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City will wait on road plan C By Stevie" Sutherland Council ran into a wall of opposition Monday over its plans to link Caroline and Park Sts. in the downtown core of Waterloo and decided to shelve the project temporarily until it meets with representatives from concerned parties. 127th Year No. 4 Wednesday, January 28, Igtt1 Watetloo, Ontario 25 Cents By Maggie McFadzen Special to the Chronicle The Erhsville school study committee of the Waterloo County board of education has announced that it will recom- mend to the board on Feb. 5 that Erbsville school remain open during the 1981-82 school year. Gary Venton. superintendent of schools. said that all enrol- ment projections and plans for the school had been studied and the decision had been made to maintain the school in its present status for the next school year. The committee, made up of parent representatives, Erbs- ville principal. Peter Kleinsch- midt, two trustees - Lynne Wool- stencroft, board chairman and Elizabeth Witmer, from Wa- terloo - as well as represents tives from city planning depart- ment agreed to release its re- commendation before the board meeting to inform parents of the recommendation. The schoors current popula- tion, grades 1 to 6, is 116. Indica- tions are that it will remain sta- ble for the next few years. School gets support THIS WEEK INSIDE Union Gas to build here SEE PAGE - 3 Lynne Woolstencroft. chairman of the Waterloo county board of educa- tion, told council the realignment of Caroline St. would have a "severe im- pact" on the future of Alexandra pub- lic school. All five proposals being considered by the city to solve traffic congestion in the area are "predicated on the be- lief" that Alexandra will be closed, but the board of education will Conti- nue to do "everything it can to keep the school open", Woolstencroft said. "We maintain that schools are as essential to the downtown as stores, offices and museums," Woolstencroft told council. "Alexandra is essential to the health of the core area and this project will directly affect those at- tending the school now or planning to attend in the future." The city is presently studying five realignment proposals. but Wool- stencroft rejected them all because she claimed they would increase the flow of traffic near the school result- ing in problems of noxious fumes, sa- fety and noise. She also said the school would lose a major portion of its playground if the realignment program is approved "lf I sound alarmed, it's because I am," she said. "The board doesn't want to obstruct development or the quality of life in the core, but we are already having problems keeping the school viable." “It is important the city sit down with the board as a committee and discuss our mutual problems," she said. Gold medal for Cindy SEE PAGE - 12 (Continued on page 3) Committee to help disabled " A Kitchener-Waterloo Co-ordmating Commu- tee (KWCC) for Intertta- tional Year ot Disabled Persons (i98it has of- ficrally been formed In- volving over 40 self-help groups, agencies, and government ' depart- ments serving the twin cities, the Co-ordinary Committee will assist in information sharing and promotion among all groups serving the han- dicapped and disabled In Kitchener-Waterloo. The International Year, proclaimed by the United Nations is de- signed to help achieve ful participation and equality for disabled persons. The KWCC has chosen four themes for the year - Human Rights, Poverty, Ac- commodation, and Ear ployment. each of which will be highlighted for a Cindy meets a star SEE PAGE - 18 three-month period The first quarter Will focus on poverty and the C-dinattng Commit- tee will concentrate on the national and provnn- cial human rights charters now under dis- cussnon, as well as local human rights problems and victories. In addition. the KWCC will provide an ongoing calendar of events oc- curing during the Inter- national Year, wall help to coordinate lundraw mg events. and Will es- tablish a speakers' bureau to provide speakers for local or- gamzauons Those wanting more Information can contact the Co-ordinatmg Com- mulee, c o Somal Plan- ning Council of Kit- chener-Waterloo at 18 Queen Streiit North, Kitchener N2H 208.