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w wmam ras r a16 tribune april 2 1986 chairman of durham board of education describes school funding crisis uxbridge an accom modation crisis faces schools throughout durham region in cluding uxbridge says the chair man of the regions public board of education ruth lafarga appeared before uxbridge township council thursday to detail this and other issues facing ontarios seventh largest school board due to a difference in rating factors employed by her board and ontarios education ministry durham now has more portables in its system than any other public board funding is not granted for clas sroom space above the figure reached through government cal culations thus forcing additional students into portable facilities basically that rating factor is the big thing chairman lafarga said however statistics indicate uxbridge isnt as badly off as some of durhams fastest grow ing municipalities especially ajax and whitby ajax for example had one in four of its students in portable classrooms as of september of 1985 while uxbridge had a one-in- 10 ratio chairman lafarga who was accompanied by uxbridge public school trustee heather be- veridge called for those with con tacts in the liberal government to exert pressure for more financial support we need everyones help in terms of lobbying for additional funding for our schools because it really has an impact on the prog rams we can offer in the clas sroom she said whitby and ajax are priority sites for new schools noted mrs beveridge but uxbridge could get another building in 1990 listed as some recent educa tion improvements in uxbridge are the new vocational wing at the secondary school and major pub lic school renovations budget the boards 1986 budget will tot al about 180 million in 1986 rep resenting an approximately 10 per cent tax jump over last year mrs lafarga defended the in crease stressing its needed to try and keep pace with the education al needs of over 48000 students in durham region nearly 60 per cent of each tax dollar raised in uxbridge twp goes for education mrs lafarga also looked to the future and said board members hope to soon establish new admi nistration headquartera some where in the region she answered councillors ques tions and admitted that in the long run the extension of sepa1 rate school funding will haveai major impact on her board durham stands to lose millions of dollars according to the chair man as this funding system is ful ly implemented if you think education is ex- pensive work out what it costs for ignorance mrs lafarga told council members to conclude her presentation markhams most innovativfiflofs brings yd rapril 3 1986 lgostume bikini contest prizes and much much more le flirt in conjunction with double p productions presents rbm0t0wn mondays tuesdays beginning tuesday april 186 96 matin street sahaii ruth lafarga chairman of the durham board of education addres sed uxbridge township council at a meeting march 27 she spoke of an accommodation crisis that she 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