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thinking selling or l6jem 7 experience wfij 477001 1 williamson remax all stars realty inc stouffville tribune 1 72 sullock oiive unit 3 1 markham 4718660 rc board must cut deeply to stay alive julie caspersen staff reporter the york region roman catholic separate school board has escaped bankruptcy but students teachers and staff will pay a price trustees were under the gun to slash and burn throughout the system the cibc had threatened to cut off the boards line of credit unless the govern ment intervened we were on the verge of going bankrupt next week board chair terry ryan said thursday he added fears of bouncing paychecks were true so to keep the system running under the current structure trustees eliminated programs cut busing to the bare mini mum and erased jobs during a marathon meeting lasting until nearly 5 am wednesday an estimated 120 people will lose their jobs according to director of education frank bobesich some staff have already been handed pink slips two trustee positions will be phased out in the fall 1994 elec tion but so far the board doesnt know which municipali ties will lose a representative an indepen- 1 dent review team brought in at the request of i the board sug gested 16 mil lion worth of i cuts the board is short 187 million this year it climbs to 347 million when the deficits from the past five years are rolled in trustees mulled over the options and slashed 9 million bobesich from the operation of the school system the team suggests it will take up to eight years for the board to climb out of debt by finding 247 million each year either through cutbacks or tax increases the 1994 budget has been 90 per cent completed with a min imum seven per cent tax increase for catholic ratepay ers said ryan the board lost 63 children this fall after hiking the walk ing distance for students but bobesich maintains parents and ratepayers wont jump ship sidewalk opponents blast job on ninth line tracy kibble staff reporter the towns roads expert did a lousy job answering and ana lyzing residents concerns regarding safety measures on the ninth line south charged one homeowner this week jennie bangay a strong crit ic of the towns recently- installed sidewalk along the ninth line and representing homeowners affected by the change tore a strip off public works director paul white- house tuesday night after reading his report answering their safety concerns along the busy stretch of road the residents had circulated a petition last september ask ing the ninth line be dead- ended at parkview village to force traffic off the residential road as well as the installa tion of a crosswalk for school children and a stop sign at sunset boulevard for seniors safety bangay accused whitehouse of ignoring pedestrian rights and environmental realities in what she called a politician like postdecision report i have never seen such an amateurish closeminded one sided cherrypicking biased report as this piece of garbage that has been put forward by whitehouse as the towns position on the petition for changes on the ninth line the director has focused his report on the rights of motorists and completely ignored the rights of the tax- paying residents bangay stated in a prepared state ment whitehouses threepage report stated that the request ed fourway stop sign at sun set blvd would hinder traffic stop signs installed indis- please see page 3 and transfer students and tax dollars to the public board after hearing about the hefty tax hike compared to the pub lic boards promise to not raise taxes more than three per cent and the bare bones sys tem we had a rich model were just modifying a- bit bobesich said many optional programs have been shelved and the board will run transportation at the lowest possible level even cutting noonhour busing of kindergarten students which is not covered by govern ment grants the board must satisfy the bank that plans to erase its deficit are guaranteed a min istry of education agent will monitor the boards progress and if the board fails to uphold the new rules the system could be taken over by the ontario municipal board accident injures woman an 82yearold stouffville woman was charged thurs day afternoon for running a red light after her vehicle collided with a school bus at the main street and ninth line north intersection york regional police said the woman was heading westbound on main street when she proceeded through the intersection at 4 pm on a red light slam ming into the front left side of a school bus heading east as it attempted to make a left hand turn onto the ninth line the woman was taken to markham stouffville hospital with minor injuries the school bus driver and a six-year- old passenger were not injured in the crash police said whitchurchstouftville fire crews rerouted traffic for about 45 minutes while the intersection was cleaned up police charged the woman with disobeying a red light brand nw 1994 escort wagon bmhbhmm3 airostafi eddie bauer extended 4 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