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PAGE 2 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAy aAPRIL 20 For example, Monteith suggested, when schools are built they could include additional floor space for rental to the public. There would be criticism of his proposal but, he said, he thinks it is something the board should be considering. P Monteith and trustee John Hendry agree some significant cuts are going to have to be made during the next few weeks. Many of the proposed new initiatives â€" called white papers â€" which add $10 million to the base budget, will not see the light of day, they said. â€" â€" â€" He said he has been quietly talking about the subject for sometime, but now is considering proposing that the board form a committee which could study the idea. The concept is contrary to the view commonly held of government services, but he said, there are areas where the board could be putting its current services to use generating revenue. Thursday, the board asked administration to provide it with a detailed look at budget scenarios cutting the allâ€"inclusive budget of $259 million, or 18.5 per cent, by one percentage point until reaching a low of nine per cent. By looking at the budget this way trustee Twyla Hendry said, "I think we would have a pretty good sense of what the system would have to do without." _Administration acknowledged it be would a difficult process to do. Business superintendent Al Ewasko told the board, to drop below 10 per cent the Chronicle Staff Now is the time for the Waterloo County board of education to begin looking at means of generating revenue from within its own structure, trustee John Monteith proposes. _ _ Faced with a base budget of $249 million â€" a 14 per cent increase from last year â€" Monteith said now is the time to look at ways in which the board can seek alternative methods of generating reveâ€" nue, other than levying the taxpayer. Generate revenue from within, offers Monteith TE=MATIRESS KING ANNIVERSARY SALE Mon.â€"Wed. 9:30â€"6:00 Thurs.â€"Fri 9:30â€"9:00 Saturday 9:30â€"6:00 KING ST. € £3 Ssimmons Beautyresf 45% While Quantities Last and additional portables. The board also saw evidence of this with the government decision to implement a new science curriculum in Grades 7 to 10. The government provided $1.28 per elementary student and $2.66 per secondary pupil forgrants for teacher inâ€"service, learning resources and laboratory equipment. To put the funding into perspective Ewasko said, with the $46,000 generated in secondary school grants Board chairman Elizabeth Witmer said this is a method the board has used in the past. It gives the board an opportunity to see what administration views as priocrities, as well, it gives trustees a chance to determine their own priorities. Not knowing what its revenue figures are has caused tremendous problems, said Witmer. "Not knowing the revenue side does create tremendous problems because it does not give a balanced picture." The ministry of education has not guaranteed a level of grants, as the board had hoped it would while waiting for legislation implementing new assessment procedures. It may mean a visit to Queen‘s Park to express the board‘s concerns directly to the minister Witmer said. The board is facing sharp growing pains, exâ€" plained Monteith, due to ulation increases and government initiatives. lg:,t.eith is critical of the government, not for initiating changes, but because it leaves the board holding the bag when it comes to paying the costs. _ e â€" â€" wages," said Monteith, adding administration‘s figures do not include costs for more support staff the board could renovate three of the 15 schools‘ science labs. 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