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1 f l n ktv general manager alvm brouwer m editor-in-chief- advertising director business manager brenda larson- vv debra weller imargaret fleming r k regional editor classified manager office manager brian kirlik stacey allen yivianoneil i editor y distribution director production manager tracy kibble barry goodyear pamela nichols ns- jedijofflai ghildreri dontdeserve teacrier strike lunacy enough is enough york mackenziempp frank klees is right its time to orderan endtojill strikeactibn in york regions schools v v between the rotating strikes aveekiong lockout t and working to grille york public elementary schools have been affected by labour unrest for two months york public high school teachers started working to rule on the first day of school all york cathdlicschools were onstrike for the first three weeks of the year last year all schools were shut down for two weeks during a province- wide teacher protest and york catholic schools were out an extra week due to a legal strike in fact york region parents have had the threat of teacher strikes looming over their heads for much of the past three years it has to stop now our children dont deserve a continuation of this lunacy nowhere is the lunacymore evident than the cur rent dispute between the public school board and its elementary teachers u consider this on preparation time supposedly the key issue in this battle- the two sides are exactly 1 1 minutes apart the board isoffering 120 minutes of prep time per week now 160minutes after feb 1 then 140 next year v the addition of one professional development day next year works out toan averageof- 149 minutes per weekar- cbmpared to the 160 demanded by the teach ers it was thatllminute shortfall that supposedly convinced 83 per cent of the teachers 2251 of the 2688 who voted monday to reject the boards final offer and it was thosell minutes that supposedly promptedthe board to shut down every school in the region for a week l clearly thavllmihute gap combined with gfow- ing animosity is just too wide a chasm for the two 1 sidesto cross so klees has called on his to solve the dispute for them immediate action by the legislature is imperative to ensure actable learning environment for theele- mentary students- he said in a letter to education minister dave johnson we agree wholeheartedly v unfortunately it appears johnson hot in short 7qhhson is continuing to argue local boards should sortdut their own labour problems theschool boards insist they cant givethe teach- era what they want because of changes in provincial funding and prpvihcial hilesv the proyince has taken control over education furidirigvthe province has taken complete control oyer average class size the proyince hastaken complete control overciir- riculum giving boards very little control over what they can and cant teach butthen the proyince has leftit up to the school boards to negotiate contracts with teacher unions i even though most of the traditional bargaining chips have been taken away not surprisingly it isnt work- ring vlv x v y which is why its time fop the province to take the ohlv logical next step take complete cbiitrol over hair- gaining preferably with oneprpvincewide union vrepresenting all elementary and high school teachers i if the province wants totake credit- for reforming educationfitlhustbe prepared to dirty finan- rdalworktoo r frigs tf y vththoriariciniirrhimnn willrnnriniifttohestiinlf in doiig devirie letters to the editor small town cant support luxury of a pool 1 had the privilege last week of accompanying two women to the jane snow aquatic centre innorth york it is a marvelous facility of an olympic-sized- swimming pool and a therapeutic pool we spent twohours there during which time one patron used the pool for 30 minutes and six people used the thera peutic pool such resignations as a confidential matter between the employer and employee the ethics committee at the hospital is urged to discuss this matter in its upcoming meeting and recommend to the board whether such action is- ethi cal is within its terms of reference and warrants boards resignation due to what appears to be lack of leadership mounirsahyoun unionville- marion wells stouffville there were three staff members in the reception area and one supervisor scilool board chairperson and two lifeguards oh duty larlnkiprtivitv if the city of north yprks population ldu v l can not support the use of a pool to any like many parents in yorkregion i great degree will someone please watched with hope the local cable v explain to the taxpayers of this small carinelhews broadcast monday night municibality how wexan support such i had heard parents were making a v a luxury strdngcase for reopening the schools while negotiations continue 80 per centtime in school is a lot better than 0- per cent n 1 it was with disbelief jthat i heard the board chairperson announce the trustees had unanimously voted to keep the schools closed in response to the howls of protest from the waitihgparentsmr crothers could be heard to snap were doing v whats right forthe board i was shocked mh crothers- has- obviously lost kis objectiyity as a taxpayer ihhisward i ask mr crothers to resign so someone who cares about our children can settle this dispute hospital board resignations should be explained this is the mass resig- nation on nov 6 of three top level execr utives at markham stoufmle hospital andthe consequent surprising silence of hospital jboard- coming forward and explaining to the public the reaspns behind the res- ignatiohs of the president vice presi- dent and director of planning is a duty not a privilege the hospital is nota privately held or a family owriedand operated company whose board can simplistically describe s scott markham traffic lights pfite reason dfiviers so frustrated was but of town for exactly 10 days last month when i returned the regionof york had installed three new sets of traffic lights along the route i take to work a 10kilometre drive from aurora tonewmarket no im hot looking for sympathy andno im hot suggesting my increas- ihgly frustrating but comparatively short commute shbuldbe of any real interest to anyone mypoint is sihiply thisif yorks traf- fie engineers can wreak such havoc on my brief journey to and from the office j each day is it any wonder that roads j across the region have become so jammed with- frustrated stressedout j aggressive roadraging maniacs more importantly will spending 13 million on moretraffic cops and y camouflaged cruisers as chief julian j fantino plans to do or filling our side j streets with trafficcalming gimmicks as just aboiitevery local council is now doing really solve anything of course not blaming bad drivers for the carnage on our roads is about as narrowfocused as blaming smokers for- lung cancer you can lecture users again arid again but until you treat the root cause of the problem the cancer will not disappear the source ofyorkregibns growing s cancer are the planners politi- ciansengineers arid developers the people who happily welcome 30000 new residents a year then seerrisur- j prised to discover most of thosepeople need to get to workeveryciay in the south end of the region cbm- muters find collector roadsriddled j with four- way stop signs or other traf- j ficcalming devices regional roads clogged with traffic lights every two blocks and highways at a standstill in the north end drivers face insuffi- j cient eastwest collector roads leading to winding hilly twolane northsouth j regional roads where passing is almost i impossible y i we need to remove as many traffic lights as possible if commuters have to drive a little farther or wait a little longer to get out of their subdivisions at least they know it will be clear sailing orice they hit a regional road next we need to computerize or adjust the rest of the traffic lights so they only work when and how we need them ifa light is only rieeded two hours in the morning it should 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