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The Public School Boards sandbox turl war over Junior kindergarten may finally be over If a new plan 15 recom- mended and pul Into place Oct, 19 Public board rethinks JK At last Wednesdays budget meeting, school board lrusueea asked board staff io come up with a phase-m plan for jumor kindergarten to begm In hep tember of 1999 The THOUGH tentatively ends years of acrimonious debate by parents groups and lruslees determined not to pay for what they deemed an unnecessary privilege. One of the biggest oppo- nents of junior kindergarten has been Waterloo trustee John Hendry, the current vice-chair- person of the board. "In princi- ple it means if the reports coming forward In the fall sup- port it financially, and that we can do u. we'll be phasing 11 m for a year from September," he said. Although Hendry sull dis- agrees with sending kids as young as three lo school, he says there's too much of a push behind the plan in the commu- nily at large. Tve always been opposed to it, philosophically I still am. But I‘m not there to represent me, I'm there to represent the community," he sud "ll the majority of the community feels that they want Junior kindergarten, whether I hke II or nol,l would support n "The concern I had was that ilwe try to rush 1mm! theres a lot oi capital expenditures, and it's still lax money coming out of your pocket mt "II was a pleasant surprise for me to find the other trustees were supporting Jumor kindergarten, after all these years." she said. “It act-ms that people are ready to mp- pon Jumor kindergarten 'P II was good news for Ont of Waterloo's other lrustccs. Jane Mitchell. a long-time supporter oipmior kindergarlcn Metchell uld the dcusmn made sense With thc mandala! changes to 1hr kindergarten currlmlum by lhc pnwumc, and In light of rcwanh that shows that kids do helm II thcy gm an early learning Mart In Mr "Irs very Important for surly hrarmng," she and “I Junk John Hendry Bob Vrbannc Charm le sag people have fmally come to the realization that " not babysu- ung. us two-and-a-half hours of Ieammg social skulls and the prereading skills that you have to know before you read "People are realizing now that there's a lot of lads In our community, for one reason or another, who Just don't 1.9%: 24 month lease on M, 11“th punluw tirtaiu mg Other great mm. and [rims available 1 9% 24 month leasc or M month purchaw Gnancuty, thhcr gum I t 1'r1“\ avadablc The GM Card" ".VW..r..rq-.". mw _'t.""r" w" -- ~» . _ ”a, H, any Mr q. WM, WNW mm "ew 1“”..er w a?“ my mm now-"M "wr- " “if Mr9s - .uu Vy-‘awll‘q vv amnw nun _ an rum mm Wwav‘n may no mum 0mm; w. l w C a [ mum-r.) .a F y“... ya w .1- 2- w»: w. warm ru-""'" a mu mm nun-mm. ' m a a nun-Ira ' saw u T w 4urtae"r" . ran: a " n7“"w " up“ , wow... u - r,rPr;8V mm»: mm‘ "ts" ~.,-m~w-nm "tMr-s v c .mwslpr mm v». m _ <0. - w Ver van mwwrnrau aw s . “mad V’I‘wm um": c-r- "'mPstrrre hm.” um». 'ta-et-tq Rave n.1,": w,» (”‘w'w-u “ova‘hq _ " get that at home " Mitchell also sand " signaled an end to the debate being dominated by people more mterested m costs than the benefits to the children "ln other parts of the province they've had Junior kindergarten sums the 20s," she sand Limited Tiihe Offers. Hurry In. This fu-size trurk even comes equipped with the lowest lease rate of the year. Other features include: a 230 HP Vortec V8 engine, an automatic transmission, chrome wheels, a 2,018 lb. payload capacity, dual air Pt Ar u N bags, the PASSiAack"' theft-dererrent system, air $2143 8' conditioning and an AM/ FM stem cassette. , Don't be fooled by competitors' vehicles with less cquipmcnl, This b-passenger truck IN loaded with features Including the lowest lease pricc of the unit lt (“mm with: a 230 Hl' V8 engine, .uuumatm tralwmlwnn, chrome wheels, dual air w k') _4'rr,) bags, tilt/cruisc, .nr (ondnmmng, deep $24 728' tinted glass , [ ' Waterloo council unammously passed last week a new three-yea: agreement between the City of Waterloo and the City of Waterloo Stall Association. Under the new three-year agreement, whtch IS retroactive to thts past Jan. 1, the 151 stallasso- nation members wrll receive a twtrper-cent wage tncmse beginning thus pastjan. I, will receive another 1 5-rmr-certt wage Increase beginning Jan. l, 1999, well receive another one-per' wage Increase sumngjan l, 1000 and will tecewe a final one-per-cent wage Increase beginning July l, 2000 By way of a letter of understanding, the staff association agrees to pamcrpate on a Jomt committee to renew the current employee health care plan and make recommendations, where possuble. for additional changes City and staff reach contract agreement ’98 GMC SIERRA 1500 SERIES EXTENDED CAB ’98 GMC SIERRA 1500 SERIES REGULAR CAB n she, u w} NW adv 'tre w. now. aims») VFW sr-q- ”no $188 228 No Securi Deposit ty S MART L E AS li, mth 24 Wk. ' LZKU down 589E {Pugh SMARTLEASE " "roruh. " vity_tou u 5.503 trotist