Oakville Beaver, 2 Mar 1994, p. 5

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ar. 2, 1994 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER 5 ecision seen as a victory for parents and ratepayers (Continued from page 1) o to Catholic high schools in alking distance rather than the ublic ones. The prospect of losing the stuâ€" ents â€" some 1,500 students use e transportation services â€" conâ€" erned the trustees that all of em except Burlington trustee inda Schreiber voted against the roposal. Siebert said she was also conâ€" erned about cost, safety, the ncreased possibility of absenâ€" eism, and dropâ€"out rates. Other trustees also opposed aid it was a "piecemeal pproach" to a greater transportaâ€" ion issue that needs to be lanned out in greater thought, "I m against this because it is nherently inequitable," said urlington trustee Don Cassidy. ‘"We are talking the viability of high school here â€" many high chools," said Oakville trustee, ~heryl Reid, speaking against the roposal. She said in a worst case cenario, that the 425 affected tudents could leave for the atholic system. She noted that â€" n light of the $4â€"million in renoâ€" ations to that school â€" it would e foolish to then be forced to ater close it due to low enrollâ€" CCC Don‘t Miss Our _ Super Hanover Sales Event! From now until March 12th, Canada‘s Premier Kitchen and Bathroom Cabinetry is being made available to selective homeowners at a surprisingly pleasing price. So if you‘re always wanted to own a Hanover Kitchen or Bathroom, now is the time to visit your Hanover Dealer. ment. Brian Bell, speaking on behalf of the Glen Abbey Residents Association (GARA), called the service "vitally important" to both Burlington and Oakville communities and said it could be "potentially damaging" to secâ€" ondary school education in Halton. "Ladies and gentlemen, we may be considering here the parâ€" tial dismantling of our secondary schools. We may be considering here the actual crippling of the very operation and viability of our secondary schools and that high quality of education that we said we wished to protect," said Bell. He noted the increased cost for parents; the areas without adeâ€" quate municipal transportation â€" Walkers Heights, Millcroft, and Glen Abbey to T.A. Blakelock, and Q.E. Park; the fact the Catholic schools have said they are willing to take the students and the fact the Clearview comâ€" munity can, under the Education Act, have the legal right to cross the border and register at Clarkson high school in another board of education. "To think there will not be a OAKVILLE KHTCHEN CENTRE 599 Third Line (below Speers) 827â€"461 1 4 ft. 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