WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1981, PAGE 23 Board has $174million in property At last week's meeting of the Durham Board of Education, trustees received a detailed, three- page report on inventory and operation of the board's property. The report, "Facts 1980 (September 1980)," states that the replacement value of the board's 91 portables and 107 school and other buildings is $174,821$000. The contents of those buildings and portables has a replacement value of $28,821,000 In addition, those buildings have a gross floor area of 4,273,000 square feet. Some 2,370.3 teachers teach 48,134 students in 1,869 classrooms. The board's secretarial services are provided by 184 people. They also employ 29 maintenance workers and 308 custodians. All of these people are represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Twelve schools in the region offered night school courses which are attended by about 5,528 people. There are 75 students in day classes for early school leavers, and 12 in psychiatric rehabilitation. there are also 570 students in heritage language cour- ses, (some languages taught in this course are Punjab, Hindu, Gujarti, Korean and Hungarian.) Forty-two elementary pupils are in special art and music courses. There are 1,862 students in 63 classes taking drivers education and 2,111 credits were earned by students in su er school. It Cthe Durham Board of Eduation $49,217,500 to operate its public schoos. Provincial government grants accounted for 58.3 per cent of this revenue while the taxpayers' portion was 45.84 per cent. The balance was raised from other sour- ces. Public school expen- ditures were also $49,217,500 with 74.45 per cent going for instruction; 8.82 per cent went towards plant operation and 4.6 per cent went towards capital expen- ditures. Transportation services cost $1,476,800 or three per cent of the budget. Secondary schools had revenues of $45,147,030. The provincial government paid 52.71 per cent of this and the taxpayers' contribution was 45.50 per cent or $20,540,440. The balance was also raised from other sources. As in the public school block, secondary schools also met their budget with 77.76 per cent or $35,105,000 going for instruction. The operation of the buildings accounted for 9.32 per cent of the money spent. Debenture payments amounted to 3.43 per cent or $1.547,000 of the budget. Transportation services made up 2.9 per cent or $1,309,330 of the money spent. All of these figures add up to the buget for the year of some $94,364,530 DIESEL ECONOMY 45 MPG (6.3 (/100 km)* *According to Transport Canada. Actual consumption will vary. 210 310 510 200SX DIESEL POWER 102 ft.-Ibs. oftTorque (SAE @ 1800 RPM) 810 MAXIMA 280 ZX (Soon to arrive the ail new Z turbo) FREE LICENSE PLATES ON ANY PURCHASE OVER 130 CARS AND TRUCKS IN STOCK! Skating Scott Scott Fennell, MP for Ontario riding, is seen here lacing up a pair of skates in preparation for the Kinsmen and Kinette Club's annual skate-a-thon to be held Saturday February 21 at Iroquois Park Arena in Whitby. The money to be raised at the skate-a-thon will be used in sponsorship of minor sports, school scholarships, park development and contributions to other community organizations. For more information about sponsorship call the Kinsmen Club at 668-7288. TYPEWRITERS REPAIRS & SERVICE ALL MAKESR- DANFORTH TYPEWRITER Rentals. Sales & Service 408 Dundas Street West 2940 Danforth Ave Whitby Toronto 666-11·31 est, 1930 698-2589 DIAL-N- INSPIRATION Dial 668-1331 and hear a three minute inspirational message by PASTOR EMMO OLTMANNS of the EMMANUEL CHURCH at 401 Rossland Rd. W. irn Whitby ABLE TV a division of E BLE NTENNR ERVICE NEW NAME THURSDAY NIGHT SPECIAL 26" MAGNAVOX Colour Tv Remote Control, Buit in converter $995 Reg. $1295 OPEN THURSDAY NIGHT TIL 9 P.M. 513 Perry St. Wiitby 668 - 6901 GASORDIESEL KING CAB, LONG- BOXOR STANDARD 2WDoR4x4 4 SPEED, 5 SPEED oRAUTOMATIC x X X X Now the efficiency of diesel power too! Test a Datsun truck now and see for yourself what the future holds in store. Test drive a diesel WORKAHAULIC from Datsun Complete Selection of Entire Datsun Line-Up mu- - -