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Thfl Acton Free Press Wednesday February 16 1977 Dont close school parents tell trustees Gordon warns residents want their school kept open because it is an important focal point of the and they believe it is waste of lime and mone to subject their children to riding on buses ever for two hours to attend classes at Brook School Speaking on behalf if of whom turned out for meeting of Hilton Board of Campbell iht should look it in the il ill the She noted in couples in the children hit will likeh hae jinn liter flihi noted are ihilirii the in si the board will lev To Campbell said three new homes built in the village not long ago have already pro duced eight school age child ren If there is a rise in the rati and the board has dosed iht school and sold the hud ill children at what price It seems bo i unwise decision to tost school llwillbcu blow to parents pupils inii Ihi if the board loses our Mrs find at i impMMllt quilt i lit will imi Me of i thit Thursday r 1 ill 114 I r Htm to null school i i i i bus vid i hour id ir i s juiy the bus o get the most out of school since they will not likely arrive in an eager or wake ful state of mind They said a small school is much more personal and helps develop a person iden much better than a large chool Within the Campbellville school the children are very much looked upon as duals as the can become familiar with both he and his family parents see no ad in having their ihiUtnii at where then arc better gym and librar facilities and find ad equal suggest the schools boundaries could changed to the student mid noted many living just north of Highway are closer to l impbelMlle than Brook School where they now Closing Cville School will ruin part of plan If Board of cation closes down Campbell viile School trustees will have quashed part of the plan approved by several agencies Milton Mayor Don Gordon warned the board Thursday night He and planning director Bob Zsadanyi made a pres entation to the trustees In a bid to persuade the board not to close the school down and bus area pupils to Brookville School Gordon said he gaweya plan called for preservation of and encourages their develop ment He said the new Milton plan will say the same thing with respects to hamlets said the official plan hamlet settle ment development noting both Campbellville and Brookville schools are focal points in the plan He said development of over building tots spread throughout rural Milton which hove been in existence since before regional govern ment has just started He pointed out considerable development is contemplated in Campbellville and Moffat noted a number of plans in the hamlet areas approved by Nasso are coming on soon Most will be completed In the next three years explained the four developments Brookville Estates Moffat Estates McLaren and severed lots slated or development will produce 166 single family units and a total of people While these developments will hopefully not in them selves provide substantial increase at any one time in the population of the planning district they will certainly contribute to a notable in crease in the number of students in those areas severed by Campbellville and Brookville schools continued that two more subdivisions are on the drawing board for Camp which will be close to the school and are expected to produce another single family homes The planner wondered what will happen to school when this development materializes if Campbellville school closes He predicted would be crowded The board should seriously look at these schools and keep them open he slated Director of Lavender said the develop ment information wasn t new to the board but the emphasis on hamlet development had not been given the administration deliberations about Camp bellville It maybe should have wen Trustee Judy Alexander said school lacks good facilities especially for gym classes but was assured by spokesman for the parents Beverly Campbell that parents are happy with the school and find the facilities are quite adequate With a small school the children receive a lot of personal at tentlon Including gym class she said Trustee Bert said he has yet to find a justifiable reason to close any small schools and urged Campbell viile be kept open Gordon told the trustees there no possibility of another government agency preventing development out lined to the board from materializing He added was taken out of the Niagara Escarpment Commission planning area so il could grow Gordon said when people consider moving to an area they look for churches com mercial facilities and a school If the school is closed the board without having the legislative power to do so will quash part of the official plan which has already been approved by two higher levels of Gordon warned A family on the Ihlrd line of had their mail box stolen for the second lime Sunday II had been taken be fore was recovered and put up again Now it gone Board keeps Palermo open Palermo School will stay open At a meeting Thursday Hal ton Board of Education rejected administration plans to close the school this June Director of Education Em Lavender said a survey of parents in the J M Denyes School area showed six Hies producing nine pupils might consider sending their children by bus to Palermo He said the final decision must be the trustees and they must weigh the school com identity with the educational Issue of keeping a school open which has drop ping enrolment Trustee Bill Lawson was asked if it was possible to keep Palermo area pupils at the school for grades seven and eight to build up the population Lavender said il was possible but not very desirable It would mear even more mixed grades he said Trustee Jim Clelland said with population growth in Milton and schools being forced to use portables It I sensible to close Palermo He predicted Queen Park wouldn authorize money for school expansion In Milton when there was a closed school Just down the road He noted parents in the Palermo area want the school kept open and accept the pro blems they will have to contend with having a small school including mixed grade classes Trustee Judy Alexander said if it was kept open she hoped parents wouldn t come back to the board again asking for special staffing considerations as they have in the past Trustee Bert said it wouldn cost the board that much to keep Palermo open He thought all small schools should be kept open because they produce fine pupils Only damage was done In a Thursday afternoon crash between Gary Foster 53 Acton and Grant Hamilton Moorefield There were no injuries reported in the accident which on Mill St IT ROBERT Com A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT LIN0UI5TAN0 HOLMES Ac on G WARD PARTNERS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Mil Si Aclon 853 AW CONDITIONING HEATING COOPER DAWS COST ACCOUNTANTS Bookkttp Gene 853 or TODD ASSOCIATES SALES and SERVICE Washe For land rely on for new Gas or Oil Furnaces We are specialists n home comfort Heating and con PROMISE THE BEST SERVICE IN TOWN 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