st t j z v si f r- v u fe ti te ivv ear r rizc- v -m- a- vvi by gianni colavecchia both hobl boards had to renovate or replace z sta is portables and in some crises enure wings because i in the past couple of years york regions school contained strainspfmould that were found to boards have scrambled to fix mould problems iru cause health problems in the most serious york their classrooms but it has forced them to put off region case our ladypf grace catholic school in heating system repairs arid other upgrades to their aurora had to be closed down and rebuilt v buildings s liberal education critic gerard kennedy who r recently released figures show the province has released the figures said students have lost but not given the regions public and catholic boards because boards hayehad to divert money from enough money to addressrnould infestation at other areas to cover mould funding shortfalls schools- v c thats what ttiis amounts to a cut m the rest in the 19992000 fiscal year the public board of m budgets to boards that isnt good for any- spwtabout21ltrulhon to fix mould problems- body in the system kennedy said but provincial funding came up 85 million short many boards have hail to go f without neededp t the catholic board spent about 1 17 million but upgrades hesaid adding one bpardin thejgreater received about 31 milliph to fix mould problems toronto area has had to put off the construction of theres an obvious difference between what we two schools spent and what we were allocated catholic board thornhiumpp tina molinafi admitted the spokesperson xhriscable said of course we mould fiinding is a stopgap measure would like more t ifs up to boards to prioritize ine areas that r cable said no students are at risk of exposure they need to take care of first she conceded mouldbiitthe board put off projects such as re- rj molinari said boards have received grants very tarring roofs and repairing sidewalks prplayground close to whauheywere supposed to get equipment t t she noted ontario has eliminated 1250 pbrta- j board bfficialsare coniulenf they will eventually biesportapacks ahd relocatable classrooms facility renewal grants for those projects where most of the toxic mould has been found sheaddedt j5 1 since 1998 at the public board decisionmakers have had the provinces capital funding model wiir to put off upgradesto heating air conditioning and reduce the reliance onsuch structures sheaclded roofsl j r j oak ridges -mpp- frank klees suggested weve lost the equivalent of one years fundings kennedys figureswere iriaccuratebut wouldnt for items like that board chairperson bui crothers provide any of his own saidr 7 v- r i dont the liberal education critic to weve been reasbnadly treated in the context of be an expert on thisi certainly wouldnt rely on his how other boards have been treated crothers numbers said ajddedr weve fixed mould problems in our klees noted onethird of the nearly50 million schools if tke question is would we have liked the province dished out for mould problems went free yourself from die burden of lawn carei- i- r call tbdayfor a free qubtatidri f and getyburweekends off v canadas authority on grounds care 4210 midland avenue scarborough ontario tel- 41 6291 161 1 wwwclintavcom more money the answer is yes to york region doinandinhand i from page 1- i sf zssmb pat robinson inc v cerned about the amount of trafficinto the city arid whether or not we could j handle it jackson said v v yaiighan council has beeri jobbying v for more than 10 years tto extend the spadina subway tby6rkuniversity and beyond into york region j- l r jifwedorit getto tiiat levelwherewe have a subway and imprqved1rahsittiie 6enefitfokusljsriofgoingncbe great i dont know how you are going to get people frbmdowntpwn toronto to vaughan without a subway for us its nbt just ab arid other supporting improvements jackson said w vf 5 the siibwayand the stadium have to c go hauidihhwdfthiey just have tol t jacksonmadehen 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