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Accommodation Review Committees are signals to a community that the school board is closely assessing a school‘s existence. The reasons vary, but the situation is constant: for educational or economic reasons, the administration and the trustees are questioning the preinises. Perhaps, because of the school population, odd doubleâ€"grading appears. Splits at Alexandra caused three grades (tripleâ€"grading) to be put in one classroom. Finally, small numbers of students in a local school can cause other classes in other schools to bulge. 6 This school board has attempted through its Accomâ€" modation Review Committees to alert the former Downtown Residents Association (the new Uptown Association) and the city of Waterloo council to the Accommodation Review Committees Sometimes, the quality of the original facility is so low that, unless great amounts of money are spent, the school does not provide opportunities for an adequate education. (There may be no library, no gymnasium; the plumbing and heating systems may be inadequate; the grounds may be too small â€" which is a major cause of children fighting; the structure may be substandard and energy inefficient.) " o0 Pat Arbuckle Chronicle Staff In an‘attempt to foster better relationships within the family, the Church of Christ on Hickory Street in Waterloo is currently offering a Marriage Enrichment Series. The series, consisting of eight sessions, was prepared by Dr. Carl Brecheen and Dr. Paul Faulkner. family counâ€" sellors and coâ€"authors of the book What Every Family Needs. The decision to bring the series to Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo for public viewing was made by the whole congregation, explained Chuck Robinson, a member of the congregation. _ We wanted to show it to the community. It‘s purpose is to promote better relationships, better understanding within the family so that they will be better able to get along," he said. Church of Christ showing marriage enrichment series T UNE IN LYNNE WOOLSTENCROFT problems of the decline in our city core. We have minutes of meetings and correspondence with both the executive of the association and council going back 10 years. We have sponsored and attended a number of mutual meetings on the topic of school population decline. We have had the city‘s planners as resource to all of our A.C.R. Committees. We have had local school community members, not just parents of children, on each commitâ€" School Closure School closure is a hot issue in Waterloo. The community is growing; there is a tradition of neighborâ€" hood schools; people are active, involved, and vocal; the population is shifting; the city patterns are changing; and taxpayers question the level of school taxes. In the past few months, the Waterioo County Board of Education has closed Alexandra public school as an elementary school. It will reâ€"open its doors in September as Open Door, an adult education centre. Alexandra is in its last few months as an elementary school â€" many of us grieve. wi,rexrington public school will close in June of 1984. The students will attend Bridgeport public school. Many of us are saddened. Brighton public school is under review and the Accommodation Review Committee has until October to report back to the board. Otherwise, it too will close in June of 1984. The community is angry. The Marriage Enrichment film series can be viewed each Tuesday evening at the Church of Christ. Admission is free, babysitting is provided and all members of the community are welcome to attend. Each film consists of a 45â€"minute lecture by either Brecheen or Faulkner on such topics as How to Kill Communication, What Husbands and Wives need to know, Speaking Frankly about Sex and Renewing Romance in Marriage. An open discussion follows each film. Three of the eight films have already been shown and according to Robinson, the response has been excellent. The number of participants at each session is growing steadily and many people who are having problems have called the church for information, he added. * School views All Regular Priced Men‘s & Ladies‘ Spring & Summer Merchandise HANDBAG _!/2PRICE WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, From a strictly economic standpoint, these decisions are sensible. Most families change houses when the family outgrows its quarters (Lexington); when the family numbers diminish and the size of the household is too small to warrant the space (Alexandra and Brighton); or when the house becomes too expensive for the family‘s budget (all three of the schools.) But schools are not entirely analogous to families. The family budget is not as complex as a taxâ€"based one. A home usually sells to another family and at a competitive price. â€" _ c _ o The last time that people grappled with school closure was 30 to 50 years ago when small rural schools were consolidated. Many of us forget how much resistance there was to that concept. Rural children were moved from their small schools to larger, more urban ones. Looking back, we recognize that the movement to centralized schools heralded the shift from an agrarian economy to an industrial one, from a rural lifestyle to an urban one. From a social standpoint, the impact of school closure is still nearly impossible to measure. Some say that property loses value (this does not appear to be true); others that the community loses vitality, But nearly everyone agrees that a school is a kind of magnet, attracting people to a community. What does a shift from a downtown (or uptown) population to a suburban herald? 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