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This is how tough push-up skipping really is! Exhausted, a smiling Tara Bailey collapses on the Ee El "Y mates continued to Jump-Rope-For-Heart all around her last Friday. For more skipping, tricks, gym floor," 'while her Cartwright High School photos and story, see inside. Vol. 120 No. 11 Tuesday, February 11, 1986 Copy 35¢ Cartwright High gets vote of confidence The Cartwright High School Ac- commodation Committee will make a strong recommendation to the 'Durham Board that CHS remain open and not be subject to another review for at least five years. The Committee, made up of trustees and private citizens, made public its report at a meeting in Blackstock last Thursday night, at- tended by some 75 parents and CHS students. The Committee has been studying the school for the past four months and the report outlines several reasons why CHS should remain open. 1) CHS provides a comprehensive educational program for its students at a cost comparable to that of other secondary schools. 2) Enrolment projections do not dictate the closing of the school. The community has a strong commit- ment to the continued existence of CHS. 3) Available space at Port Perry High School will be limited because of escalating enrolments at elemen- tary schools. The committee's report and recommendation to keep the school open will be presented February 19 to the Durham Board's Property and Transportation Committee, which in turn will hand its recom- mendation to the full Durham Board February 24. Scugog trustee Joyce Kelly told the Star after the meeting last week, she expects the Property Commit- tee will endorse the recommenda- tion handed in by the local Accom- modation committee. And Mrs. Kelly stressed that with the future of the school virtually guaranteed for the next five years at least, this should clear people's minds of uncertainties and in turn help to maintain or boost enrolments at CHS. She said that.because there has been uncertainty about the future of the school some parents may have decided not to send their children there if there was a chance the school might be closed in two or three years. "Those fears . have alleviated," she stated. However, despite the strong en- dorsement from the committee that CHS remain open and not be subject to another review for several years, the meeting was told there is a trend starting which could have dangerous implications. over the long term for the future of CHS. been Bill Fairburn, area .superinten- dent of the school for the Durham Board pointed out that this year 14 students enrolled in grade nine. There are 17 in grade ten. If this trend continues the total enrolment at the school will drop from the present 108 students. Mr. Fairburn issued a blunt war- ning to the meeting. "If support (in- creasd enrolments) does not come forward, it is not inconceivable that further study (on CHS) will be need- ed and the results may not be as palatable as the one we have tonight." He went on to say that parents in the community have to put 'pressure or guidance' on their children to convine them to go to high school at CHS, which he described as "a unique and beautiful place." John Hinch, principal of Cart- wright Public School in Blackstock, told the meeting that from a grade 8 graduating class last June of 60 students, only 11 decided to start (Turn to page 6) # New school the catalyst This year could be the last for the Port Perry Fair on the present Fairgrounds at the corner of Regional Road 8 and Simcoe Street. It now seems likely that the Labour Day Weekend Fair in 1987 wil be held at a new site near the Scugog Arena on the north side of Durham Road 8. The idea of moving the Fair to a new site has been actively discuss- ed by the Fair Board for the past couple of years, but a new issue has surfaced recently that could speed the move within the next 18 months. The Durham Board of Education is in the process of selecting a site for a new Kindergarten to grade six. public school in Port Perry and the Board is very interestéd in five acres at the present Fairgrounds. Board of Education officials, in- cluding chairman Ruth Lafarga and ~ education director Bruce Mather met with Township councillors Mon- day afternoon to discuss the new school for Port Perry. They met "in-camera" for about 45 minutes and Mayor Jerry Taylor said later that 'council has been asked to move very quickly on the request from the School Board." During the session of the meeting held in open council, Mrs. Lafarga id construction of a new school in ort Perry is "the number one priority for the Durham Board." She said architects have been re- tained, and the Board wants to start building this fall to have the school open in time for September 1987. Noting that there are 11 portables . in use at R.H. Cornish and eight at Prince Albert, Mrs. Lafarga said the Board is "speeding up the con- struction timetable' even though the provincial grants for this year have not been announced. The cost of the new school is estimated at $2.1 million, with the Durham Board picking up 40 per cent and the remainder to come from the provincial government. Later Monday afternoon, Fair Board reps Ron Deeth and Stewart Diceman met with council and said the time has come to start serious- (Turn to page 3) ! Port Fair may § be moving ly planning a move by the Fair across Durham Road 8. "It is our intention to co-operate fully with the council on this move. Even if the Board of Education was not pressing for a new (school) site, the Fair Board wants to move to a new location near the Arena,' said Mr. Deeth. He went on to say that initially the Fair Board would make the move with as little expense as possible and then work over the next few years to increasing, the facilities for the Fair. However, he said the Fair could Arena study? Maybe later Scugog Township councilhas declined at this time to financially support a feasibility study into a proposed Scugog Arena expansion, but the door wasn't slammed shut completely. > Councillors decided Monday to ask the Arena Expansion Steering committee to specify exactly what a feasibility study would cover, and then the council will debate whether or not to go ahead with the study. The request for the feasibility study. came from Steering Commit- tee member Jack Cottrell, who told council Monday afternoon that the committee feels the only way to find out exactly what the community needs are, would be to have a pro- fessional study completed. The Steering Committee has been exploring the possibility of a new community banquet hall at the Scugog Arena, along with a second pad of ice. "This whole thing could be a pipe (Turn to page 7) Never has it been so much fun renewing your license as it is now that the provincial government has made photo licenses mandatory. Marie Hooey, left, of the Ministry of Transporta- tion and Communications office in Port Perry, says about 15 people have been photographed' each day since the new legislation came into ef- fect February 3rd. Above, Dawn Taylor, 22, gig- gles over her new license.