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st rc board renews term of education director weekenderjune 51993 p 7 julie caspersen staff reporter- bobes1ch a york region education direc tor has been retained for three years despite spurning his boards budget york re gion roman catholic separate school board trustees voted last thursday to renew the contract of director of education frank bobesich for three years with an option for another three initial contract talks started may 12 two weeks after the board of trustees approved a deficit budget that plunged the board deeper into debt to the tune of 23 million bobesich publicly berated the trustees for not levying a higher tax hike trustees passed a 66 per cent increase although a bal anced budget called for a tax jump of more than 13 per cent he also refused to sign the bud get before it was sent to the min istry of education a board source said trustees received a memo before the may 12 contract meeting from the director informing them he would not support the budget and took it as a warning to renew the contract or face a punitive lawsuit negotiations were delayed until last thursday when the director was signed on for anoth er three years in the meantime the board asked for legal opinion and were told they had the right to not renew bobesich but bobesich said he never intended to take legal action i dont think it was in my mind to take them to court i was told from the beginning it would be renewed bobesich said he did not want to lend his name as director and secretarytreasurer to an illegal document look at the position im put in im not supposed to sign a deficit budget i have to respect the education act he said in an interview i protected my own integrity by not signing the budget bobesich wanted trustees to approve a tax increase on par with if not higher than the york region board of education which passed a 69 per cent tax increase markham thornhill trustee nora sullivan said public scold ing from bobesich isnt common i dont condone a director that tears a strip off trustees franks not like that its not his style she said but sullivan said the renewal of the directors contract should not hinge on a single issue you have to look at a persons entire career furnaces air conditioning boilers gas fireplaces sales services installations vlaaer ros heating and air conditioning call now for your no obligation tisjr lnhoueotimatoon ifvot 24c central air conditioning inscrl fireplace a replacement gas furnace orafirepuceinsert bymonugo i2 mmk serving markham surrounding areas low monthly payments available on your gas bill 4707563 7594537 metro lic h1251 3t total ihaqc hair salon for men women 4776522 w perms with any regular price perm receive free one litre joico kerapro conditioning shampoo valued at not valid with other specials while quantities last total image hair salon for men women 4776522 markville shopping centre located across from cibc esthetic services available hi tf o village box meats thanks for your support over the past ten years celebrating our 10th anniversary mw 900 am 700 pm thfr 900 am 900 pm jsat 900 am 600 pm i sun 1200 noon 500 pm two convenient store locations markham thornhill 8555 mccowan rd n 5 glen cameron just n ofhwy7 n ofsteeles offyonge 4164715260 4167640698 mw thfr sat sun 900 am 600 pm 900 am 900 pm 900 am 600 pm loo am 500 pm