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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, October 24, 2014 | 12 Old is new again at Linbrook boys' school by Nathan Howes Special to the Beaver UR YOUR BOUR NEIGHBOUR Real People with Real Stories and Real Needs Jenna and Ramone waited until they both had good jobs before starting a family. Weighing out the cost of daycare, Jenna opted to try to work from home and take care of the children as well. When her thriving online business dried up, she suddenly found herself out of work. While Ramone commutes to Hamilton each day, his salary alone is just barely enough to keep food on the table. As Christmas looms, the harsh reality is that there isn`t much extra to provide gifts or a celebration for the family. Through your support of the KSM Christmas Wonders program, we are able to come alongside families like this to provide food and presents for the holidays. Please consider making a tax deductible donation to KSM. For Oakville's Linbrook School, the adage out with the old and in with the new has a familiar ring. Founded by Head of School Amber Way and her husband, Dave Way, the local not-for-profit, independent day school for boys in JKGrade 8 opened its doors in September on the site of the former Linbrook Public School at 1079 Linbrook Rd. The former public school closed in 2010 after serving the community for 78 years. The new Linbrook school building has been rebuilt with a "new modern flare," Amber Way said, noting the renovations preserved the history of the previous school. "We felt that keeping the name Linbrook was important to the history of the building. We feel strongly for this community and its history, so we wanted to keep the heritage name," said Way. Linbrook School for Boys celebrated its grand opening just after classes began for the year. Here, school operators Amber and Davis Way with a mascot. | photo by Eric Riehl ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) "We founded it so we could offer a special environment where teachers have extensive training in how boys learn. Part of our program focuses on movement-based learning and making learning Want a thick green and healthy Lawn? What you do now will give you the results next spring. Kensington Lawns We are very different - all natural with tailor-made treatments for your lawn. Using the right organic fertilizer, applied in the right amounts and at the right times. We start our regular services in the spring, and give you 6 visits, one each month: includes weed control, fertilizer, compost and aeration. BOOK NOW & PAY LATER ONLY $350 SAVE OVER $100. (Prices include all taxes. Regular prices are much higher): NOW! Based on average home 3,000 Sq.Ft. 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A grand opening was held to welcome parents and students at the start of the new school year. "Parents said we have a real sense of community and that's what they love about the school. That's really important to me because that's what we wanted," said Way. "It's great that we have a beautiful building and a great site, but it's all about the people. We have happy boys and happy parents." She noted Linbrook contains new floors, walls and ceilings, had $250,000 worth of asbestos removed and added more than $500,000 in technological upgrades, including new laptops and iPads. "We stripped the classrooms down to nothing. Everything you see in the building, other than the concrete walls, is new, except the stage. We kept the stage in the gym, but we did put down a new floor and added new basketball nets as well. It's quite impressive," said Way. "In one of the classrooms, we converted it to two offices and a reception area. It is entirely different than it was in the past." The school currently has 19 staff members, 10 classrooms and 65 students -- with more enrolling shortly -- and has a capacity for 180 boys, Way noted. "We hired a very experienced staff to work with the programs and the boys. They've been see Linbrook on p.16