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stouffvuk suntribune thursday oct 25 2007 9 town right on pace 850 building permits expected this year in whitchurchstouffuillle by hannelore volpe staff writer while it may have looked like growth in stouffville was growing by leaps and bounds last year it has settled back down this year in keeping with the towns population projections since estimates on popu lation growth in whitchurch- stourmlle affect how soon facilities such as arenas and parks get constructed the town is currently working with a demographic and futurist expert to determine the most accurate population estimates through to 2026 population models are updated every year currently whitehurch- stouffville is growing at about the same rate as aurora slowerthananticipated growth would mean certain facilities and services would come in more slowly in keep ing with residents needs faster growth would allow for certain facilities to be built sooner in 2006 1173 build ing permits were issued by the town for 944 single detached homes and 229 semidetached townhouse and other multiresidential buildings about 950 to 975 of those building permits were issued in the community of stouffville itself in june 2006 the munici palitys population was esti mated at 26000 in june 2007 it was 27750 the upsurge in growth last year was due to an 18month delay in the completion of the york durham sanitary sewer andrew mcneely the towns manager of planning said this resulted in a lon ger period for developers to market their homes slower- thananticipated growth in places such as markham and richmond hill also sent some potential buyers to stouffville to look for a new home for 2007 about 800 to 850 building permits are likely to be issued the rate of growth is likely to keep steady with a similar or smaller number of building permits to be issued for next year mr mcneely said estimates made in a 2004 study called for about 600 homes to be built each year over a decade factors that can affect the rate of growth include mortage rates the strength of the manufacturing sector and improvements to high ways or transit systems longterm projections made in 2004 called for a population of more than 32000 people in whitchurch- stouffville in 2008 more than 4200 in 2013 and more than 62000 in 2026 the town is still confident with the projections made in 2004 mr mcneely said but theyll continue to be refined yearly the population numbers are used to assist in budget deliberations and the towns fiveyear forecast catholic board on top by teresa latchford staff writer the york catholic district school board is at the top of the class in ontario when it comes to standardized test ing the release of the stan dardized testing scores from the education quality arid accountability office allows school boards to calculate a board average by adding the final scores from reading writing and mathematics of grades 3 and 6 students as well as the grade 9 math ematics scores although eqao does not support the ranking of schools the data shows the catholic board has achieved the highest average of any school board in the province board spokesperson chris cable said we are proud it means we are doing something right she added we like to think its because of our good teaching practices st edward catholic ele mentary school in markham made significant improve ments from last years scores last school year the per centage of grade 3 students meeting the provincial aver age was 51 per cent in read ing 54 per cent in writing and 69 per cent in math which increased this year to 78 89 and 92 per cent respectively the grade 6 scores increased from 80 per cent in reading 85 per cent in writing and 58 per cent in math to 86 86 and 84 respec tively after analysing the data from last year we decided to plan our strategies earlier this year principal anna barone said we took a different approach this year not just involving the grade 3 and 6 teachers but the entire staff by getting all of the staff involved in the 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