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Whhby Fme Pmss, Wed«y, March 6,1996, Pge '95 sehool vandalism costs board $244OOO I5y Mark Re«or Mu Durham public school board spent more ta= *244,000 laat year tO oplace or repair property that was damaged or stolen. That's up from *211,000 ln 1994, $160,000 ln 1993 and' *155,000 in 1992, accordingto a report b~y business superintendent Brian Cala. Damnage and lose costa also Increased at ail but three of Whltby's 16 publice lementary scIholusud -at two of Its three public hlgh uchools. The largest Increase- was at By Mlark Reesor Durham public achool board trustee s ent *14,600 on conventions and conférences in Amouata ranged from a high of $2,037 for Oshawa trustee Audrey Macoean to zero for Oshawa truÉtees Kathleen Hopper and Mike Nicholson. Scugog trustee Bobbie Drew apent $1,902. the second highest, Henry Street High School, where Costa rose from C,,425ln 1994 to *11,785 Imat year. Other school. with signlficantly lncreasd costa lncluded Sinclair SfflndarySchool (Up *3,790 to $4,190) liehMeFarlane Public School (Up *2,915 to $49040)q Meadowcrest Public School (Up *1,680 to $1,905) and Palmerston Avenue Public School (up $1,300 to *2,010). Cain says much of the damage happons durlng the sumnier when uchool la out, but stresses that flot ail of the coat la due to vandalism. ifollowed by Pickering trustee Ruth Ana Schedich (*1,782) and WbltbY trustees Patty Bowman (*1,574) and Doug Ross (*1,039). Other trustees spent les. than *1,000 eauh. The board also apent *3,709 on in-houae seminars. Euch trustee lsa alowed $5,250 to use for attendlng conventions and conferencea. 'Mlemajgoty oft" inanot of a vandalism nature... thia la any klnd of damnage that may hae ooceTet AloIncludediîn the figure la the cost of reiplacing equlpment, Student apprenticeship prograni, begif,,ns in Durhanî A youth lnternshlp apprentloeship program between Durham College, the federal government and area achool boards has been launched. The 'two-year program allows high sohool students to continue their education, and QACs, while starting an apprentioeship program in sIlled trades. Forty students from Durham Region high sehools, including H-enry Street Hligh School in Whitby, have begun to apprentice as motor vehicle mechanies, general maâchinists, tool, and die makers or industrial millwright mechanies. They receive in-sehool apprentioeship training at Durham Colege during the school year and will be placed In paid work placements during the summner. 'This model of apprenticeship le the firat -of Its klnd ln Canada," saya program coordinator Alex MacDonald. Henry Street High School students are among those from il high sehools ln Durham enterlng the prograni. moatly computers, atolen ln break-ina. The board doea have lnsuranoe but the deductible - *75,000 - la »D hlh It ca not coilect "unies w. had a major incident," he maya, adding. the ceut of premlums t. lower the deductIble "ls not worth it" Cain femr the problem wlll only get worse as computeramr added to portables, since "breaklag through lato a portable and removing one or two computers la a very simple task." WhIle *250,000 may seem like a lot of money, Cain maya the amountlsn't so bad when you talk to other achool boards, especially considering the Dýurham boar's size. "We've been surpld... when we find out the coste they>re iA H PacurigS. a, POL cilit Céà- FIUPLACU TR FnRq BRASS &PA ' UO-HOUSE-- - M WENTWORTH- ST. E. #305. 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