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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday July 21, 2007 - 7 Marking a sad day CABINET REFACING AFTER after Continued from page 5 soul." Linton's sentiments are understandable as the Dreamacres Naturalization site was not simply thrown together in an afternoon, but was painstakingly sculpted over 10 years. "We've involved the children right from the very beginning, had them 10 years ago visioning what they wanted their school grounds to look like, so they drew pictures and wrote stories about what they wanted," said Brailsford. "From that we put together a 10-year plan, which incorporated all those ideas into a landscape plan for the children and that is what has evolved over the last 10 years." To pay for these endeavors, Dreamacres undertook fundraising initiatives and secured corporate grants thus beautifying the schoolyard without costing the school board a dime. Dreamacres members now feel this money was wasted. "It's upsetting. It's just upsetting," said Dreamacres member Mona Garde, who is also the parent of a Sunningdale student. "It's a really sad day because the children planted these trees and there were alternative locations for those portables." The Halton District School Board is adamant that it had no choice in the matter of bringing the portables to the school and even less choice in deciding where to put them. "Unlike many boards across this province, Halton is growing," said Wayne Joudrie, Director of Education. "A combination of that and a very popular French immersion program, in Halton generally and Oakville specifically, has created a need for additional classrooms on the Sunningdale site." When these factors are brought together with the Province's smaller primary class size initiative, Joudrie says the introduction of six new portables was necessary to prevent overcrowding. The decision to house the six portables on the Dreamacres before BEFORE See Not page 8 Pud By Steve Nease snease@haltonsearch.com ANNUAL SUMMER CLEARANCE EVENT Great savings on store display vacuum cleaners and one of a kind discontinued products!* Portable Vacuums NOW LIST SAVE Central Vacuums $59.99 $89.99 $399.99 $499.99 $129.99 $199.99 $20 $10 $100 $100 $30 $50 Beam Central Vac Packages starting at Hand Vacs Stick Vacs Power Team Power Team Deluxe Uprights (Bag) and up Uprights (Bagless) and up $39.99 $79.99 $299.99 $399.99 $99.99 $149.99 $ All accessories are on promotion 499 99 All Miele uprights, canisters and canister power teams on promo · hose covers · garage kits· power wisks · tools · powerheads from $129.99 and more * Installation available at additional cost * Quantities are limited. Hurry in! Dorval Dr. Trafalgar 2379 Trafalgar Road 905-257-6145 VOTED OAKVILLE'S BEST VACUUM STORE AGAIN! Upper Middle Rd. QEW Ford Dr. 6th Line Halton Vacuum Depot Trafalgar Ridge Shopping PLaza (in the Winners/HomeSense plaza) Next to Scotia Bank Mon.-Fri.9:30-6:00 Sat. 9:30-4:00 Sun. Closed Hwy 5 The Vacuum Depot