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economist sunthe tribune weekender saturday june 20 1998 pi 7 board identifies newschool priorities southend communities desperate for additional schools to ease overcrowding jennifer brown staff reporter the public school board has released its newschool priorities and communities in the south end of york region top the list the boards capital plan calls for two new elementary schools in richmond hill and one in vaughan to be completed by the 19992000 school year the projects are approved subject to final funding coming from the ministry of education ralph benson the superintendent of corporate planning said the most pressing need is in north richmond hill and the west side of thornhill near bathurst street and steeles avenue 850 students wilshire public school for instance is being used as a holding school until new facilities are built there are cur rently 9 portables oh site which is home to 850 students the new richmond hill schools will be located on coons road south of bloomington in oak ridges and frank endean road north of elgin mills road three additional elementary schools are being planned for richmond hill by 2002 work has already begun on high schools for the biscayne area of georgina and yorkland boulevard in richmond hill both schools are scheduled to be completed by 2000 school board planning staff also say aurora and georgina will each need new elementary schools by 2000 in aurora the school will be located newschool toietabte the regions public school i board has identified its priorities for newschool construction the following list shows what year and where the new schools are expect ed to be built 19992000 aurora grove elementary aurora metrus elementery georgina 20002001 clearmeadow elementary newmarket boxwood elementary markham lake wilcox richmond hill southwest newmarketeast gwillimbury secondary school proposed additions to ross doan ps 12 classrooms and woodbridge college 24 classrooms 2002 bayview north elementary richmond hill maple elementary vaughan markham secondary school north markham elementary orsi elementary georgina wycliffe elementary richmond hill ejginwest proposed replacement school for jersey ps keswick in the aurora grove community which is located west of bayview avenue north of vandorf road in georgina the school will be located in southeast keswick the board is currently using 36 portables in keswick to accommodate students although the impact of the new capital funding model is not yet known the board believes the implementation of junior kindergarten will permit the construction of the two schools in fact plans are to fasttrack the projects so work can begin as soon as possible the new formula demands that every available student space be uti lized in existing schools before approval will be given for a new school benson says he is confident that despite concerns about the new fund ing model the schools will be built as needed if it doesnt happen im not going to be a happy camper he said however residents of summerhill subdivision in southwest newmarket will have to wait two more years before a school will appear in their communi ty benson says thats because the pop ulation hasnt grown to the point where a school can be justified the buildout isnt there as we anticipated he said we dont have the kids there yet i dont have 400 stu dents thats the dilemma markham will see the construction of three new elementary schools by 2002 news whether u happens at home or across the region read about it in the economist sun and the tribune for a limited time canadas truck leaders give you your choice of north americas best built fullsize trucks ontario ford mercury dealers is wrttebxiytorfu the itxml cow h 1993 iseries ms su restriction of 38000 km over two years apply s3495j349s down payment or equivalent trade required first months payment and security deposit required 19 financing on all new instock 1998 ford fseries for a maximum of 48 months on approved credit tg 15000 financed at 19 annual percentage rate for 48 months rnonthlypaymemks338 con of borrowing btt224fc and total mb available with any other offec limited time offer 24month lease available to viafified retail lessees on approved credit toul lease payinemoic at inceptto security deposit required freight s94cvj940x licence insurance and al appgcabtetam are additional tealerrnay leas for less unwt reported deliveries based on an average of consumerreported problems at threemnthsowikflhipinasurveyoffordandcompetitfomodebde ontario fmoa wx bo 2000 oakvilie ontario 161 54