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"A Family Tradition for 125 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, May 5, 1992 - 15 Separate School Board sets its budget On Wednesday, April 29, 1992 trustees of the board ap- proved the 1992 budget in the amount of $132,685, 009. This budget will represent an aver- age residential mill rate in- crease of 3.7 per cent across Durham Region. This budget is lean, reflecting the impact of re- duced provincial grants from the Ministry of Education as well as the economic climate in Durham Region. Spending restraints, which limited provincial transfer pay- ments to 1 per cent have result- ed in a decrease in per pupil grants for operating expenses for the Durham Region Catholic Separate School Board. In 1992 the board, one of the fastest growing boards in the province, 18 experiencing an enrolment growth of about 5 1/2 per cent Provincial grants are increas- ing at alower rate than this rate of growth. Employee salary and benefit costs are increasing substan- tially. Instructional salaries, for example, have 1991/92 end rate increases of 5 1/2 per cent. In addition the board is respon- sible for considerable costs for increments {experience allow- ances] and level changes {improved academic qualifica- tions). Benefit cost rates for all employees are increasing sub- stantially in 1992, for example, Canada Pension Fund - 6 per cent; Workers' Compensation - 9.9 per cent; Dental Plan - 12.7 per cent to 18.5 per cent. UIC rates which were increased by 24.4 per cent in July, 1991 were increased by an additional 7 per centinJanuary, 1992. In addition to salary rate in- creases, the board must hire considerable additional staff to match the growth in enrolment and new facilities. Partway through 1991 and to sometime in 1992, the board will have opened three new schools - St. Patrick and St. Catherine of Siena in Ajax as well as St. Mark the Evangelist in Whitby. In the coming weeks, Relocat- able Classroom Module Addi- tions will be provided at St. Ber- nard, Whitby and St. Catherine March of Dimes fundraiser If you don't have a garage on your house yet, you'd better buy a ticket! Rigid 21 Pre-Insulated Wall Systems of Bowmanville and Oshawa Beaver Lumber could be building this new addi- tion onto your home. To raise money for the York/ Durham Region of the Ontario March of Dimes, Rigid 21 and Oshawa Beaver Lumber are do- nating a 1 1/2 car garage to the March of Dimes. Tickets for the raffle sell for $5 each and 100 per cent of the money raised will be given to the March of Dimes Assistive Devices Program in York/Durham. This program helps disabled adults purchase equipment such as wheelchairs, prosthetics and environmental and communication aids. Tickets are available at any of the three home shows that are being held during the month of May in the Durham region; Bowmanville Home Show on May 1-3, Whitby Home Show, May 8-10 and Port Perry Home Show on May 22-24. March of Dimes volunteers will also be selling tickets at the Oshawa Beaver Lumber store {on King Street) May 2, 9 and 23. Tickets also available at Rigid 21, 71 Mearns Court, Unit #21, 623- 7761. of Sinea, Ajax. This summer, construction of a major addition will begin at Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School in Oshawa. The board's long-term capital debt, which was already high due to rapid expansion in the last 10 years, will continue to grow as these building pro- jects are completed. The board is also hopeful of acquiring a site and beginning construction of at least one new elementary school in Pickering this year. In trimming its 1992 budget under the limits of reduced pro- vincial grants and the reality of real cost increases, trustees have endeavored to ensure the 'continuation of quality pro- grams and services to its schools. Though some staff re- ductions have taken place in the central office, four consultants, the number of teachers working in schools will increase in re- sponse to growing enrolments. By not replacing four consul- tants who are retiring in June, the board has reduced costs for September to December by Pr Silt FREE $101,400. The plant and main- tenance department is another of the areas that received cuts with their budget being reduced by approximately $600,000. In many cases spending estimates have been limited to 1991 lev- els, e.g., formulas for school budgets, or lowered conference and workshop allowances for trustees and senior staff. 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