PAGE 8. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1986, WHITBY FREE PRESS -Board starts day care at Aldon Sehool- By JAN DODGE Free Press Staff When Durbam Board of Education teachers and students returned to classes, Tuesday, some first dropped their cbildren off at a new workplace daycare cen- tre. Aldon. Scbool, con- veniently located near *both Ajax High School *and Harwood Secon- dary, bas two roomý devoted to the Schoolhouse Playcare Centre of Durham Inc., a non-profit organization run by a board of directors. Aldon, wbich will be accessible to people in the west end of the region, bouses the second Schoolbouse Pîsycare, Centre. Tbe original centre bas operated out of Central Collegiate in south Oshawa for the past two years. Last year at Central, 38 of the children cared for belonged to Durham board staff, but there were also 12 students who left tbelr cildren in the centre's care wbile tbey attended classes. The majority of the students were teen mothers, altbough some were women returning for upgrading after as long as 10 years out of school, Phyllis Reddick, the program supervisor said. As a workplace daycare centre, Schoolbouse Pîsycare is available only to Durbam Board of Education staff or students. (To qualify as a student an individual need only register for one course witb the board. Even a night course in bridge is ac- ceptable.) The cost of the daycare la $19 per day for toddlers, and $17.50 for preschoolers. However, aubsidies are available tbrougb the reglon's social services office. To apply for aubsidies the parent asks to see a social worker. After filling out a formn disclosing expenses and outstandlng accounts the parent is put on a waitlng liat and asslgned to a placement co-ordinator. Students get priority, Joan Payne, acting ad- ministrator for social services said.' Even a student wbo Is living at home with Children mjured Tbree children have and bruises but tbree been released from an were beld for obserý Uxbridge bospital vation. follôwing an overnigbt "One of the tbree stay for head obser- cbildren required stit- vation as the result of a ching to the face, sald charter bus, carrying 45 director of nursing ai children, colliding witb tbe bospîtal Catherine a gravel truck nortb of Renwick. 6It's a Claremount on Tbur- miracle no one was sday. seriously hurt. ' The accident occured The cbildren were ail at 10 «.m. and 23 of tbe members of a summer children on the bus were day camp of tbe St. John transported to the Ux- The Evangeliat Cburch bridge hospital. Most and they were on tbeir were treated for cuts way to Pleasure Valley A&AIViS YHu mliin[9ç rrd/ Oshawa Centre i&ÎÀ '!Pa r'ef Pickering Town Centre Whitby Mail j<<4c eA" S4Ç'e Quantities limited. Sale ends September 6,1986. parents would probably have no difficulty get- ting a subsidy for daycare if she bas no in- corne, Payne said. "Ninety-nine percent of the time students get the fuit subsidy. We want to help them 50s they don't have to spend the rest of their life on welfare." hi crash Amusement Park when the collision occured. The driver of the bus 3-year-old Ronald Hen- Sbaw of Witby and the' driver of the truck, 44- year-old Daniel Henry of Holland Landing, were plot injured in the crash. As of Tuesday mor- ning, Durbam Regional Police were stiil in- vestigating the- ac- cident. subsidy are stil required to pay a minimum of $1 a day for fuli-time care, 50 cents for half-day care. This is well below the full charge, however. "Ideally the playcare centre la set up to serve chlldren of students only," Lorna Murphy, Pickering trustee and member of the centre's board of directors, said. However, because the numbers of students' chuîdren Is 50 small it is necessary to Include cbildren of staff to make the operation viable. SEE PG. 22 IT RM ENRE 66.452 IAward Winners I This mont's Whitby Free Press Subacriber of the Montb was Ted Williamson. Williamson was presented witb a Citizen AM/FM radio telephone courtesy of the Free Press. FreePress Staff Photo This month's Witby Free Press Carrer of the Month was Allan Woodhouse. For bis conscien- tious and prompt delivery, Allan was presented witb an AM/FM cassette player and a Tran- sformer. Free Press Staff Photo