Contaminated soil found on work site page Preparing for the Fest 3 page 12 $30 million to be spent on region projects pg Redmen.game two tonight page 21 VVTTTI Mayoral candidate calis for more ice SINCLAIR SECONDARY School principal Kay Egan expeots almost 800 students wiII enrol in the spanking new sohool, to stden By John Dujay In 1874, Sinclair Public School was buit. In September -- 120 years later -- Sinclair Secondary will replace it. Unlike the original school, which had just one room, the present institution is a $29.9-miullion masterpiece of modern technology and design. Scheduled to bo ready for Septeniber, the massive structure (which is attached to the Durham Board of Education building on Taunton Road) has eight computer laboratoriès, three gymnasia and five main technology iaboratoi-ies housing the manufacturing, transportation, construction, communications and food studies departments. Principal Kaye Egan said in an interview that they are targeting for 770 students enrolling this year. In 1995, the nuniber will increase to 1,200 and to 1,700 by 1999. She told The Free Press that Sinclair will moetly take the load off Anderson CVI. Sinclair will accommodate ail of the hold its first classes Sept. 6. That number will increase to 1,200 in 1995 and 1,700 by 1999. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whitby Free Press students living north of Rossland Road. Egan outlined four main areas of study that the school will offer: business skills, communications, arts and, mathematics and technology. 'What's diffrent about us, is that we're offring integrated packages to our studonts." These wil ho iniplemnented with what she explained' is an innovative daily schedule. 'Tou come to school for two days of regular time and thon you have this unusual day with your choices as part of What the 'unusual' day consiste of is four intensive 65-minute periods during which students can get extra help. Vanious classes are offered by the department heads (a"d they change every week), classes in which students can gain e"reniediation, extra help and enrichnient" in whatever field they chooee. On Monday, the students choose the four classes from an ever-changing list and they are required te attend each Wednesday. The idea came from Lester B. Pearson H-igh School in Calgary, where Egan visited recently. T7hey have had a positive experience with the schedule for about four years, she said. Speaking in a patient, teaching manner, she explains, It breaks the wveek in half, and it gives students a change te refocus, te catch Up." During meetings with the community, she said she was asked, 'Aren't you afraid students will skip Wednesdays?" However, Pearson students in Cagary did not. "Wednesday -is the day that's bost attended," she was teld by school officiais. As weIl as students being enthusiastic about it, Egan said, "Teachers are just jumping up and down te take advantage of the~e things." Scanning a sample liet of suggested classes for Wednesdays, one sees such SEE PAGE 26 By MWIke Kowalski Thýe opening shot in this year' municipal election campaign haï been fired. Ma yoral candidate Pat Perkins is, éalling for another ice rink to ho built in Whitby. A fourth ice surface is the only way te solve the town's shortage of winter sports facilities, Per- kins says. It will also eliminate the need for parents to «camp out' in order te rogister their children for hockey, she adds, (seo story on page 2, photo on page 8) "The only solution is'te, add anothor ice pad (to Iroquois Park),» Perkins said outside the arena last Tuesday. «It's appalling that a lot of teamas have to drive an hour awey te practice,» sho said. .' Perkins was at the a rena te do a little 'politicking ..and te com- miserate, with: the nearly 350 peple wai ting in lino for the 241 pts o no this year's Whitby Minor Hockey Ascaintas She wasted little-time in blam- ing Whýitby sc rent and recent municipal 1'ead rs for the pro- blemas croated fY a shortagfe of arenas. (Whitby has two rinks at Iro- quois. Park and a singlo-pad faci- hity in Brookhn te serve a popu- lationof 60,000.) "«This la not good advertising for a tewn wanting te grow," said Perkins. . Council is continually allow- ing new housing dovlopments, but not providing any recrea- tional facilities for the people in thom," she said. The obvious answer t'O Whitby's arena woes is a third pad at Iroquois Park, Perkins said. Not only would this solve the immodiate probleni, it would also be the most economical, Perkins claimed. "From the research r've done, inm tld the genorating equip- ment is capable, of handling a third ice pad," she said. Since ice-making machinery and related equipment represent the "major" portion of a rink's cost, thon «we're looking at the balance basically,» Perkins said. «If this Town can put in a new operations centre they mnost cer- tainly should îook at putting in an ice pad," she said. (The new headquarters for Whitby's public works depart- nment on Taunton Road cost $6.7 million te build.) *Perkins stressed that her con- cern was not limited te, Whitby's minor hockey players and their famiies. "Fire skating and ringette will h faced with the saine problems,» she said. "If wo don't provide our kids with soniething te keep theni off the streets, werè asking for trou- ble.» Although Iroquois Park has the spaoe te acconinodate addi- tional ice pads, extra equpnient would have te be installed as SEE PAGE 8