More students will walk to séhool page 15 Sehool budget tWbk update paes 29 Brooklin IGA to close down mael4 More lime to comply with sign bylaw pg PRO TEST0OVER ÀEDUCA 4TION CU TS DURHAM CENTRE MPP Jim- Flaherty talks to a few of the: more, than. 150 teachers who picketed. his dowritown. Whitby office Fniday atemoon to protest Provincial education cuts. The teachers say the cuts are hitting the classroom, even though the govemment promised they won't. Flaherty toki them the board needs to work harder to cut 'areas -that won't affect students. Photo by Mrk Reesor, Whlthy Foe Press D BylMike Kowalsld Wihitby residents have two words ofadvice for the Ontario government as it considèe pro- posais for the Greater Toronto Area's future ... forget it! .At least that's the feeling of nearly 4,000 people who respon-. -ded to a recent Town cuni survey. which sought the opinions of local residents on three key recommendations contained in a controversial. report- now- before thegovernment.th< Mrethaný 96 percentofth 3i973 survey respondents turned. a& resoundingiKthumbs down- to, proposais that, would, strip- Wlutby. of its identity and/orý. force a, sharing of its tax base with Metro Toronto or any other GTA municipality. Resufts of the survey, which will ho yresented to the govern- mentý via Durhamiu Centre MPP Jixn Flaherty, were made public at Mondays council meeting. * "Itfs important that we make it clear to 1r. Flaherty that we want, this put forwiard quite strongly 'to the government of which ho le a member," said Mayor Tôm Edwardsi. trig to arrang withM. Flaherty that thiswilhpesn ted-te the govýernment. in as- prominent a way as we can,» said The, survey, which was carried inu The7 Free Préesearlier this month, consisted of a three-part questionaire. and selected ,hîgh- SER PAGE 27.' Modfie caendr pp roved By Mark Reesor Public school board trustees Monday night approved the modified echool calendar for the new C.E. Broughton public school. The changes were made because of budget cuts and a move te have common profes- sional -activity (A ays in oIe- mentary and high schools., accordmg ta report by interim director Clarence Prins. -* The moot significant change was moving March break back fur days, ffrom March 3 te 7 (the break actualy begins March 10 but March 7has béen madea PA dla). Several other PA days were also «realigned." Several trusitees took the ?pp[Ortunity te agamn question -the xda of opening Broughton dur- ing Augut for some 100 modi- fe tdetitso, epéocially when, the board le consideri'g losing down schools with lees tan 206 students because they're un- economie te run. "Obviously we don't have the interest we thought we had in the modified school year back when we approved this calen- dar,» said Whitby trustee Doug Boss. "b, it feasible and efficient.., te, have this echool open in the mnonth of August this year, with this calendar, at a tune when we)re cutting other program? Bss said hed like te seS somne more discussion on the modified calendar before the ministry aproves it, dding he's been ted th~e Ministry of Eiducation and Training has yet to approve théî calendar. >1"It is my understanding that we have. not. heard fromn the mmistry," ýadmitted interim edu- cindirecçter Clarenoe Prins. "Whether that means they've approved or not approved -- we haven't simply heard yet. We don't know - at least I don't know.» While Boss would ike te see more discussion, parents from Dr. Robert Thornton Public Sçhool say they've been told the board won't listen te their con- cerns about the new school. The parents had been schedu- led te make a presentation to standing committee May 6 but were bumped !?y a special board meeting icheduled te approve the budget. They say they were thon teld' the board isn't listeningte any more deputations on the subject. «It'. my understanding that the board will not hear any more presentations on the Broughton .ïssue," confired ,board c hair SEE PAGE 27 SURVEYý ýSAY r7