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Let‘s get together and stop all this excessive spending. Most of us realize that almost 60 per cent of our property tax dollars goes to pay for education. Perhaps you might not know that our present public school board is thinking about an increase of over 11 per cent for 1991 â€" that‘s after a 15.6 per cent increase last year. In 1980 the public school board spent approximately $119 million; this year 1991, they propose spending $342 million for a less than 10 per cent increase in pupil population. It is interesting to note that the school population will fall from 52,483 (Dec. 1990) to 51,383 (Sept. 1991), yet the board is _ PAGE A6 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MAF Education spending is out of control Waterloo Chronicle is published every Wednesday by Display Advertising: Maureen McNab Teresa Clemmer Gerry Mattice Don Steeves Reporters: Pete Cudhea (Sports editor) Keren Adderley Deborah Crandall News Editor: Melodee Martinuk Chronicle The Fairway Group Incorporated 215 Fairway Rd. S., Kitchener, Ont. President: Paul Winkler Telephone News Line Fax. No. Waterloo Town Square 75 King St. South, Suite 201 Waterloo, Ontario N2J 1P2 femm w 886â€"2830 886â€"3021 886â€"9383 Major Accounts: Bill Karges Publisher:; _ Rick Campbell Circulation: Mary Baycroft Jerry Fischer Ray Lakhan Anita Auernigg Circulation Manager: Greg Cassidy Kaurben Mewepepers af Amercs EDUCATION. WE CAN HAVE AN EFFECT if wE COLLECTIVELY make our ELECTED officials ANSWER to us, THE CITIZENS OF WATERLOO REGION, not the provinâ€" cial government or anyone else Subsceription rates $40 yearly in Canada, $70 yearly outside Canada. +CSTI thinking of employing a further 137 staff. It now cost over $5,500 a year to educate an elementary pupil and $7,000 for a seconâ€" dary pupil! On a TV debate last Monday, March 11. both board members, John Hendry and Gary Ferguson, admitted that public school board spending was out of control. This situation is just not acceptable! The school board can freeze hiring for 1991 and cut general spending â€" THIS WILJ.:‘ NOT ALTER THE QUALITY OF If ;ou feel as we EBJE’H()\IQEthe school YOU ET ! Democracy, as it exists in the minds of a majority of Waterloo Council, has prevailâ€" ed and the barriers on Willow and Herbert streets will become permanent. in ie emensiidy For a council that has recently stated its objective of engaging in dialogue with the public this decision is contrary to the wishes of a vast majority of residents in the Democracy, Waterloo style chairperson, Mrs. Sanderson at 6327504 affected area and tell her enough is enough. Phone now. â€" that fact! _1 recycle cans and cardâ€" board at home and work. I have a compost heap at home for kitchen garbage," it D0 EeCE _____ I save cans and egg cartons and use a composter in the backyard." What do you do for the recycling cause? Mike Connolly Long live democracy â€" Waterloo fashion! Chairman Tax Watch, G. John Goman Waterioo Region Wiotmnat..â€" Roger Metzger Wellesley Kareen Riggan Kitchener Letters Welcome "I compost at home and use the blue box." "The blue box thing." Not one councillor disputed Richard Karhu Waterloo Bill Brener Waterloo Waterloo