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st tribune february 13 1991 p3 foodbank up running wsf going great guns say volunteers with new service tracy kibble staff reporter the whitchurchstouffville foodbank wsf is currently han dling 15 families since it opened last month but volunteers expect the numbers to rise robyn magee a wsf volunteer and coordinator told the tribune the foodbank is going great guns in its first two weeks of operation and could easily help 20 to 30 fam ilies its anticipated clientele we knew how many stouffville clients we would have because we knew the families that had to travel outside the community to other foodbanks magee said she said local families need the service because of illness sudden loss of employment lack of money due to slow compensation and unemployment funds coming in and heavy mortgages the wsf now operates out of the churchill baptist church basement and has 18 active volunteers the wsf is starting a volunteer- training workshop this month magee said there has been a great response from residents other foodbanks and from local grocery stores and the shelves are well- stocked she said uxbridge and markham foodbanks the whitchurchstouf fville progress club the local pres byterian church and church mem bers have been generous in dona tions magee said the wsf needs more canned meat fruit and vegetables and is appealing to individuals and service clubs to donate whenever they can we dont turn anyone away if a person lives in whitchurchstouffville he or she tance magee said for more infor mation or if interested in volunteer ing with the wsf call hilary green at 6403568 also see letter on page s for can come twice a month for assis- more on wsf bowes calls for 11 hike from page 1 jan 29 the representatives outlined a fourpoint plan to increase government funding to ontario school boards the provincial need amounts to billions of dollars board chairman harry bowes said in his address to the standing committee on finance and eco nomic affairs but bowes said the presentation was not wellreceived by the committee which heard presentations from school board associations over a twoweek period the york region board projects a cost of 185 million over the next five years for new school construction and an additional cost of 29 million for renovations and repairs bowes recommended the 1991 grants to be hiked by 11 per cent or 500 million he also wants the ministry of education to start a plan that would increase provincial funding of education to a 60 per cent rate the 1990 grant rate for ordinary and capital expenditures is 211 per cent in 1975 the grant rate was 623 per cent the board has asked the standing committee to review bill 20 the develop ment charges act that would allow boards to collect educational lot levies on new home construction the brief said the york region public board and the york region roman catholic separate school board now have more than 1000 portables and the cost of government mandate programs is being borne by the local taxpayer some of these programs include english as a second language health tax pay equity asbestos removal and junior kindergarten which has not yet been implemented bowes and director of education bob cressman were sched uled to meet with minister of education marion boyd yesterday afternoon garage heist thieves made off with 3000 worth of gardening supplies from a local garage a stouffville man discovered gardening tools missing from his garage which had been broken into between dec 28 and feb 7 merchandise stolen more than 2000 worth of merchandise was stolen from a whitchurch- stouffville business between 545 pm feb 4 and 827 am feb 5 culprits entered a busi ness at 5710 main st by unknown means missing items include a fax machine telephone answering machine photocopier and two gold plated pens the total value of thegoods is 2070 chairmans actions questioned from page 1 principal that the compensation committee negotiate the details of the contract renewal with the director and report to the board on dec 10 was the last recommendation passed nov 19 crothers said he suggested to bowes the board report on its private meeting at the begin ning of the next regular board meeting sched uled for nov 26 but bowes went ahead with the public meeting regardless he said newmarket trustee karen barker defended bowes decision citing the boards meeting rule book its not in roberts rules of order to rise and report at a subsequent meeting she explained there is nothing to hidewhy should there be if crothers had an objection he should have raised the issue himself at the next full board meeting added barker as the director cressman is completely removed from the trustees decisionmaking process but he believes his contract renewal was handled appropriately as far as the process goes it was open and above board cressman said nothing wrong i dont know how anyone could say it was a rushed process it took six months to com plete bowes insists he did nothing wrong by calling a public meeting on the spur of the moment just before 10 pm because we held a special meeting is none of your damn business bowes told the era ban ner we dont have to announce it he refused to agree the board approved cress- mans contract in principle vaughan trustee susan kadis another reform network supporter said the board compromised its authority by refusing not to operate in a completely public fashion we are obligated to make and announce our decisions in public she said we cant afford to take license with this any information rightly in the public domain shouldnt be compromised the education act requires boards to fix times of meetings and define a method of call ing them said ministry of education spokesman jack berryman not informed how public can such meetings be if the pub lic isnt informed he said noting the board needs to reflect on whether its policies and actions are in line with the education act three weeks after the november meeting the board gave final approval to cressman s con tract at 1257 am dec 11 almost 90 minutes after the boards public meeting adjourned at 1123 pm dec 10 trustees voted 13 to four to renew the con tract three trustees including auroras ron wallace had left the meeting voting in favor of the deal were trustees anne atkins dorothy caine charles cooper nancy dunlop joanna french denis middleton jane robertson ron stevenson louise walter patti grand sue wakeling bowes and barker crothers kadis and trustees paul bennett and joe jonsson opposed it the board is also keeping his salary confiden tial citing the new freedom of information and privacy act patricia llewellen the ministry of educa tions information and privacy coordinator told the era banner the new law respects the boards past practice of dispensing information if a school board was traditionally more open with information the new law would not stop it from releasing salary figures she said a more guarded board however can withhold the information under the new legislation llewellen added photoannettc buchkowsk1 doggone warm weather ted balfe of stouffville takes his two dogs bert and ernie out for a stroll in the unseasonably mild weather last week the i three went for a walk along rupert st trustees to trim budget fat five york region board of edu cation trustees aim to trim school taxes the trustees all members of the ontario school board reform network an association launched in june 1990 and chaired by a york region board of education trustee introduced an eightpoint plan to save taxpayers money we are responding to the needs of york region taxpayers about school taxes its about time elect ed trustees took the initiative and actually set the boards budgetary priorities thomhill trustee paul bennett said last week bennett is joined by markham trustee bill crothers vaughan trustees joe jonsson and susan kadis and richmond hill trustee denis middleton in promoting the plan which attempts to bring the board budget under control with out cutting programs a press releasestated the following points are laid out in the plan introduced at a feb 6 budget committee meeting t all spending requiring more than a six per cent increase should be subject to an indepth examina tion t a hiring freeze on nonteach ing personnel in 1991 save money through environ mental efforts such as recycling and energy conservation reduce spending duplication on staff development reduce transportation expens es in 1991 from 62 per cent to under six percent of the total bud get defer expansion of central office until justified by cost and necessity reduce costs of new school construction by 10 per cent for example by reusing designs develop a plan for the man agement of the reserve funds earn extra money become a carrier today call 2948244 or 6402100 attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers for as little as 312c a i piece so far this year we have delivered i 2505348 flyers doortodoor in markham i unlonville milliken stouffville 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