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10 - The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Sunday February 17, 2002 Concerns about funding Public meetings on education issues (Continued from page 1) to Heame, the inclusion of libraries and other non-classroom spaces to tabulate these numbers is simply wrong. She is also concerned about funding cutbacks to Special Needs students, who require extra help and teaching assis tants. Instead, she says the pupils are just "shoved and pushed along" through the system without adequate help. Heame also has problems with the provincial tax credit for parents who send their children to private schools. People for Education is a group of parents working to preserve fully public-funded education in Ontario. It was established in 1996 as part of the parent association at a downtown Toronto school and has since grown into a provincial organization. (Continued from page 1) `It's no longer a matter of asking what can we cut," said Gardiner. "Now it's time to ask what the Province is going to do to recognize the real costs of education in 2002. We need the public to ask that same question of the province." The meetings will start at 7 p.m. on the following dates: · Monday, Feb. 25 Stewarttown Public School, 13068 15 Side Road, Georgetown · Tuesday, Feb. 26 - Milton District High School, 396 Williams Ave., Milton. · Wednesday, Feb. 27 Iroquois Ridge High School, 1123 Glenashton Dr., Oakville. · Thursday, Feb. 28 - Nelson H.S., 4181 New St., Burlington. The Halton Social Planning Council is sponsoring a meeting on the double-graduation issue only on Monday, Feb. 18 from 7-9:30 p.m. at Burlington Library. Confirmed speakers include Annie Kidder of People For Education and Mike Balkwill, a parents' group representative from Peel Region. C o ld Accredited Test I & Repair Facility W e a th e r M a in t e n a n c e Another tip -- Keep your gas tank at least half full. 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