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'â€".______________â€"__â€"_â€"_â€"i WM l2Kl (l0 CHRONICLE ‘ Wednesday, November 30. £0“ . ll Shifting school population being looked at by both school boards Bv PAIoi l)t-.s.vto~n students and a llflklfll'WltIl' hound As the board attempts to answer enrollment since 2003. “We're very conscious to make . 7 7‘7 ’[filfgrjt‘iyfllw W. 7 dry review in 200‘} It) predicted for its growth at SIAM. the Waterloo “Declining enrolment is sotne- sure that our schools are located in ther increases in the next seven to Catholic District School Board thing that’s being faced by every the right location." Bennett said. ' '3 s the local public board [0 years, largely as a restilt of resir examined its enrollment decline school board in southern Ontario “We have enrolment decline in Airivestigaies optiotis for art deniial growth in the area and and what it means for the future. except in the areas around 'l'oron- older areas and the funding front overflow of students at Sir demographics. ”It: board was down 250 stu- to." liawler said. “Enrolment the province is provided on a per- lohti A. MacDonald Secondary During the same period dents over last year in September peaked in the early 90s and by the student basis. School. the Catholic board is between 2004 and 2010. K(.'| saw an and lost another 50 up until Octoâ€" time we got into the year 2000 it “As enrolment declines. your examining its enrollment decline. enrolment decline of more than her‘s end according to Roger started to decline." revenue goes down. but your fixed The Waterloo Region District 24 per cent. or 372 students. That lawler. director ofeducation. Dave Bennett. senior manager costs (running the school) don't go School Board is in the public coir decline is expected to continue “We've had an enrolment of capital planning for the Fatholic down." sultation phase of reviewing the with a It) per cent drop by 20” and decline going back a number ol humtl, said the board tries to bal- Lawler said birthrates and the boundary for intake at SIAM. with another four per cent decline to for years now." lawler said. “Fifty stu- ance costs with needs when it economy had the biggest impact the likely option being to redraw low. dents left between Sept. I and comes to determining which on enrolment decline. while immi- the lines and send sortie students According to Woodcock, based ()ct. 3|. schools stay open and what stu- gration had been the biggest factor ' to KitchenerWNalcrloU Collegiate on projected enrolment numbers. "About half of them left the dents go where. in bringingstudents into schools. I Vocational Institute the lack of ftiiids and land for a new region and half left the country. I- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 1 : 1 \‘t'ltlHB hoard chair Kathleen school to be built and the board's ’lliat’s the economy." , ‘ I Woodcock said it no decision has desire not to house students in Waterloo's Catholic board is the I currency\ “lug“ currency “Change. l ' been made bv lebruart. no portables. the boundary change is eight largest iii the region. Willi 51 I Converters I l I changes notild be irriplertiented iii being proposed. schools and 40.000 elementary. | , fW ‘ t ‘ and Wire Transfers | the ne\t school year. Woodcock said parent concerns secondary and adttltr’continutng I ‘ . a (he, 00 m . | I "No decisions have been made about splitting children frorii the education students. I a I l at all." Woodcock said. "We want to same families between different Employing about 3,500 full and I ' i V H" La I I make sttre the pttbln is aware of schools and tnore complicated part-time staff. 27 per cent of area SNOWBIRDS HEADING SOUTH, t “hat were tryingtodo. pickups and dropol'ls. ivere too students attend the board’s schools. I . I 1 g "We're faced wttli the old dilerii i-arlytoanswer In comparison. the WRDSB had I WE HAVE THE BEST RATES 0" us 5 I I ‘ ma of a very mobili- population " l he) were “tinting sortie an enrolment of abotit 57.000 stu- I I 4 I and yen Iixr-tl harbin-N .. .trrsts'i-rs that could not bi- proud dents and ll? schools in the 2010 I 355 Erb Street West. Waterloo (between UniversityandFischerHallman) I I ()petied iii 3001. N] \\1 has a ed. she said iii a public consulta- ll school year. Directors reports I - I I ‘ rapticit'. ol 1,14“ students I rirol ttoti this ttioritli. " l'here are a lot ol show the board teetering between ling-W3 “10898774374340 WWW-cunentysonverterslnc-con-ll ' merit has since increased to 1.330 questions" 36,000 students and the current -â€"â€"____--_--â€"--_- -_-â€"-â€"- l I H, l . . o W a '3‘" .. 1 Parents get a sounding board on extended day ’l' I ~ ., . 1 Bi Pitta l)i,s\iosn st‘ssltltls. yet to be scheduled but like the YMCA, said they stand to / . 1 IZIII L l ' ’4 "Only the «g; i . h.”"'££:"‘.’,‘",. ., W 7 Irkch to he held In December. the lose the riiost lucrative age group. s_/ ( ‘I/wd “" .‘ BGSI from I . boards decision “as final and had which helps fund the less-popular V/"’ = “ '3‘ our Family I he “tilt'lltltt Region Disintt nothingto do \s'itli trustees, Iero to 15.8 and eight to II: groups. 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