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Board balks at proposal on research mm KwwkkOntWXi April iMmU AURORA A recommendation to form a threemember com mitter of specialists to study research projects on sensitive issues has been turned down by York Region public school trustees Formation of the committee was one of two clauses deleted by trustees before they approved a new policy on research in the schools The second clause cut by trustees called for any projects the purpose and nature of which would be affected by advance release be studied by the full board and the com mittee Separate school representative John Budget debate maybe late NEWMARKET York Regional Council may not debate its MO million budget until sometime in May Chairman Garfield Wright has said Treasurer John wants to wait until the provincial is finalized before proceeding with the regional bill he told regional council The region wont know the extent of grants available until the provincial budget has been approved the treasurer noted Regional taxpayers are facing an estimated per cent tax hike this year according to the regions estimates Last year taxes increased per cent on a million bill Included in those estimates are 84 million for the York Regional budget of million is slated for salaries and a police commission budget Police budget estimates were tabled at council Thursday Stephens led the move to delete the two clauses Were trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill he noted Its going to get bogged down in another committee which is going to meet forever and a day Under other terms of the policy education director Sam Chapman is responsible for an evaluation of the project making the proposed committee redundant Mr Stephens said trustee Jim Corcoran agreed We really are getting nowhere by setting up another bureaucracy he said While the research policy remains unchanged from previous years an additional clause approved last week parental consent for participation by any students under the age of King trustee Margaret failed in an attempt to make parental permission necessary only when the research project is a sensitive one The permission clause as presented by staff and finally accepted by trustees makes it very discouraging for any resarch to take place at all she warned While trustee Bob argued that parent and teacher groups pressed for the permission clause King trustee Dorothy Zajac said some research studies are routine and securing permission would be a great waste of time When the amendment was defeated Vaughan trustee Don Cameron introduced another amendment to delete the permission clause completely The second amend ment was also defeated but not before Mr Cor coran suggested that the entire policy be sent to program committee for additional study Its beginning to look like the budget where we chop little things off and look at the whole thing he said Friday session to examine regions transit proposal i Artists sketch of the Scanlon Creek Outdoor Education Centre The South Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority project has been approved for grants by the provincial natural resources ministry with tenders expected to be called In late May or early June Among the first school organizations to support the project was the York Region separate school board CAN PROCEED WITH BRADFORD PROJECT Province approves centre NEWMARKET Approval for the con struction of the Scanlon Creek outdoor education centre by the South Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority has been granted by provincial Minister of Natural Resources Frank Miller The facility will be constructed on the acre sie on Highway twomiles north of Bradford Robert McClure resources manager for the SLSCA told The Era last week final design of the new centre is now in progress and tenders should be approved by late May or early June Mr said completion of the project is scheduled for late November with opening set for January The new education centre will provide the public especially public and high school classes to use the conservation areas natural en vironment in a learning situation Mr McClure said the authority wishes to keep its budget figures con fidential until planning has been completed However figures released by the ministry estimate cost of the project at NEWMARKET Representatives from towns around York Region will attend a meeting here Friday to hear the regions plans for assuming control over a mass public trans portation system Nearly cent more buses will be needed in the region by to service highway and urban transportation systems and up to buses by Currently there are 60 buses operating within the region The operating deficit for the transit services administered by municipalities plus the GO Transit services was million according to the report The region outlined a preferred role for itself in a massive report published last October by the engineering depart ment seems inevitable that in the future the regional municipality has to play a very major role in transit in order for an efficient coordinated comprehensive trans portation system to be developed which will be capable of meeting future travel demands the report states The report further claims the process for a regional takeover must begin now By 2001 public transit systems must supply about 35 per cent of all peak hour trips between York and Metro Toronto while today only seven per cent of all peak tout trips are by public transportation according to the report The region proposes Initially to consult with However the report municipalities regarding claims that there Is little the operation of transit coordination of transit services as well as the GO systems within and Transit system and between municipalities continue to record transit Although the report services and refine its expects the region to network plans eventually assume The preferred role for control over all transit the region to be systems operating within when its boundaries the necessary is to assume mediate plans relate to 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