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The Canadian Champion, Tue9sday, January 23, 2007 - A5 Technical problem puts wrench in school uniform pilot By Melanie Cummings SPECIAL 75) THE CHAMPION il" ,j- ii îî o c il id o l l Ilialtoit ( aîbiolîclic t c ool Boaîicli o-tsice Bol) Van (je 'randc. Approval to stat iup the two-vear experineni ai iwo ecc ientary scbocols \vas cxpeccted ai last Tuesdlac tîgîns board meeting until C.hait Ai Baîlex Ible a wîeitcb toto tbe plans. At issue is recorinendation 10 n Ible ceementarn' scbuîol unilot nt coi'n'ittees report. It catis l'or a suspension uof a live- in d g n Gb Siot cash cornes in The ['own of Milton hît ibe jackpot with Slots ai Mohawk Friday, receivtng its quarterl>' instalimeni of more titan $1.4 million in siots revenue. The money cornes from the local gambling factlity as pay- ment to the Town for hosting slots in the municipality To date, Milton has received more Iha $44.2 imilion in non-tax gaming revenue [rom Mohawk. Payments are made on a qnarterly hasts aeeording îo the govertient fiscal year, whîcb runs from Aprîl to March, and are dîstributed by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). The slts ait Mohawk opened Augusi 10, 1999 and hase since attracted more than 10.2 million visitors. Across the province, 23 coînmunittes play host bo slîts ait raeîracks and chanitv casinios. So far. the Ontario I otiery and ( tamilt ( 'orpot ation lias distrihîtted more than $450, iiot i u gaining rev enue Io these comnalintes. The pat ienis inakec np) lise per cet of thec gamhiliiîg cstahlt'shteni's gross slot iaitnte tecetnues leur the lit si 450 maîchines antd isco pet- cent tir nmachitnes os et that tmber. Fvsery yeear, dte Prosvince allocates tsx o per~ cent of gross revenue from slot machines ai C)LG cailu antd slots-ai- racetrack facîlities to Otttarios problemi gamhiling program for research, ireatîneni andi preveitioi progratns. 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Iust south of Main Street Ti e essacel CALL TODAY: broqIt u yiiby Jenkins Show Productions Canabiau 1-800-465-1073 CbMaîuion (Ask about our other shows too!) in Bot lintîgon anud Gnardiait Angels ru Miltont scoulc be t, li)iil li I lIl Cl I ý )' liitt tL p i ch IIil it I ( i t II tii mnufnacturier R.I. Mc( aithy I icI, thc coiiîe cletermilinecl. Bailey insîsieci ihai a separ.ite conte scoulc htave to lit IeI oi this recuimnendaton ancd ibai, as cîtîn anv poltcy chantge, 75 pet cent of îî ostees inusi apprunce it. -This is a îbcnrn in tny sîde, said laile>. 'i n contcerîîecl abocut hetarci regulations andt nou followtttg policy- Accordling to Batley the cotntnitiee clîcîrt ackitowledge a legal opinion ibat saici 75 per cent unI trustees woulc litace ti cuite i lacour ol ihe pobicy exemption. Superiniendeni of Education Larry C lifford wadei tItl une clehate attd saidthai ibis was a "technical issue" attd inut it he spirit oîf trying te) get ibis pilot off tbe sîarîing blocks. Trustc challenges chair Trustee Vatt de Vrande requesîed a short recess ai tbe boarci meeting ici confer wîit tte committee. He said mcm- bers expressed shock and dîsmay [rom havîng the mug pulled oui [rom under îhem. He iben challenged the chair cn ibis nîling. "Tbe cbair is irying to deraîl tbe poliey. We're not chang- îng the policy; we're simply running a pilot. Tbis pilot is not iii îeopardy raîher, tbe inîegriîy oi the hoard is in jeopardy - especially if it s seen as playing wiîh polities wiih lis own process. (Baîley) shouldn'î be playing îechnical gantes wiih the boards, own miles." Ai tbe April 18 board meeting trustees gave unanîmous approval te) esîablish a commiîîee of trustees, staff and par- ents te, recoînimend guidelînes te) inîtiate a pio program for inandaieiry sehool unîforms. Van de Vrande saîd that the board bad an opporîunîîy then to hunld a vote on amendîttg ts dress code polîcy. TAMBD [IA CA 1 Iou Sorc for Reie lnig New and Gently used Brad Naine Children's Clothig and Equipinent 0 0 ENTIRE YIO OffSTOCK ile Friday, Jan 26; 5:3Opmr-9:OOpm SSat Jan 27; 9:3Oam-4:OOpm "April 18 tu ustees voted nnantmottsly to authorize a pilot 01[ii d oit i d t leltuuici duic pîîuuc saic \ ail tic \ lond0c St. (abriel's schuiol council co-chair Jane Michaels, wbo spearheaded the unilorm issue hack in November 2005, agreed. "1(lailev) set up the pilot commitic ici lait hy ssitbholding titis iecbnicaliiy'- sie said. 'AVe ahîded by aIl ithe requests and surveys trustees demanded of us ail along the way and now wecve been hlindsided in the 1l ]th iour.' Alîhînugb "tiredl" as a resuli of ail the personal lime sbe Itas put into ibis years long effort, Miebaels saîd it is not a question of 'if' onîforms will be itnposed, but a question of wbeiî'. This uruiforin commiîîee of 10 members, whteb includes board ofbiciais, trustees and parents, bas beld five meetings sînce May. Sînce ihen, members examineci the boards student dress code polîcy and conducîed two surveys of ail elementary sebools, in November 2005 and Marcb 2006. The uniformi issue was iniîîated in November 2005 wben a delegation of parents [rom St. Gabniel pushed for a change in the curreni wordîng of the boards uniform poiicy. Tbey wanîed the word 'volunîaty' dropped and replaced wiih the word 'mandatory', whicb would reqoire Iha ail stu- dents must wear a uniformi, even if only the reqoisite 75 per cent of famtlîes opîed in favour of îbem. A sehool couneil survey done ai St. Gabriel in 2005 revealed ai leasi 75 per cent of [amuies registered ai the sehool wanîed untforms. The uniform pilot eommiîîee scili reconvene in the nexi [esc weeks to consider lis options, satd Van de Vrande. The issue will come back to, the board February 6. SAURAY JANAR 27 ON/ ------- ---- FunclEX