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h k you Board starts boundary Thank review in northwest OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Facing an accommodation squeeze at its northwest Oakville schools, the Halton District School Board has started a boundary review process that it hopes will lead to some relief. The board's projected enrolment identifies accommodation pressures at Palermo and Forest Trail public schools. Trustees recently approved a boundary review of the area. "The intent of the boundary review process is to look at what the options are. How do we address the accommodation pressures in that area, in northwest Oakville, for elementary schools?" said planning manager Domenico Renzella. This is taking place after the board made changes to the Ward 4 school boundaries in 2009, which became a source of contention in the community. This was also done in order to relieve accommodation pressures. Now, the boundaries may be shaken up again. An option out of the boundary review is to move students. However, if school boundaries are changed, the review will need to be completed by March. "With respect to the boundary review, that's the timeline we're looking at if we're going to implement anything for September 2012. We will need to have some kind of decision made by the end of March," Renzella said. If the board chooses not to change boundaries, then the March deadline will not be the endall for the review. Oakville is not the only municipality with such problems. The board has also initiated a boundary review in northeast Burlington and parts of Milton. Forest Trail is over-capacity with 15 portables on site, while Palermo currently has nine portables, but would need more to accommodate its fast population growth, with the current boundaries. The school board procedures are to have no more than 12 portables on a school site and to not have more students at a school than its capacity. So the school board hopes to identify a solution with the current boundary review. "In some cases, if you look at the report, the school cannot accommodate any more kids because of capacity issues, in terms of the number of portables," Renzella said. "And is that (large population) a good environment for our students to learn in? We have to address this somehow, so how do we do it?" 11 · Wednesday, January 11, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER FOR THE SUPPORT: Dianne Craig, Ford Motor Co. of Canada's new president and CEO, is thanked by Dr. Jeff Zabudsky, president and CEO of Sheridan College, for Ford's support of Sheridan's Skills Training Centre on Iroquois Shore Road. A plaque was unveiled at the centre to honour Ford Motor Co. of Canada for its support of Sheridan students over the past two decades. Through scholarships and bursaries and donations of equipment, Ford has helped many students pursue post-secondary education, and develop their skills in a facility equipped with state-of-the-art technology. Bistro Matisse Lunch Fixed Menu Appetizer, Main Course & Dessert $15.00 Dinner Fixed Menu Appetizer, Main Course & Dessert $30.00 Or Try Our Regular Menu 1710 LAKESHORE ROAD WEST · L5J 1J5 w w w. b i s t r o m a t i s s e. c a 905.822.2222 Lunch: Tuesday-Friday 11:30am to 2:30pm Dinner: 7 Days a Week 5:30pm to 10:00pm OAKVILLE LACROSSE NEW YEAR'S NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS? SPECIAL 10 Lessons for $20.12* 012 in 2 o d o pe gs t Thin t i n s h a e o p l e REGISTRATION R E G I S T RA RATION Registrati a on 2012 Season All registration will take place @ OAKVILLE TOWN HALL - Trafalgar Room One call takes care of them all. If you would like to get in shape, meet new people, and have a ball this year, r call the dance professionals at Fred Astaire Dance Studios and start the year off f on the right foot. One call will make 2012 1 a year to rememb m er! *By Yourself or with a Partner New adult students only Girls Field Lacrosse - Mini Hawks a to U19 - $260.00 Jr. r & Sr. r Peanut Box Lacrosse - $185.00 Tyke to Intermediate Box Lacrosse - $260.00 REGISTRATION FEE new p 1 . Ge t e e 2 . M a ve f u n o f t h e 3 . H e t o u t o re e m dance 4. G hous o r a n t t a i re 5 . L e l l Fr e d A s udios Ca n ce S t Da REGISTRATION DATES: Saturday, a January 14th - 10:00am - 4:00pm Saturday, a January 21st - 10:00am - 4:00pm Saturday, a January 28th - 10:00am - 4:00pm Thursday, a February 2nd - 7:00pm - 9:00pm (evening) NOTE: ALL NEW PLAYERS (BOX & FIELD) REQUIRE A PROOF OF AGE BIRTH CERTIFICATE, PASSPORT OR NEW HEALTH CARD If yo y u have a any y quest q ions or require q further information please p contact our regist g rar at register@oakvillelacrosse.com g ster@oakvillelacrosse.com HAMILT L ON: 1092 Main Street W. W OAKV K ILLE: 225 Lakeshore Rd. East 905-522-3237 905-81 8 5-3237 (2nd Floor) )