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Beaver A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 52 No. 7 OAKVILLE'S BEST AUTOMOTIVE SECTION INSIDE! www.oakvillebeaver.com CELEBRATING 25 YEARS! Inside Speed racer Artscene..............................................35 Worship...............................................37 Sports..................................................38 Real Estate..........................................40 Classified.............................................43 Full Delivery: Superstore, No Frills, Wal-Mart, Canadian Tire Partial Delivery: Ashley Furniture, Premier Fitness, Panago Pizza, Metro Canada, Mo's Family Restaurant, Shama-Bhakti Yoga, Scan Decor, XS Cargo, Price Chopper, Food Basics, Gino's Pizza, Sobeys, Pharma Plus, Fortino's, Rabba Fine Foods, Toys R Us, Sleep Factory, Zellers, Hooper's Pharmacy, Best Buy Canada, Denny's, Staples Business, Sears, The Brick, The Source, Michael's of Canada, Future Shop, Michael's of Canada, Proctor & Gamble Shoppers Drug Mart, Pier 1 Imports, Wal-Mart, Canadian Tire, Brilliant Minds For home delivery & customer service call (905) 845-9742 Mon., Tues. and Thurs. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed. 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Fri. 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m. NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS call (905) 845-9742 or subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com See inside today's paper for special subscription offer. www.carstaroakville.com 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 · Full Mechanical Repairs · Emissions Testing & Repairs (Only at Wyecroft location) 547 Trafalgar Rd. 2212 Wyecroft Rd. L L THE OAKVILLE Between Kerr & Dorval YOUR FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS 175 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville 905.845.6653 www.lockwoodchrysler.com Witness to history PAGE 8 www. oakvillebeaver .com FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2009 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" 48 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Few backers for board's Ward 4 accommodation solution By Tina Depko OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER * LEADER OF THE PACK: Seven-year-old Tiago Lee Santos, a member of the Oakville Speed Skating Club, leads the pack during a race at last weekend's fourth Western Regional Competition at River Oaks Recreation Centre. Five local skaters won division titles. See Sports for more photos and results. It took more than five hours to get through 27 delegations on the Ward 4 Oakville elementary schools accommodation issue on Wednesday. By the end of the night, only one delegate fully supported the currently-tabled solution, with the remainder predominantly divided on two other alternatives. Halton District School Board (HDSB) Director of Education Wayne Joudrie proposed three possible options, labelled A, B and C, in a report presented in December. He recently put forward Option B as the preferred choice. This would see one single-track French immersion school (Ecole Forest Trail), two dual-track schools (Pilgrim Wood and proposed new school Palermo) and five single-track English schools. A second recommendation presented with that option is that the HDSB implement a boundary study if either of the dual-track schools in Ward 4 Oakville exceed a 60 per cent threshold for French immersion enrolment. The other two choices presented by Joudrie were Option A, which proposed two single-track French immersion schools (Palermo and Ecole Forest Trail) and six single-track English schools, or Option C, with three dual-track schools (Palermo, Pilgrim Wood and Ecole Forest Trail) and five single-track English schools. Joudrie's rationale for this recommendation was intended to be put forward last week, but trustees were unable to get through the agenda at that time. It was slated to be presented on Thursday night (after press time) at a special board meeting. The board is scheduled to vote on the issue on Wednesday, Jan. 21. There were almost equal numbers of English-track See Board page 3 Grand Opening Wednesday, June 25 Grand Re-Opening Wednesday, June 25 905-849-5483 905-338-1288 THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH @ 2 4 3 S P E E R S R OA D, OA K V I L L E