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-v- j j- 8 ajjjrfi i a- nct c mr- cv i diclcson hillstudents to be sent tovtfrschdbls -y- wwwmarkfiairifairorg rz by gianni colavecchia staff writer some parents fear a plan to close a markham school could lead to the f demise of french immeisioh pfogram- ming for their children the york region public school board 1 wants to close dickson hill pjiblic schbof which has a comprehensive c french immersion program next year the move would disperse more than 325 kids to englishlanguage schools in buttonville milliken mills and fstouffyille trustees have approyedthe plan in prihcipleand could jt official approval by trie end of this school year which pareritssay does not give them enough time to make arrangements for nextyear our problem is they are going at 100x milesper hour oh this thing dickson school council chairperson don hill said hill a 41yearold unionville resi dent with two children attending sims harvest the season at saturday october i4th 2000 v 1000 am to 400 pm y- freeabmissiqn v i 25 acres of apple fun farmers market horse drawn wagon rides childrens games entertainment fresh apple cider nominal feb for selected activities casronsorin bit metrus development llfeu us cdp real estate cd halloween comes h lillcfs ml kc iu totife-aj- wwv october 23rdto 30th 2000 uncover the traditions and origins of halloween and hear some of canadas spookiest and true ghost stdjries toreserve your tickets today advance tickets required tickets 5 ea 2toursnightly notoursodober 29th co sponsored by ace fire security and ses cease fire ujgebse maxm a few of jviy favourite tjii september 23rd2000 to february22nd 2001 p imagine allbfyour favourite toys dolls and js games together again in one room relive r quryoutrf through this nostalgic exhibit j vvxc exploretkeinteractive displays and try someof the historic games sponsoi w wylde creative sponsored by solutions inc r dickson hill said parents are worried the three english schools will not have the proper resources to meet the steadi ly growing demand for french pro- grams- if thats the case he is concerned par- ents will pull their children out of the schools rj and without the enrolment to sup- port it he said french programs could die v if i wanted to teach my kids french passiyelyi would put them into english schools and have s them take french classes theyre hot going to give the kids the same experience this thing is going to be so watered down why even keep your kids in it hill asked v ldpntwahtmy kids schools three or four times in their pub- 1 lie school experience thepubl board has turned over official ownership of dickson to a newly created french board supefiritendent of schools jaimini randev said officials promised parents they would get at least a year to deal witha closure i think in fairness they were told he said but officials could extend their lease withthe french board by a year- he rioted- buying that much extra tirrie for parents randevadded programming at the three english schools will not be any dif ferent than what is offered at dickson i dont think the quality of the pro gram is dependent on dual track or sin gle track he said asasingletraclc school dickson provides little english training for stu dents until they reach grade 4 emphasis on french femains even after that grade dualtrack schools which the three english schools would becoriie offer englishspeaking and frenchspeaking prograrrisin separate areas within one building ju the public board has nine elemen tary french immersion schools where many of the programs are overflowing randevsaid officials hope to add eight immer sion schools over the next five years throughout york region giving children a chance to take french prograniming closer to their homes now many students are unable to attend french immersion schools because they aretoo away randev said i board officials are soliciting input from parents and are examining alter natives- statistics show the public boards ele mentary french immersion program has grown by about 500students in the last five years bring it home to honda if youre like most honda owners youvant only thebest for ypur car only yburhoncladealer can provide the genuine honda parts and factory trained technicians to keep your honda in tiptop condition yearround so dont open your hood to strangers bring it home to honda and keep it fit with r factory trained technicians genuine honda paris everyday price and everyday value accelerated service uncompromising quality p bring it home to wlhonda avriotfe on mod honda mocms fabrwuowpiovlnemtainwnlallhs- i any ududed dedei may sel ioc bo sm your hondodalnbudtlaiialpilcmwidal pawpdingdnirfuarchjl2001 north markham whonda m 461jhwyr7lwstifjcrduruonvine i 4 v 7 2 4 5 1 2 l7r i h