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Ample Free Parking a@aw cCO CLEANTNG CENTRES Dopor"moms open Monday to friday 9 pm., Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. CLEANING CENTRES WASH 12 LB. LOAD WASH 20 L8. LOAD DRY 12 1B. L1OAD Speed Queen Durable Press, All Fabric Washers Large Washers for Blankets, Drapes etceterao Big 30 Ib. capacity drying Tumblers All the piping hot soft ‘water Combine laundry and shopping Open 7 daoys a week 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. ON EDUCATIO! not stand forever and which may someday provide a loâ€" cation for redevelopment. I gather that there are no speâ€" cific future projects in mind for the site; as I reported last week, but other officials can speak more definitively on the matter. My main contribution is knowledge derived from action on the school board. : Residents of the downtown area see the continuation of the school as critical to the future of their neighbourhood, particularly, I think, on the west side of King, where the school is located. To close the school would create the impression of an area in decline, ripe for urban renewal and redevelopment. It might discourage potential home buyers with young children from seeking houses in the area rea. ~ h It would hasten the process of land assembly, the proâ€" More on Alexandra School 10¢ Separate schools planning . switch to metric system _ € When you ask your first grade son what he‘s learnâ€" ing in school next Septemâ€" ber, don‘t be surprised if he starts to explain cenâ€" timeters, liters and kiloâ€" grams to you. : , 2M C000 Ctmiar noons Beginning next fall, pri‘ mary students in Waterloo County â€" separate â€" schools will be taught only the metric system in their math classes. HORNUNG‘S CHILDREN‘S - SHOES The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada ANNUAL MEETING HORNUNG‘S CHILDREN‘S SHOES The one hundred and fourth annual meeting of the policyholders will be held at the Head Office, Waterloo, Ontario on Wednesday, February 27, 1974 at 1:30 p.m., to receive the report of the Directors for the past year, to elect Directors, to contfirm an amendment to the Byâ€"Law respecting a Pension Fund for the Agency Force of the Company and an amendment to the Byâ€"Law respecting an Insurance Fund for the Staff and Agency Force of the Company, and to transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Waterloo, Ontario ' D. E. WEAVER January 19, 1974 Secretary Savage, Bonnie Stuart and Buster Brown Shoes Expertly Fitted Waterloo Square Waterloo Square For both longâ€"term residents and the recent arrivals who have refurbished older homes, who identify themselves with the most traditional part of Waterioo, and who take satisfaction in the relatively diverse social composition of the area as compared with the more homogeneousâ€" seeming newer districts, ‘"urban renewal‘"" on Alexandra Street would mean the frustration of longâ€"range aspirâ€" One can therefore understand why some residents of the district might fear that Board of Education officials, inâ€" spired by concerns about physical resources, class size, mixed grades, and administrative convenience, might unâ€" wittingly do severe damage to the district by closing the It should be obvious, however, that school board decisions are only marginal insofar as the future of the area is conâ€" cemned. It is for this reason that I said above that the fuâ€" ture of Alexandra School is presently of ‘"symbolic imâ€" portance."‘ In the perspective outlined above, the real question is the extent of potential urban renewal projects. â€" The day may come when the Board will have to make a decision to close Alexandra School. That decision should be made on educational grounds. â€" The Board should not be put in the position of making decisions about the extent of urban renewal proposals. That responsibility lies elsewhere. This is the first step in a threeâ€"year program by the Waterloo _ County _ Sepâ€" arate School Board to introâ€" duce the metric system of measurement | in _ schools and to abandon the imperial system. Use of the present imâ€" perial system of measureâ€" ment will be phased out by 1976. . Primary students will be ion of, rooming houses, the_sprea@ of gp_artgnent EXCLUSIVE CHILDREN‘S SHOE STORE the first group to study the metric system exclusively. School officials feel . stuâ€" dents would be confused if taught the imperial and metric â€" systems . * Because metric is a lanâ€" guage, students must learn to think in metric terms. Since â€" primary _ students will have had little instrucâ€" tion in the imperial system, it will be easier for them to "think metric‘‘. Junior and intermediate math classes will also ‘"go metric‘ â€" but not right away. There will be an interim program for these older students to acquaint them with the system beâ€" fore their complete proâ€" grams begin. Grade 4 to 6 students® will learn _ to ‘"think â€" metric‘ in 1975 and grade 7 to 8 students in 1976. m Since Canada is not ‘e‘ pected fully to adopt the metric system for about 10 years, â€" separate _ school officials believe youngsters will learn the present sysâ€" tem readily enough in their everyday lives at home. 12 KING ST. NORTH, (Upstairs) 578â€"4950 ICDO| BOooK BARN