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i Era Newmarket TrWstees dilemma cuff costs and still meek public demand SOCIAL SERVICES PART OF EDUCATION BUDGET he said las board had continued from page Thursday three days after the school pent an afternoon trying to figure out Yd less while continuing to provide thep expects Mr Chapman admits the new place the board in a bind MAJOR SURGERY surgery will be required he told at last weeks meeting Theres no but to cut programs surgery might draw applause from faced with mounting tax bills that much as cents on the dollar for education This year everyones taxes rose sub stantially and the school board drew unprecedent ed many other reasons for the general tax increases in York County budget million days each year the public ex- demand for more services from the school board says Mr Chapman On the where they get their tax bills they complain because spending too much at tax timel The rest of the year the public asks for the ultimate in education services J TRY FOR BEST have a right to expect topnotch education Bays Mr Chapman The board tries to provide it now caught between a flat eco- climate and public pressure the provincial government is yanking on the reins new cost ceilings might he tolerable if they equitable throughout the province- But theyre to York County says Mr Chapman Wefre on the doorstep of Metro he says Our teachers expect Metro salaries and tiny at a special meeting of York County Board of Education last Monday Lunch room facilities kin dergarten extended to child ren of a lower age group and transportation were items discussed Could the board justify providing u rooms in the schools If not could it ask teachers to give up their hours to supervise students A policy of ad mitting younger children to kindergarten where space was available and home under fire Transportation and the right of rural stud ents to free transportation to schools at the expense of other taxpayers was a mat ter which raised the ire of Trustee Jack Hadfield of Newmarket The only time people listen is when we do something said Mr field We should Simpson of Richmond Hill reported that in her area the pressure was mounting to open schools at eight in the morning as more and more mothers were forced tcid the board that learn ing is not only the result of school training tunity for all is a myth In the USSR central European countries and England and Wales social services are provided in the schools with the cooperation of health The children who need help are reached and it is not Identified as education cost There was a a acknowledgement among board members that them But trustees felt that some way must be found to isolate the cost from edu cation and assign It to the proper study of how this matter is handled in other countries so that the members might decide what action might be taken Mr Bacsalmasi told The Era later that transportation i system he said Students pay their fares to school without question In this area the public ere in the position of heavily a private industry Donald Deacon for York Centre re cently reported that in fif teen years an unsuccess ful farm machine salesman has been able to build up a multi million dollar empire from the school system in this loss in salary without Metros special status that irks Mr Chapman Forgrant purposes a Metro elementary student counts as students A secondary school pupil counts as 11- In York County one student is one stud ent and grants are awarded on that basis Two million dollars of the 1970 budget went for teachers salaries The board and the teachers went through an agonizing series of sal ary So when the board starts looking for budget items to trim next year itll likely steer clear of teachers pay It is unrealistic to think that whenever everybody elses pay is going up youre suddenly going to be expected to hold the line on teachers that while he may make suggestions the final decision must he made by the trustees Some observers and municipal politicians have implied that the man who makes the real decisions is Mr Chapman that the trustees are a cowering group of timid souls who jump at his beck and call That says the education director TRUSTEES DONT RUBBER STAMP They dont rubber stamp he says Believe me Im the guy who knows Last year he recalls the board spent many hours in closed session trimming the bud get It took an awful lot of hard hard cutting says Mr Chapman the same exercise will he done sklents will he interested enough ursc but at least theyll have the trustees take their hatchets Elementary school programs will feel the in public Few to show up of opportunity to to budget pinch more than secondary schools This year the provincial ceilings called for spending per elementary and per second ary The York board expects to spend for each elementary student and per second ary student in 1970- Next years elementary ceiling as decre ed in the famous letter will he three dollars less than the hoard will have spent in 1970 MUST MEET CEILINGS Boards that overspent this year are expected to reduce their overoxpenditurcs by one half next year In all hoards will be expected to adhere to the stipulated ceilings says Mr Davis in letter For York County it could mean cutbacks and possible elimination of some programs that were initiated to meet public response Just where the cutbacks will occur is undecided but elemen tary programs appear most vulnerable The hoard already has begun a tion of its special programs and noneducational services In light of increasing demand however the board will find It difficult to justify any major cutbacks in such areas as special education and programs for tle trainable retarded RETARDED COST EXTRA Trainable retarded students count as sec ondary school students for grant purposes But it coats the board between and per year to support one trainable retarded pupil Thats tax dollars make up the difference If were faced with cutting remedial reading or special education versus letting the schools open at 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