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Childerhose gets new lungs at TGH By John Bkila OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF At approximately 6 a.m. Tuesday morning, Sarah Taylor kissed her husband Keith Childerhose right before he went into surgery for a double-lung transplant. "I have left him in the extremely talented hands of (his doctor) and his surgical team at TGH (Toronto General Hospital). They will be performing a double-lung transplant on Keith this morning because somebody made a choice to share what Keith Childerhose and Sarah Taylor they no longer needed," Taylor wrote in part of the message she posted on the Facebook page, Lungs For Keith To Breathe, which she created to keep friends and family updated, share her husband's story and help spread awareness of the need for donors. "Thank you all for your continued support, and for sharing the important message about organ donation." Childerhose was diagnosed with diffuse panbronchiolitis (DP) at the age of 25 and has been fighting the disease for the last 15 years. DP is a severe and rare disease that causes fluid to continually build up in the lungs, similar to cystic fibrosis, and is traditionally specific to men of Asian descent living in China. Childerhose, a Caucasian male living in Canada, has been told by his doctors he is the only person in the country with DP, said Taylor. In an updated Facebook message posted at 3:35 p.m. on Tuesday, Taylor wrote Childerhose was out of surgery and his new lungs were working well with no visible bleeding. He is back in the ICU, fully sedated and on a ventilator. "Not sure when he will be awake but I know I cannot wait," wrote Taylor. 3 · Wednesday, January 30, 2013 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Clarification A story, Waiting to take a breath, in the Thursday, Jan. 24 edition of The Oakville Beaver alluded to Keith Childerhose and his wife Sarah Taylor no longer being able to run their construction business after Childerhose's illness. Taylor took over the day-to-day operations of their business since Childerhose has been unable to. The Beaver regrets the oversight and any inconvenience it may have caused. Halton public school board says Bill 115 could cost $1.4 million By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF While the provincial government is touting saving $2 billion over two years as a result of Bill 115, the local public school board faces a shortfall in funding as a result of the legislation. At the request of trustees, the Halton District School Board's superintendent of business services, Lucy Veerman, prepared a report indicating some of the financial impacts of Bill 115. Though not noted in the report, she told trustees at the Wednesday, Jan. 23 meeting, the board stands to lose approximately $1.4 million in known funding as a result of the legislation. However, she was quick to add this number is fluid because the full impact of the bill is still unknown to school boards as new information is constantly becoming available. Halton Hills trustee Alice Strachan, who brought the motion forward, asked for staff to continue to share new information publicly as it becomes available. Oakville trustee Kathryn BatemanOlmstead was interested in comparing the Ministry of Education's numbers with those of the school board. "Where do they download?" she asked. "It's coming from our classrooms and our schools." The report indicates the board expects to receive an increase of $3.3 million in Grants for Student Needs (GSN) for the current school year. This funding is in recognition of teacher grid movement on the 97th day of school for experience and qualifications. However, the projected cost of the grid increase is estimated at $3.5 million. The board estimates a reduction of $900,000 in the per-pupil funding benchmark for professional learning under the elementary Pupil Foundation Grant and a reduction of $500,000 in the per-pupil benchmark for Secondary Programming teachers. In response to these reductions, the board reduced professional development costs by $200,000. It also reduced its secondary teacher holdback (used to hire additional teachers if enrolment increases) by $500,000. The ministry is expected to release its 2013/14 GSN announcement in the spring, which will provide additional grant adjustment details. There are other changes that are unknown factors to the board at this time, including the 25 short-term leave and disability plan, sick leave adjudication, carry-over days, unused sick days, maternity leave, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board top-up, and the allocation of sick leave. 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