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y KATHY YANCHUS [fi')akville Beaver Staff To say that Ward 3 trustee John Scheel‘s rostâ€"cutting proposals created some discusâ€" on at Monday‘s finance committee meeting of the Halton Board of Education, would be an understatement. f Scheel‘s 10 proposals were dissected, and for the most part, tossed out as trustees, who agreed with the intent of some, deemed them aonâ€"viable budgetâ€"reducing measures. â€"Scheel‘s recommendations included ncreasing the PTR (this propsal was disâ€" ussed in camera as was one to reduce the 1umber of consultants and coordinators) reâ€" organizing the transportation system to squash inefficiencies, slashing an "excessive" adminâ€" istration and putting more viceâ€"principals and heads into the classroom. â€" Trustees supported only two of Scheel‘s 0:30 p.m. It‘s an opportunity to meet and talk with other women, listen to guest speaker, Oakvilleâ€"Milton MP Bonnie Brown and the ‘Woman to Woman Choir‘. The evening is sponsored by the Women‘s Information and Support Centre, the Halton Rape Crisis Centre, Halton Women‘s Place, Women of Halton Action Movement and the Halton University Women‘s Club. Tickets are $10 and may be reserved by calling Teresa Greer at 332â€" 1200. March Break starts tomorrow thanks to the Social Contract Students in the Halton Board of Education system will be getting a jump on their March Break this week. Break which runs from March 14thâ€"18th. A Metroland Community Newspaper oUuT FoOR BLOOD_ pecial Friday meeting marks nternational Women‘s Week A group of Halton women‘s groups are hosting a special evening on Fri. March 11th to mark International Women‘s Week. The event takes lace at the Howard Johnson Hotel on Argus Ave. from 7:30 p.m.â€" All elementary and secondary schools will be closed tomorrow and Friday due to social contract and the need for staff to take days off without pay. Schools will also be closed all of next week for the March The board offices in Burlington will remain open and a board meetâ€" ing will be held tomorrow evening at 8:00 p.m. Vol. 32 No. 28 proposals but it was more of an urging of administraâ€" tion to continue to monitor the areas of transportation and lower attendance courses. f "I we‘re already doing everything we can to optimize the use [ of the buses," said [ Director of Education Bob Williams. Empty buses do not necessarily denote inefficiency of use, added Supermtendent of Business Services, Jerry Jenkins. "Many of our buses do double and triple runs," he explained. In response to Scheel‘s recommendation that department heads be required to spend more time in the classroom, Williams said administration‘s plan to reduce headships by JOHN SCHEEL OAKVILLE BEAVER 3 e E Canadas Best Mm@ /Vw.s;ow CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1994 oneâ€"third by 1995 will amount to "a greater savings than what trustee Scheel is asking for." To withdraw 50% of department heads would have a large impact on the schools he continued. "I believe it would cause cons1derable anxâ€" iety and unrest among secondary teachers and department heads...certainly confusion," said Williams, explaining that schools are currently _ planning curriculum for 1995. "It seems it‘s always too late and we have to do this next year," said Burlington Trustee Diane Leblovic. "We have to move along in solving this. In times of economic restraint, one of the focuses we really need to have is teachers teaching kids..." "It‘s a big ship and we have to turn it around..it‘s tough when you take an adversariâ€" al approach," countered Burlington Trustee Linda Glover. When studied, Scheels‘ proposals were more philosophical in nature, said Siebert. ‘"He outlined savings that were achievable in those proposals," said Siebert. "But in makâ€" ing them firm enough to prepare a motion, he agreed the savings he had identified were not savings that would be related to the 1994 budâ€" get." Siebert believed the process Monday night (See ‘Comments‘ page 3) 56 Pages 8.86% 100% Government Guaranteed Strip Coupons Maturlng in 2004 FRY unmiteo Mark Slipp (416) 359 4633 to change 75 Cents (GST included) Town approves bus fare hike It will cost you 25¢ to GO cash fares also increase By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff hile Council won‘t approve the 1994 Budget until next month, it got a jump on several timeâ€"sensitive items Monday night â€" but not without a fight. Most of the components â€" mainly equipment purchases and upcoming Town services totalling $1.4 million â€" were approved without discussion. Fare increases for Oakville Transit, however, were another story entirely. At issue were cash and ticketâ€" fare increases plus a 25 cent charge for previously free rides to the GO station which prompted several individuals to vent their frustration at councillors. Increases, they said,. were inequitable levies against lowâ€" income residents that would also prompt more drivers to forego the bus and use their own cars â€" thereâ€" by further damaging the environâ€" ment. "We‘re going to have to deal with the environment sooner or later. I‘m prepared to do my part but it appears Oakville Council doesn‘t give a damn about the environment," . said _ Rene Montague. "Today you attack transit. What is it tomorrow, snow plowing?" Montague said that while the 1994 Budget Committee‘s proâ€" posed 0% mill rate increase won‘t affect the town‘s "elite," fare ‘increases are an indirect tax grab those on the "lower end of the social ladder." The 25 cent charge for GO Transit riders alone will cost them an additional $125 per year. Everyone, said Montague, should share the pain by spreading the costs throughout the town. Ward 5 councillor Sean Weir asked Montague if he thought it was fair that GO Transit riders have until now gotten a free ride to the station. Montague respondâ€" ed by saying that while he doesn‘t use the library system nor area playgrounds, he‘s willing to pay his fair share to see them mainâ€" tained. Resident Corrie Galloway â€" who called Oakville Transit an "essential service" â€" likewise feared for the environment. Fare increases coupled with decreased service will simply force riders to (See ‘Resident‘ page 2) championship. Cheering on his home team Friday was 10 yearâ€"old Michael Hull. 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