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Economic Crunch Poses Problems In Education Davis Tells Meeting Continued from Page 1) arm of developing an educa< tional system which will pro- vide equal opportunity to all children. said Mr. Jacobs. the main concern has been financial. "The economic atmosphere is posing a great many pro- blems. especially on the fringe of Metro where every- thing costs more." i * If I. Mr. Mackay 47,000 students. and 2,000 teachers. “Part of our problems in an instant world â€"â€" instant is that people look for instant re- sults in education, in organi- tca. instant coffee. zation and transportation." The board has been faced with the needs of planning an integrated system from kindergarten to grade 13, with new subdivisions. making the best use of existing facilities with providing for the needs of schools for the retarded and finding sites for new schools. Land costs have been a concern, said Mr. Mac-Kay: pointed out that in the 16 months of its existence, his board has had to put together 24 boards of 110 schools meeting the needs of “What a subdivider feels is. a fair price. we do not feel is a fair price." He told the audience the board is asking the depart- ments of education and municipal affairs for permis- sion to levy dwelling lot fees in new developments to help meet the costs of pro~ viding schools for new resi- dents. In its short lifetime, he conâ€" tinued. the board has pre- pared two budgets and apâ€" proved 52 policies. "We are now having a second look at some of these tpoliciesi," Mr. MacKay adâ€" ded. The board has tried to set up good communications with the public. in meetings. through the press. at home and school meetings and visits to schools as well as in publishing three issues of its own education news sheet. * i it it But, said Mr. MacKay. communications is a two way street, “and unless there is someone at the other end of the telephone, there is no way to communicate." At- tendance at many meetings trustees and board officials had addressed had been very disappointing. Transportation had posed the biggest problem in board relations with the public. said Mr. Mac-Kay. Many do" legations ha\e approached the board asking for better busing service. yet at budget time the board is criticised for the cost of tranportation. Use of schools had been another matter of concern to the board. but on the whole reconciled with a policy of "conservativism". a (1 din 2 part of the scepticism of the public r e s u l t 5 .from the bigness being imposed on schools and school boards. with the feeling that "con- servativism” should be more concerned with the indiviâ€" dual. with the quality of edu- cation. Mr. Davis replied that the cooperation between recreav individual should be more tion committees in the var- involved. not less. in the ions municipalities of the larger unit. In a school of county and the board has been 30 students in eight grades veiy good. there was little attention to “We would like to see the individual, and many school facilities used as much who needed it got no special as possible." said the board attention â€" i.e. the percep- chairman. tually h a n d i c a p p e d. and "It is our policy to provide others with learning pro- quality education and equa- blems. “ A composite hiin lily of opportunity across the school with 1,200 to 1.300 county. but we will not students may not he the achieve it in one or two ideal," Mr. Davis admitted. years. It will take time." “but we have to relate it 10 Replying to a question the cost and conditions that from the floor Mr. Davis asâ€" sured the meeting his depart- ment has no intention of a b olish i n g the separate school system. "There is no real duplication of facilities." said the minister. “For X number of pupils we need X number of schools." A questioner asked how progressive schools could be exist.“ * ik ik * Asked about the contract disputes between teachers and various boards of educaâ€" tion, Mr. Davis said his de- partment does not intend to intervene “at this point, at this moment". He believes as much anâ€" tonomy as pessible should be delegated to local boards. “We have opted out of many areas of concern" Speaking Richmond Hill Lois llancey alleged that York County losing in excess of $1 million in educaâ€" tion and libran grants and school building grants be- cause of the equalization factor established by the Deâ€" partment of Municipal Afâ€" fairs in assessment. Provincial grants for edu- cation awrage 51 percent of education costs. said Mrs. lIanccy. but York County is getting only 47 per cent. "We ha\e asked to be treated iii an equitable mzin- iicr. and we would like you to use your influence to show that we are not being treated with equality." While it is the departâ€" ment's intention to ultimateâ€" ly assume 60 percent of the cost of education in Ontario. the floor. Councillor from 15 said Mr. Davis. grants are distributed according to need, and in increasin'z grants from the former 40 percent. he has tried to be fair to everyone in the pro- vince. giving some relief to the property owner. York County. the Minister said. more than Peel Count}. and Metro gets only about 24 percent. "Distribution of grants is based on the ability of comâ€" munities to pay." Vaughan Township 't'i'iisâ€" tee Warren Bailie asked why grants tor retarded had been ('tll back from 30 percent to 47 percent lthe same grant as for general purposes'. "This is a drop of about $1.000 per student." Mr. Bai- he declared. "and this is a very important program." “You are mature." Mr, Davis replied. “Do you want us to move back to incenthe grants? We are not holding out carrots. We are saying. “Here is the total problem. make your own decisions." The same applies to vocaâ€" tional and other special areas of education." in r‘r 2" >3 Councillor Da\id Fraser of Vaughan Township asked. “What about leasing schools from developers. would the board consider this?“ “Developers want to make money. and they need schools to sell houses. we are :Plb IMH" ’ into it," Mr. Macliay told him. '. c- re not in the proâ€" pcrty business. If we can (Photo by Stuart’s Studio) luc/ry Mother Slio w: Speedy Shopping It was running shoes on and off the mark at the word “go” for Mrs. Leon Michal of 40 Kirk Drive, Thornhill, who won the Richmond Heights Merchants’ Association‘s Mother's Day Lucky Draw. The prize was a three-minute shopihg spree in Loblaws and Mrs. Michal made the most of that limited number of seconds to fill her shopping cart. entry was made by her daughter, Laurie. The draw was made at 6 pm May 16. Mrs. Michal is seen above as she sped past the dairy counter at top Speed. Stewart Burnett Reeve Yonge St. at Levendale Richmond Hill Ser- l i ll - Public Notice ,- TOWNSHIP OF WHITCHURCH The Municipal Office of the Township of Whitchurch will be (‘losed For Business TUESDAY. JUNE 2, 1970 to enable our staff to move into the newly renovated office building. .ww‘w. . _ -- Her Thomas Kerr Clerk Have “you good this one. Q) The football coach was with his new tackle in the dean's office trying to get him admitted without a writ- ten examination. “How much is seven and seven," asked the dean. "Thirteen," replied the boy. "Aw. let: him in anyway, Dean." coaxed the coach. “He's only missed it by two." Satisfied c u s to m e r s are made by service that satis- fie‘s. Your satisfaction is es- sential to our continued suc- cess. so rest assured that pleasing you will be our first and foremost consideration when you choose to send your cleaning to our plant. W Sanitone WMMWMM 271 Bay Thorn Dr. Thornhill 889-0391 dorf, l I I I I ammo um: I IMILLWOOD Recreation Ltd.ithe'82 persons living on the ‘Open swimming at Slater‘s In-jisland. door Pool, Don Mills Rd. at Van-caught fire I ‘ Sunday Atlantic and he and his ship- Saturday and afternoons from 1:30 pm. to Dance Academy. V. O. N. VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES Woodbine Avenue (formerlyi RICHMOND HILL Don Mills Road). . BRANCH More charges mayhbe laid SERVING after drivers without insurance ‘cards are fully checked out, YORK COUNTY 884-4101 4 Yonge Street South NURSE-IN-CHARGE MISS JANE BOWMAN 7 cl w48’ ; lttlltttlttlullttltltttltttttttttttttttttttttitlttthttttttltttttRlltltttttttttttttt Obituary ‘Lived Here For Edgar Leno who lived in Rich- imond Hill for almost half a century and saw his adopted country village to a town with a population of 20.000, destined ‘to grow even larger, passed away at his home, 86 Leisure 1Lane. May 20. Mr. Leno was in his 97th year and will be re-l membered by a host of friends and business acquaintances who had benefited from his skills which found no task impossible. Mr. Leno was born in Eng-] land in the first year after corporated village. Mr. Leno was married in Lon- to Canada in 1906 with his wife, the former Elizabeth Floyd; They lived in Toronto and Mount Albert before settling in Richmond Hill in 1931. , Before settling down to mar-i ried life Mr. Leno had lived a life full of adventure on the high seas. Places with strange? sounding names became live .and picturesque realities to him. He sailed round Cape Horn in full-rigged sailing ships and‘ barques. Valparaiso, Callao,, Iquique, Antofagasta, Buenost Aires. Montevideo, Rio de Jan- iero and a score of other harâ€" bors with glamorous names be- came ports of call to him at an early age. Coal from Swansea. initrates from the coast of South' America, hides and tallow, bal- ed wool and many other cargoesi were a few of the products of ,one country and another which ‘he helped transport around the .globe to their ultimate destina- ltions. Amongst his many adventures. Twhich he delighted to recall for Syounger generations, was the time when adverse winds car- ried his ship off course to the lonely island of Tristran da Acunha, 1,500 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope where, have to for a couple of days. the crew bartered with Another time his ship in the far south Edgar Leno Dies In 97th Year home town grow from a sleepy ; Richmond Hill became an in- :- don. England. in 1899 and camel I Half A Century EDGAR LENO Senior Citizen Passes mates were in open boats for four days before being picked NOW APPEARING Merlyn & Her Magicians “FRENCHIE” DANCING A GO-GO THE LIBERAL. rent facilities satisfactorally and economically. ll makes no difference to us." added Mr. Jacobs. “It could he a short term solution," agreed Mr, Davis, “but if the cost is passed on to the school board. some- one is gomg to have to pay." Referring to lot fees, a questioner asked who would pay. the developer or the people who move into the development. There has been some dis- cussion of this question. Mr. Davis replied. adding there are two or three counties in the same position regarding new subdivision developn'rent and the need for new schools to serve them. "School boards are not in the development business. An answer has to he found and found shortly.“ he added. "Someone has to find an an- swer in funding in the capi~ tal areas." Markham Township Deâ€" puty-recve Anthony Roman thanked the speakers, con- gratulating them on the out- standing .iob that has been (lone in the past 16 months in attempting to bring equa- lity of education as well as cutting costs of education in York County. oinyourrfriends for an eyening of ‘ relaxation and-dancing in this ' ' ‘ beautiful’new' room ,jf‘INN; HOT :60 Y hg‘e‘s’r- S. Richmond Hill. Ontario. Thursday. May 28. 1970 ORIOLE LUMBER LIMITED Everything For Do-It-Yourself People WESTERN RED CEDAR , OF TOP QUALITY. ALL STORED INSIDE I lx-t - 7c per ft. 2x4 - 1x6 - 10c per ft. 2x6 - 20c per ft. 1x8 -14c per ft. 2x8 - 2% per ft. 1x4 - 28c per It. 6x6 - ' 13c per ft. We stOck a complete line of chain link and swim- ming pool fences. OPEN THURSDAY & FRIDAY 'TIL 9 P.M. I SATURDAY 'TIL 4 P.\I'. 1 Free Delivery - 499-1246 7181 Woodbine Ave. just north of Steeles lust 3 A e Reason To Come Where The Action Is! FABRIC and DRAPERY Mill THE PUBLIC Outlet Now 2 Warehouse Locations Corner No. 7 Hwy. & Woodbine and 2160 No. 7 Hwy. at Keele St. POLYESTER a. COTTON VOILE Reg. $1.97 yd. 45" SURAH PRINTS on SHANDORAPRINTSS .29 45" Y . Printed 8: solid colors CRIMPLENE .- 9 pm. - Sat. 9 am. - 6 pm: Free Parking " 1:! Ideal washable summer fab« d ric in new light prints. Open Daily 10 am up and landed on the Falkland Islands. i Before going to sea he had, “ following a family tradition. served some time in one oft England’s famed volunteer for-" ces, the Hertfordshire Yeoman-1 ry. There he won prizes for. the “best mounted man" andl for swordsmanship and shoot-; ing. , l Trained in engineering, ltOi took up that work when hel came to Canada and followed it Iuntil his retirement in 1946' when his son Cyril succeeded him in serving the public of I this area. i ' Mr. Leno is survived by his; ' daughter. Doris. at home; three, sons. Cyril and Stanley of Richâ€"j ' mond Hill and Floyd of Toron-‘ to; a brother. John, ‘ three sisters and two brothers in England; six grandchildren‘ and 10 great-grandchildren. He: was predeceased by his wife. » and one grandson, Donald. The funeral service was held at St. Mary‘s Anglican Church. Yonge Street Saturday morning ‘with interment following in Au- 14:30 pm. * 1* * * tfc16}Safety Check shows :Râ€"I‘AYSh30.-t:SA'LVUFIE)DA(Y 7B23CI'Pm" _ ‘ 2:21: ttiatfllsTen Unsafe Vehicles: License plates were removed ;from 10 unsafe vehicles and 28 ‘traffic charges were laid by Markham Township Police last lweek during a four-day car safety check at the station on says Police Chief Harvey Cox. Altogether 217 vehicles were checked. This is the fourth year the township police have held a vehicle safety check. 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