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The council took objection the school board press re- ase statement which read follows: “Approval for the (Ger- an Mills public elementary) hool had been given (by e school board) in 1972‘ ut the project was delayed hile the board attempted negotiate with the-Town Markham and the Rom- Catholic Separate School card for the incorporation a public and separate hool community complex be built in the town. At e end of last year the wn decided not to partici- te in the project and in nuary the board sought proval from the Ministry Education for a ‘demountâ€" 1e school' composed of two ix pack' portable class- oms built around a central ministrative 'core. This as expected to cost approx- ately $160,000." ew Summit Subdivision at 'monston Boulevard. The nounccment appeared to ollow Councillor Kay's ast about the amount of ortable classrooms in ornhill and lack of perm- ent school facilities. The school board press re- ase said the tender call as made possible through a eeting trustees had during 9 first week of this month ith the Minister of Educa- “Last month (March) the oard learned that funds for ie demountable school ould have to be deducted‘ om capital funds available r other planned school nstruction this year. At e same time. the architect vised that a contractor had vised that if his firm was =tained immediately be uld have the originally Ianned school closed in. and *aching areas on the lower our accessible by next Sep- mber. with the contract mpleted by December 31. ROVINCIAL APPROVAL "The board appointed a mmittee to meet With the inister of Education to ek approval for this. Trus- 9 Jack MacKay of Thorn- ‘ll advised that through the eedy work of William odgson MLA, York North early appointment had en received and he and card Chairman Merna Col- ourne and Trustees Marvin unter and Donald Cousens ad met with the Minister. ‘ “Trustees presented work- g drawings for the school d the Minister promised ey would be given im- 1ediate attention. Staff re- orted that a telephone mes- ge from the Ministry of ducation‘s Regional Office pril 8 indicated working rawing approval was forth- oming. The Minister had sisted however, that the roject be put to tender and 118 is going forward. “At an earlier meeting, 1r. MacKay expressed indig~ ation that the province was pproving the building of ubdivisions but that the ’[inistry of Education was efusing to make funds av- ilable for building schools the new developments. HOUSING PROBLEMS ‘ “Mrs. Colbourne reported ‘he Minister noted one ‘ranch of the government ipproves homes but another ipproves schools Under the government’s H.O.M.E. plan. iowever, specific funds for chools are provided. It was uggested that the board night want to meet with the Jinister of Housing to dis- :uss their problems with him nd the same committee was "Trustees asked considera- on concerning the $244,900 e building is expected to st in excess of the amount pproved for it in 1972. The inister said this would be iven early attention but Iould not make a stateâ€" ent at this time. He also dicated that the trustees' omplaints about lack of whey for capital building rojects for this year would e studied. “The Minister showed a rtain amount of sympathy nd was aware of your con- rns." Mr. MacKay report- d. “Members of his staff ere there and I am sure '9 will get some results." I n u PRESS RELEASE “Trustee Ross Jolliffe of Thornhill-Vaughan felt ef- forts would be made to build the school for someâ€" thing closer to the $18.50 per square foot it was originally casted at, instead ‘of the $24.50 per foot the board is now faced with. “Trustee MacKay advised that the school was to be identical with Reesor Park Public School and that it had no "frills". The increased costs were solely the result of increased costs of materâ€" ials, he said. Structural steel now costs $1.76 per square foot compared to $1.09 when Reesor Park was built. Steel decking is now 63¢ per square foot instead of 30¢. “This is not a fancy build- ing." he insisted. UNUSUAL DESIGN “Trustee Mariane Gillan enquired if a more conven- tional design would be cheaper to build.’ Staff adâ€" vised that the proposed de- sign is as reasonable, or more reasonable in price than a conventional school. “Staff advised that mon- ies for new buildings could not be transferred to or from accounts for renova- tions and that the Minister had given trustees the hope that ways and means would be found of going ahead with the Newmarket High School renovations if the tenders came within the approved figures. “Trustee Jolliffe again en- quired if something could be done to keep costs down on the new school. He was advised that cheaper mater- ials could be substituted but that this would inevitably lead to higher maintenance costs in subsequent years. “If you buy cheaper hardware, in a year you are buying new hardware,” stated Act- ing Director of Education Ron Hall. PICK SCHOOL NAME “It was agreed to proceed with the tenders and that the committee would work with the architect to build the school at the best pos- sible price. At a special meeting held April 1, it had been agreed to name the school German Mills Public School. A former one room school in the area which was closed in 1962 was known as German Mills Public School. “Trustee Craig Cribar exâ€" pressed the fear that with the limited funds for capital expenditures. the needed renovations to Newmarket High School would not be possible.‘ “Will funds for this school come out of other projects?". he asked. THERE ARE BIG ADVANTAGES TO BEING SMALL. “The name is derived from DEACON/DANSON PUBLIC MEETING DON VALLEY NORTH TOYOTA 9")”‘m“Wr‘r‘r$‘SWW STEELES AVE. JUST EAST OF WOODBINE ' 495-0722 the first industry started in Markham, a large saw mill built in 1795 by William Moll Berczy who had led a group of German settlers from Genesee, New York; to Upper Canada. The group was aided by a German com- pany and by Governor John Graves Simcoe who awarded them large tracts of land in what is now the Town of Markham," the press re- lease concluded. COUNCIL UPSET The school board press re- lease obviously upset the town council. Councillor Kay described it as completely false and erroneous. a complete fab- rication. He said the school board was trying to find a scapegoat for its inability to provide a school in the Bayâ€" view Summit area. “I have to agree there seems to be an insinua- tion here,” said Markham Mayor Anthony Roman of Victoria Square. “The school board seems to be trying to blame somebody else for its failure to build school facilities.” “The board should be notified of our displeas- ure with their press re- lease. I don’t believe it’s a reflection on all the members of the school board," said Mayor Ro- man. A motion drafted by Kay and seconded by North Thornhill Ward 2 Councillor Roy Muldrew of Romfield Cifcuit was passed unanim- ously by the members of town council present. Councillor Muldrew blam- ed the public school board for being the only ones (in a joint town, public school board. separate school board committee) who didn’t supâ€" port the German Mills cam- pus and community centre plan. He said the public school board disagreed be- cause they didn‘t like the site proposed for their ele- mentary school. “And it was their plan", Muldrew said. “We have overcrowded schools and portables up to our ears. For some reason the province looks after those who live below Steeles Avenue. Somehow those above Steeles don't rate the same kind of financial con- sideration This council should be working with the school board to get more money from the province for schools. He said the board has continuously delayed and now is refusing to go to the people and admit their (the trustees’) blame, while con- tinuing to blame the town. LITTLE TOWN LAND‘ Kay said it should be re- membered the town owns only 11/2 acres of the large German Mills land site and really has very little land interest. BLAMES PROVINCE “I realize the lack of proâ€" vincial funds is to blame (for the lack of school space). But that doesn’t ex- cuse the school board for Mayor Roman said the school board’s allegation against the town was tot- ally wrong. * Small purcharsg price (from $2499.00) * Small depreciation * Small maintenance costs And Many Many More So come on over to Don Valley North Toyota and ask us about the big ad- vantages of being small. After all, we’ve been building small cars for 40 years. and thinking small has made us big. trying to lay the blame on the town," said the South Thomhill councillor. “I think this has got to stop. The board has to take the blame for its own shortâ€" comings. They’ve got to stop issuing this kind of thing (the press release) which I think is damaging to the Town of Markham," Kay said. “It’s a real ‘rip-ot’f’. that's what it is.” said the North Thornhill council- 101'. Old Markham Village Ward 4 Councillor Bud Bon- ner said the Whole campus concept came into being at the school trustees’ request made during a town commit- tee meeting by the then Thornhill - Markham Trustee Mrs. Louise Aimone. MISUNDERSTANDING Unionville Ward 3 Coun- cillor Mrs. Carole Bell said she‘d discussed the whole problem with sitting Mark- ham Trustee Mrs. Doreen Quirk of 11 St. Andres Court, Thornhill. “It’s shameful the lands have to sit there while the board ignores its responsi- bility to put the lands in the condition the community wants. The town is even ready to provide the money to clean up the lands and put them in condition for baseball and other sports," said Kay. “I think they‘re just mis- understanding something somewhere,” said Councillor Bell. Muldrew said it will be an absolute disgrace if the school board leaves the land in weeds for 10 years like they usually do until they’re ready to build a school. Mayor Roman said the town worked to bring about the school campus-communâ€" ity centre complex for Ger- man Mills. He said the town arranged/a meeting of the York County Roman Catholic Separate School Board and the York County (Public) School Board of Ed- ucation with provincial auth- orities. There was a prob- lem of an exchange of land between the two boards to bring about the plan. This meeting brought thé neces- sary provincial approval. But there then appeared to have been some public board critâ€" icism of the frontages allo- cated under the exchange Muldrew said the campus idea for German Mills was good planning and an ex- cellent concept. He charg- ed the public school board sited the elementary school to suit itself and ruined the whole campus concept. Lanndmmats own: r? AMto 1191;! f Seven Days a Week? LEAVING MESS plan. “We have worked very well together in the past. The (public) school board wanted to go its own way regardless of the ramifica- tions to the whole proposal. 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