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"A Family Tradition for 130 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 2, 1996 - 3 KELLY LOWN/PORT PERRYSTAR THEY'RE OFF: Three cubs await their cars during the finals and awards celebration on Sunday. For the District Finals the Kub Kar races held over the more information see story on Page 15 of this weekend. The races were held over three days with week's Port Perry Star. Board pondering programs Separate trustees await grants before decisions Durham's separate school trustees are play- . ing a game of wait and see as they consider the future of programs here. Information meetings on items such as staffing, Junior Kindergarten and other funding issues are being held for trustees, but no decisions can be made until the provincial government makes its announcements on General Legislative Grants (GLGs) to schools, said Cleary Smith, super- intendent of education with the Durham Region Roman Catholic Separate Why RENT when you can buy a Vista 200, 2 line display & 15 name & number logging. Call display & name option. $89.95 Boxes from $14.95 & up PORT PERRY TEL Sales & Services Inc. All Residence & Business customers have the night to choose who they wish to hire for the installation and repair of telephone, wiring & jacks inside their home, apartment or office. Specializing in...installation & repair ® Inside Telephone Service ® Mini Satelitte Systems ®* Ecko Wireless Security Systems (free in home demonstration) for 90 days 0A.C. recondtion Northern Telecom 0 Dey FREE Phones & Call Display | Hove & Yanety Programming. = |. School Board. He said board officials and trustees are "guessti-- mating" on the funding levels that will be avail- able, based on the scant information that's come from the ministry of edu- cation. "We're busy trying to do some calculating and guessing," said Mr. Smith. "It's very frustrating. We tend to be, really, in the dark." What's known for cer- tain is that grants will be cut. Some specifics, with regard to transportation, Jr. Kindergarten, and per Wen ye 985-0096 pupil grants, are known; and all have been reduced as the government attempts to cut $400 mil- lion in education costs this fiscal year. Boards now await word on the GLGs, which won't be out until at least the end of March, before they can make decisions for the budget year; and it's Ted & Joanne Blanchard Rob & Laurie Cooper Hair Expressions Earl & Shirley Elson Nick Renaud The Framer's Gallery Norm Andrews R&L Courier Rita Andrews Paul Brough | would like to thank the following sponsors in this years Big Brothers/Big Sisters Bowl For Millions Terry & Lorraine Posthumus And a Special Thanks to See you next year for Bowl for Millions '97 already three months old. "We've done tentative cost analysis on various programs where there are cost redhictions." said Mr. Smith. He predicted it will be in the early weeks of April, when all financial information is available, that "all decisions will be made." fillion Colleen & Kevin Smith David & Donna King Dana Smith Gary & Kelly Doyle Lianne Campbell Isabel Hoskins Brian Hergott Charlene Andrews Marlin Travel Marg & Craig Renaud Scott McLeod Toler Renaud Many will keep jobs, says trustee Board hands out 60 layoff notices Layoff notices were given to more than 60 teach- ers within the Durham Region public school system last week, but that doesn't necessarily spell unem- ployment for all of them. The notifications to surplus staff handed out last week are an annual exercise that's legally nec- essary as the board makes its staffing projections, said Scugog trustee Bobbie Drew. "Alot of these people will be back," she said, noting that although newer teachers annually receive the notices, retirements and other staff movements often allow them to keep their jobs. "In past years, nearly all of them have got their jobs back." Complicating the issue this year, though, are heavy cuts, necessitated by a sharp reduction in government funding. Already the Durham board has cut its Junior Kindergarten program -- that accounts for some 50 of the pink slips that went out last week -- and other staffing numbers are in question as the board strives to cut costs and bring in a budget that's acceptable to taxpayers here. A cost-cutting proposal accepted last week by trustees calls for $440,000 in salary cuts at the ele- mentary level, and $50,000 in the region's secondary schools. It's hoped that attrition will help the board meet that mark, Mrs. Drew said. DJ TAYLOR INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. 169 North St., Port Perry LOL 1B7 Guaranteed Investment Certificates (Rates Subject to Change without Notice) Kids Acting Classes ereeenean John H. Foote G.l.C. FIVE YEAR 6.79% PHONE 985-8416 Beginning:............ 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