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1 jtessr catholic education eoonomist sun7 stoufivilfe tribune thursday nov 121998 11 ym i t bypatrick casey j staff writer s a decision to delay- a review of 15 schools that could beclosed hascreat- ed more qutions concerned catholicparehts iii york regi6nay 7 i 1 the sepafateboafd is pulling back plans to create a list of schools pegged fok closure after the ministry of educationsjpleclgeof an additional 204 million toits capital funding for- midalast friday vv tjheannoimcemenferasedadec31 deadline forphtario boards to identify schools foreclosure allowing boards an additional year to create their hit lists the regions separate board mean- whilersubsequeritly cancelled a report set for release today j detailed enrollment transportation bound- afies andlongrahge development for 15 schoolsi located in thornhillp woodbridge arid newmarket public input sessions arranged forr later this month will likely be placed 6n holdaswelt l and while officials at the separate board work overtime this week crunch- ing a new set of financial figures from the ministry parerits remain confused overthe future of their neighbourhood schools t everyone agrees there has to be improvements in efficiencies x buttoeerhirte a good excuse to do nothing the issue shouldnt be about school closures it should be about keeping thvtathqlic community viable s6cicmsila3sbloi4 member ofataskfotceatbisriop scdabrihiafhomhill school cefritly 476 students below ite43c5 rapacity t we should be working ahdpushing aheadjts gbodfof trie boardto come outtand say there isnt abig problem right now butwe will se looking at this nextyear and the year after eryqneagrees hasjtobe improvemeiitsut efficiencies but this seems like a good- excuse todo hoth irfemifeadaedi qp ivv1r catholicdjstrictuni6hptesid morbaczyriskysaidjustmemerilaohbf closing schools sends shivers down the backs of parents fr a normal scare tac- tic he maintains sincetheelectioriof the tory goveniment c its certainly not as big adeal in york redbnasitismfbront6iahdother r the provincebut what the gov- r thmgwiutthe hospitals byrwanting to closethe small community schools unfortunately it just doesn x look very good when a school closes it has an impact on the commumtyand is frus- trating for both parents and students j aivjsf w c- jaimfbrypur holiday shoppmga eat a mi c fewf- meshavehanged u r 1 j h s i ii t r-