WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1982, PAGE 3 Now opening January, 1984.... Money'for new DOC ot -Co ]mngtii 8 The money needed -to replace Whithy's Denis O'Connor HIgh School will not be available un- fil April, 1983 the D urham RegionRoman Catholic Separate The $3 million renova- tion pf Whitby's Fair- view Lodge Home for the Aged wll go ahead as planned. Last week, Durham Regional Coundil ap- proved the expenditure but not ail of its, mem- bers were in accord. Regional Councillor Ed Kolodzie (Oshawa) wanted the project tabled for six months because the $3 million would not .provide, the facility with more beds. .Whitby supporters of the Durham Region Roman. Catholîc, Separ- ateSchool Board will pay $41 more in taxes this year. This means that the average Whitby sup- porter will pay $310 in taxes compared to last year's $269. Trustees have ap-> proved a $23 million budget - $3.2 million of which will have to come from the local taxpayer. Provincial government grants make up the diff- erence. The tax increases could have been much higher had the board not sent the budget back to committee with orders to trim $200,000 from the municipal levy two, weeks ago. Associate *superinten- dent of business Grant Andrews said that the cuts were achieved be- cause of additional pro- vincial grants that were made available, in part, by changes to the board's bookkeeping system. 0f the $23 million bud- get, the biggest portion - $11 million - will be spent in the wages, salaries and benefits of the board's 470 teachers, vice-princi- pals and principals. However, this figure does not include the $685,000 to be spent on oral French teachers or the $144,000 set aside to hire supply teachers..1 Another major piece of the budget pie went to special education. How- ever, of the $2 million to be spent, approximately $1.3 million will be spent on teacher salaries and benefits. Maintaining schools and other board-owned buildings will cost the taxpayer $1.6 million School Board was told last week. Earlier this month, Durham West MPP AND Ontario Minister of Revenue George Ashe, 'announced that He was also upset about the amount of money *paid te avehi- teets for their report- on the fadiity. "We'výe spent $249,000 for a repo)rt," Kolodzie told 'council, &"We could put six architects on staff for a year fuil-time for that. We're paying way too much." Not only. was this "irresponsible" he ad- ded but was "just beyond imagination.". However, other coun- this-ear with, $900,000 or, so being - spent on wages and benefits. The board will'spend $457,000 for supplies and services to operate the buildings. Transportation -will cost the board $1.4 million. Paying the principal and interest on the. boards' debts will'con- sume an additional $996,000 of the tax- payers' money. the $3.23 million needed to get the project off the ground would be allocat- ed tbisyear. However, director of education Earl Lagroix, said that Ministry of cillors disagreed, with, Kolodzie when he said that during a reécession it was not necessary- to spend that kidof, money. "014 people need care duringý a recession as. weil as in good times,"I Councillor Chris.Mason (Oshawa), >, vice- chairman of the social services committee commented. Renovating. the 32- year-old home has, been an issue before council since 1979 when there. was an outbreak of sal- monella poisoning. The ou tbreak contnibuted, to the deaths of two elderly residents. Social services offi- ciais have said that as many as 40,residents of the home are currently forced to share a-single washroom facility. The, thrust of the renovations Educaiton officia] hlm there woulc one-year wait fc money. When' the onigir naouncement, inade, board. cha ýwil be te providk washroom .fgciiti wel 'as improve and safety stan( The work wW ll a the construction' new wlng. Another OE councllor att Kolodzie for bis views.' "These people need respect ,and -dignity," Margaret Shaw 'said. "I don't cail it, dignity when 30 or more people are waiting- to get, into a washroom." "I'm sure my ýcoil- eague from Oshawa has more than one wash- room in his house."' >HoWevér, the only councillors who sided with Kolodzie were OshaWa's Doug Wilson and Newcastle's Ann Cowman. The projected is ex- pected to begin in June and will be finished a year later. ANNOUNCEMENTSý RECEPTION CARDS INVITATIONS THANK YOU CARDSý '~il.' ils told James Brady predicted J bea that the' new Denis .or- the O'Connor would be .1 ready for business for rial an- the beginnlng of the was 1983-84 academnie year. airman However, officiaIs' now believe the sehool wil flot, be open until January, 1984. Whltbyý Trustee Chuck Roche said that while he was disappointed at the announcement, it di d a l fot represent a major setback in the board's lu plans. One thing that could be affected by the news Bmore is the purchase of the des 'as property that the sehool cd fire will sit on. If the board idards. purchases the land. Iso see before.April,. 1983 it will "of 'a> have -to, do so' without provincial assistance. Oshawa 1 While -the site had hot tacked been selected it is' ex- pected. to be large enough to accommodate 460 grade 9, and 10 stu- dents wlth an eèqual numüber of grade il, 12 and 13 students. iThis is twice the size of DO'C's current, student popu- lation. A'study completed last year predicted that the separate' school system would have bet-. ween 3,500 and 4,000 students enrolled i its system with an average of between 400 and 500 pupils ni each grade. These studentswill al come from the Whltby, Ajax and Pickering aras. The board hopes to in- clude many facilities in the new facility that the present Giffard Street achool does, not have in- cluding a double gymna- sinni, two spécial educa- tion roonis, music roonis, laboratories and an art room.:, 1Accordlng, to the board's business super- intendent, the $3.23 million will only ýcover the acquisition of the site, the construction-of the building a nd the pur- chase of some furniture. Opeating funds would have .te, be pald by the taxpayers.- Denis 0'Connor's pri- vate board will also help fund the school's opera- tions, ,especlally < for progranis"for grades il, 12 and.13 for whlch it iW The construction ofa new Denis OQ'Connor has been the number one prlority of the separate board for some time now.,. Here's w'hatyou get! 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