another 53 million as provincial taxpayers recipients still use an inability to find regular employment as the number one reason they require welfare followed by sin gle family incomes and an end to unemployment insurance com mission uic board seeks waste watcher from within school system the york region board of edu cation will look within its system to find a waste manager before hiring from outside the most costefficient way of filling the new waste manage ment coordinator position is to find a current employee to fit the job the original plan of recruiting a teacher with a salary of 60000 to 80000 was amend ed last may instead the boards environment council was asked to come up with a less expensive plan and a report handed to the board finance committee recom mends reassigning a staff mem ber in the event the board looks outside the position will pay 30000 a year plus benefits the report lays out a number of costcutting measures recom mended for the school princi pals are being asked to monitor the trash and recycling bins to ensure they are being picked up only when full dianne more a teacher at william armstrong public school in markham said her school has gone from pick up every five days to every seven days by waiting until the bins are full in the past two years the board plant department has noted a 14 per cent reduction in waste the environment council is asking for a further 11 per cent reduction this will allow the bins to be replaced with smaller models and juice box programs have been cut in favor of the boomerang lunch what goes to school comes home from school said trustee joanna french parents are asked to pack all lunch items in reusable contain ers including snacks sandwich es and drinks and everything a 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