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www.insidehalton.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, August 31, 2017 |18 Thurs 1:00 - 6:30 pm Sat 10:30 am - 1:30 pm PRE-ORDER BY PHONE Sun 10:00 am - 12:00 pm eLseaiihls 905.337.1400 ext. 116 icetakeaway.ca * www.terracetakeaway.ca Nima le\s~10)a M0] dre] [alle |am Oxo] are) (on @lalelceia) <0ORN\{-1 Ole] <u:)\ze mem (elmicelielelelsm@le] a4 -n@)h| Spencer Smith Park, Burlington Nrooaellag Friday Saturday Sunday Monday CanadasLargestRibfest.com 19 RIBBERS - OVER 30 MUSICAL ACTS - KIDS ZONE ¢ CRAFTERS - FREE ADMISSION Board eyeing Oakville areas for addition of three schools by Tim Whitnell Metroland Media More new schools for growing areas in Oakville continue to dominate requests for funding by the Halton District School Board to the Ontario government — along with one new school request being resubmitted after an initial deni The board’ 2016-17 Long-Term Accom- modation Plan (LTAP) was passed by trustees on June 21, during the same board meeting the 2017-18 operational and capital budgets were approved. The 2016-17 LTAP provides student enrol- ment projections for a 10-year period (2017- 26), identifies accommodation pressures due to new residential developments, changing demographics and school program changes, and offers potential strategies to address an’ The school board is eyeing two areas of Oakville for the addition of three schools over the next four years. The most contentious of the trio is Oakville NE#2 elementary school. The board wants it to open for 2018-19. t made its case to the ministry but was reject .. This area wold eventually require up to six elementary schools. Many students re- siding in the area are being transported out of their community to existing schools south of Dundas Street East or to Oodenawi PS., a school north of Dundas Street East. Students in this community currently are attending River Oaks PS. for regular track (English programming) and Munn’s PS/Oodenawi for French Immersion,” Dom Renzella, the board's manager of planning, said by way of the rationale for needing another school soon in that area. Ministry rejects funding request. In 2016, the board submitted a request for funding for the school through the Capi- tal Priorities program. The ministry did not approve the project as “this project was not considered for Capital Priorities Grant fund- ing at this time due to a lack of an immediate need as identified by the ministry,” according to the board. The board says it didn’t even get a rejection reason this time around. “Despite multiple inquiries to the (edu- cation) ministry, they did not provide their rationale for not approving this site for fund- uucy Veerman, the Halton public board’s superintendent of business services and treasurer. see Board on p.19 a0. Anniversary FIREPLACE, HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS OAKVILLE BURLINGTON Mon 8a Come See Our SHOWROOM pm; Saturday 11am m “Delivering home comfort from our family ORO LAY since 1967” | turn to the experts