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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17,1986 PAGE 3 Parents want bussing Parents are concer- ned that their children won't be bussed from the Palmerston Public School area to the Whit- by Senior School under a proposed chahge in school accommodation. A plan to convert Whitbv senior schnol tn a kindergarten to Gr. 8 facility the next school year received the most support of three alter- natives presented by the Durham Board of Education at a public meeting last week at the senior school. The plan involves the shifting of many studen- ts, including Gr. 7 and 8 students from Palmer- ston, to either E.A. Fairman or the renamed senior school. Under board policy, there is no transpor- tation of students by bus within urban areas unless the distance to a school is greater than 1.6kilometres. Jack Upton, the board's transportation manager, said bussing is only provided for distances less than 1.6 km. when there are safety concerns. Bussing is now provided at Palmerston for that reason, but plans are to stop transportationwith the change in accom- modation. With the proposed boundaries, "we thought it would be a good time to get out of bussing in that area," he said. However, one parent argued that all students living in the Costain development (north of Rossland Road, east and west of Anderson St.) will be transported to E.A. Fairman. (Un- der the alternative which' converts the senior school to a kin- dergarten to Gr. 8 school, French immer- sion will move from the crowded E.A. Fairman to F.M. Heard.) The parent asked why his daughter, now at- tending Palmerston, will have to walk to the renamed senior school, while "Others are bussed from Costain to Fairman?" which drewapplause from the crowd of about 150 parents attending the meeting. He also said he would prefer to have Palmerston become a kindergarten to Gr. 8 school. The school is now from kin- dergarten to Gr. 5 and will become kindergar- ten to Gr. 6 ùnder the proposed scheme. Another resident claimed to have been assured by area Ministry, Decom to nieet next week The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Decom Medical Wastes Systems Inc. will be meeting within the next two weeks to discuss Decom's applications in Whitby and Etobicoke for waste transfer stations. Decom has applied for a waste transfer station in Whitby capable of handling 50 tons of waste a day and in Etobicoke which would be capable of handling 100 tons of waste a day. < ewillcomeup with a good solution," said William Balfour, direc- tor of approvals for the ministry, who will meet withDecom. He said both sides will discuss the "total On- tari opeaton. H loidcted that he has talked with Quebec officiaIs since emission tests on Decom's incinerators in Gatineau, Quebec were cancelled earlier this month. -He- said they are- satisfied with Decom's application to clean up the three incinerators. (Tests had been scheduled for Novem- ber after harmful gases were discovered emit- ting from the in- cinerators. A decision on the transfer station for Whitby had been postponed until the tests in Quebec were com- pleted.) Balfour said a final decision on both tran- sfer stations should be made within two weeks. superintendent Chuck Powers that the bussing policy would continue at Palmerston. "What's happened since then?" she said. "You're taking our busses away?" She, too, asked if her daughter now had to walk to the renamed senior school. "The matter has to be reconsidered," said Brown. He mentioned it as a concern which would be discussed by the board. Students living bet- ween Garden St. and Brock St. who now at- tend Palmerston will at- tend the renamed senior school under the alter- native which was ap- parently favored by parentsat the meeting. About 20 parents ex- pressed support for that alternative while only af alternative while only a few parents supported two other alternatives. The second alter- native ls almost the samé as the first, except the converted km- 'dergarten to Gr. 8 Whit- by Senior would include French immersion students in Gr. 7 and 8 beginning in 1989. F.M. Heard would become a kindergarten to Gr. 6 French immer- sion, rather than km- dergarten to Gr. 8. . The third alternative is the same as the second, except that Palmerston would maintain its existing boundaries, including Garden St. to Brock St. However, that would in- crease the population at Palmerston to 400 students, posing an ac- commodation problem. The board's assistant planner, Lewis Morgulis, outlined the three alternatives before parents at the meeting. Senior plan- ner Steve Edwards said the student shift was necessary because of the opening of the Pringle school, in- creasing growth in Whitby and the "rapid increase" in the growth of French immersion. He-said Whitby's secon- dary plan, now being prepared, means the board will also have to predict changes." He said a decision on which of the alter- natives will be adopted should be made by the end of January. That decision will take into account parents' cop- ncerns as expressed at the meeting. The accommodation changes will affect more than 1,400 students in Whitby. 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"In terms of opportunities and idealism, I fully realize we are. inundated with needless red tape. The existing bureaucracy within our system of government serves only to obstruct and discourage many progressive projects and Bassin will support Bal When Sherry Bassin decided he wasn't going to seek the PC nomination for Durham Center, he looked for a candidate to support. He made his choice of- ficially last week Stephanie Bail. Bassin, Oshawa Generals general manager, will act as Ball's co-campaign chairman. The other chairman is Whitby Downtown Business Improvement Area president Ed Buffett. Bassin, an Oshawa resident who also teaches at Durham College, said one of his duties will be to get Bal familar to people living in Durham Center. One of the reasons Bassin said he made the announcement now was because Ball supporters did not , want to be caught short if an elec- tion is called this sum- mer. And Bassin believes there is "non-verbal" evidence that an elec- tion will soon be called. MERRY W CHRISTMAS & &. 'A HAPPY NEW YEAR e From the staff of: THE ROYAL HOTEL 668-5012 W171 BROCK ST. N. WHITBY Pringle school to have portables The new Pringle Creek school, scheduled to be completed in time for the 1987-88 school year, will open with portables. Steve Edwards, senior planner with the Durham Board of;Education, said last week that the portables will be necessary to ac- commodate the expected enrolment.' He said the Ministry of Education provides funding for the school based on 35 students per classroom. However, the Durha.m board recognzes a smaller classroom size, averging about 26. Portables are therefore necessary to make up the difference. "The ministry won't change (its policy)," Edwards told parents attending a meeting about school accommodation, adding that "a school built for 400 will have 300 students," in Durham because of the difference in rating. Pringle Creek is part of the accommodation change to be made next year at Whitby public schools. Enrolment at Pringle Creek, under a proposed plan, includes students fromn F.M. riearc, which is to become a French immer- sion school. Edwards later commented that at least 500 students in Whitby will be bussed to portables every day. He said the ministry has to "see" this to "warm to the need for a new school." Whitby trustee Ian Brown described it as the "whites of the eye" criteria used by the ministry in assessing need rather than gran- ting funds based on projections. Brook lin Village rShoppe Ltd fine ladys' wear Christmas Specials Selected Holiday Dresses '20% o All Sieepwear ffUltra Suede Dresses Jewellery Isotoner Gloves - and Slippers • Silk Scarves ' Unadvertised specials - Stocking Stuffers In a quaint country store combining todays fashions with the charm of yesteryear.. Gentlemen, take advantage of our f ree gift wrapping service. Mon-Wed - 9:30-5:30 Sat - 9:30-5:00 Thurs & Fri - 9:30-8:00 Hwy. 12, Brooklm 655-3474 a LARRY MCLEAN ideals." The nomination will be held Feb. 11. Also bidding for the nomination axe another Oshawa councillor Lnda Dionne, Whitby resident Frank Snyder and Oshawa lawyer Stephanie Ball. McLean resides on Gibbons St. in Oshawa and is alderman for the north ward.