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PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1980, WHITBY FREE PRESS Board acceuseums Town cof bad planning Whitby bas came in for some heavy criticismn from Durham Board of Educatian officiais for bad planning, especiaily where schools are concerned. The criticism came after the Board told Whitby Town Council that an expanded Brooklin wil not get a secondary school, even thoug the town bas a designated school site i the plan. Board officiais told coun- cil lait week that Brooklln would not be able to support such a facility with the proposed population of 10,000 and bave difficulty supporting one with a population of 25,000. After a supposedly con- fidential meeting with coun- cil, former board chairman Yvonne Christie cbastised the council for baphazard planning in Brooklin and for planning in general. "Planning in Whitby is terribly orgamized, par- ticularly with regard for schools," she said. "Their planning is here and there AREuT3O SAVINO-S We are tiere for your compiete baking needs. 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Christie described the board as "4somewhat distraught" when council's decision was made known because it was thought that the board would have ta aquire the site formally. At the meeting, council said that the land will be set aside although it does not necessarily have ta be used for a schaol. This could lead people ta moving ta Brooklin, thinking a school would be buit and then finding out later that it would not be, Christie said. Sympathy for the board's position came from Coun- cillor Bob Attersley who noted that with a designated school site, developers could use it as a selling point ta en- tice potential home buyers into the area. "«This is what happened in Otte-r Creek," Attersley said. "There is a school site in ()tter Creek, but what good is that, if the population won 't support a sehool? " P>resent plans cail for Brooklin ta grow t aa population 0f 10,000 by the mid-1990's. There is another plan to continue this toaa 25,000 population although that could be many years away. Christie said that the population would have ta grow by another 35,000 or 40,000 ta support a third high sehool in the town, a possibility, which she said, is not forcast by either the town's or the region's of- ficial plans. Any new students will join their feilows on a five mile school bus trip ta the town's two existing high schools: Anderson Collegiote and Henry Street High School. Christie said that this will continue until "Brooklin has become very large and there bas been more development in Whitby in general. " She said that council should be "lvery careful about labelling thlngs sehool sites - it does mislead the public." $ 7,000 grant for Station Whitby's budget commit- tee bas approved a grant of $7000 to the Whitby Arts StAtion. - The grant was given after a l-engthy debate during which the merits of the gallery were discussed. A portion of the nioney will be spent on a security system te protect exhibits because, accordîng ta one councillor, the.gallery has been broken into several times over the past twa, years. This year the gallery had requestedI a $10,000. For the last two years, the council bas granted $6000 a year. "We should be damn well proud of that place down there" because of the quality of its ex.hibits, North Ward Councillor Bob Carson said- Counillar Bob Attersley said that he wondered why expenses kept increasing while revenues kept decreasing althaugh he in- dicated that both he and bis business supported the arts group. 'II think we shauld bave it, but how many people in the town using it? " was the comment of budget chair- man, East Ward councillor Joe Drunim. WhUle Mayor Jim Gar- tshore went along with giving the grant he questioned the value of the service provided by the group saying, "Listen, I've been down there and I don't know, I don't know. " Teachers contract Durham Board of Education Trustees and their 1300 Elementary School Teachers reached a tentative settiement on January 31. The new contract will be retroactive ta September 1979, and will expire August 31, 1980. Details of the agreement will not be made public until the teachers and the Board have reviewed the terms of settiement and voted ta ratify. Chairman of the commit- tee, Gary Kitchen, and B.U. McCracken, general salary committee chairman ex- pressed satisfaction on the resuits. Bath parties con- cluded in a positive climate that will be helpful to new contract talks. 0H00 WIN WORDS Win a trip for two ta Calgary, Alberta (no substitutions) I 3-A Listen a CMOO adio 14DAY andNIGHT fr us1tmsa da. oda hr atray lus radat rm er0r Adisti onaIcHORops are andiai aH oO Rads14io, 97 dyMoa tr eue, ax, a. LeS b2E6. Tel.683*41 31. 22dAIVORil COM180lusiv.ENTRY dA ONe AS POSSApIBLET ABOVE980ADDRawt ESS. pil8h opltdsluinw