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According to board staff, the decision was based on KCI‘s landlocked location, where there is little opportunity for expansion. Closing KCI, as well as Southwood secâ€" ondary school in Cambridge, would also free up funds needed to build the new facility in Kitchener, as well as complete muchâ€"needed renovations at other high schools in the region. Last month, school board planners chose KCI for closing over Eastwood and Cameron Heights collegiates. All three schools were part of a regionwide secâ€" ondary school accommodation review. "I don‘t believe it‘s fair to take away one community‘s school so that we can appease another community." John Hendry and Kathryn Craig, who both represent Waterloo on the board, agreed the proposal to close KCI in 2006 to make room for a new high school in the south end of Kitchener doesn‘t make "I don‘t and won‘t support closing KCI," Hendry said. o longtime Waterloo Region Dis I trict school board trustees are baf fled over the push to close Kitchen erâ€"Waterloo collegiate. Waterioo trustees oppose school closings You said it 9 WATERLOO CHRONICLE WHAT‘S INSIDE int By AnprEA Baney Chronicle Staff Continued on page 4 »LOCATED BESIDE THE FACTORY AT 141 WEBER ST. S.(AT UNION) 742â€"0783 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2003 + WATERLOO, ONTARIO Wilfrid Laurier University student Konan Wendt relied on the luck of the Irish Monday while doing a jig amidst the busy traffic along King Street in Waterloo. The selfâ€"procilaimed "Party Boy" was celebrating the spirit of St. Patrick‘s Day. NCE 1988 Serving your community siÂ¥ATF®&00 PuUBtHC TiBRARY Gettin‘ jiggy with it ChnRiI®\ $1 INCLUDING GST The event is called Clear the Shelves, and involves groups of volunteers circuâ€" lating throughout the comâ€" munity as well as the stuâ€" dent residences asking for donations of any unused food, which would otherâ€" wise go to waste. The food is then donated to the Food Bank of Waterloo Region and the student food bank at UW. The campaign will run On March 28 and 29, the meal exchange programs at both the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Lauriâ€" er University campuses, and the FEDS Food Bank, are offering students an alternative. As the Waterloo student population clears out of the city for the summer, stuâ€" dents will be cleaning out their houses and apartâ€" ments and discarding a lot as waste, including food items. Students ‘clear the shelves‘ e end of school term I is rapidly approaching and plans are being made to move out. available ftrom lcanada.com| . Saabwol Kitchener Waterloo 663 Victoria St. N. 744â€"5811 Building Box* Laila‘s Esthetics* Continued on page 2 +$34,900