Paper sludge may go on farmers'9 fields pae 2 vrmn Catholic school 1 Truck fines' increase 1 Ande*rson runner taxes wH increase page3 not enoughi: Woronas breaks LOSSA pa«ge 5 1record Councill-ors blast separat'e school trustees over '96 budget No flor t.of area' students of McFarla-ne By Mark Reesor Some Leslie McFarlane Public School students not attendin C.E. Broughton next year wil have te flnd their own way ta fechool - or trek througha hazardous construction site. Although the board is allowing parents te keep thefr cbildren i their promeut achool for one more Provision made for hotel at yoar, itra treating them ai out- of-area - they are now i the Brougbten boundary -and will not rov busig. Uat taa problem for childreu who live north of the Garden Street railway crosig. Gardon is closed at the tracks bocauso of a grade separation proect, prevonting them from walking south te the school au, they're used te. If parents don't drive them, they will either have te walk north te Manning Road, over te Brock or Andorson, 'South te Dundas and acrosa te Garden - or chance snoaking tbrough a bu yconstruction site. "Il of Our students within the Durham board, if tbey chaos. aa sehool that is flot t heir home achool, transportation lsa aparen- tal responsility" sayu Whitby schools superintendent [aura Elliott. "We'ro troa the Um the same wayasewewoud treat ail stu- dents witbin tho board.' Tii. safety risk "might give a strongor arnument as te Vhy they should-b. attonding ther homùe school,' notes Eliott. As of Mondlay aftornoon, Elliott nid abouit 35 parents have -flled -applications 'te 'afLcw thoir cbildreo a min te wasy.soedyz 1usda ) at 4 p.m. Although the achool was built for 450 students, administrative officer Lewis Williams teld about 16 parents attending an informa- tion meeting Friday eveuing that Broughten would open for as few ai 130 atudents -- although «we're -confident that, there will be more than that.» Broughten's modiied achool year calendar'.wbich- is to begin SER PAGE 3o By Mke Kowahi Durham separate achool trus. tees have been upbraided by twc Whitby councillors for the man. ner mi which they struck thE board'. 1996 budget. Councillors Joe Drunm mad Dennis Fox tore a strip off the board Monday for its handling ai the ]budget.ý Both accused Catholic trustees of lettipg their, public -scho counterprtà u take the'héetfor increafmig taxes by $30, in Whitby and then meekly follow- ing the public board's lead. Lat week, the board adopted a *147.8-million budget that calle for an average tax hike acros Durham of 2.74 per cent (see separate story). Three weeks ear- lier, the Durham Board of Edu- cation approved a similiar 2.74 per cent mncrease. Although, the separate board traditionalyfals into lin. with whateverthZe publie~ board does this year's budget process had Drumim and Fox seethig over the board'a behaviour. Drumm i particular took umbrafei with Whitby trustee Mary A-nn Martin for remarks she made at last week's meeting. Reading from a local newspa- Per story, Drunm blasted Martin for statîng that she wai «appal- led" and «emfbarrassed» by an Oshawa truste. who claimed that trustees were indeed follow- ing the public board'à lead.ai thes yea s,»sd Drumm. i concurring with Oshawa trustee Beth Austin' commente. 1'Me public board took all the flalc and ai far as rmn coiacern.d they rode on the coat-tails of the p ublic board and are now aking * or a 2.2 pr cent (in Whitby)l increaie...I'm absoilutely ticked *off.». In bis 20 yeara on council, Drumm said b. had neyer pubr 1licly questioned another munici- ipal body's budget until now., r,«W. work.d our heads off to keep our budg et to zero,» ho nid. i «The y'retting 56 -per cent of, eveM Olar and now- they're as kifor 2.2 percent more?" A separate school supporter himéelf; Drumm nid hé "snr- ously». cons!idered not.pyigthe increase and berated Marti for ber defence of the budget. Martin, la quoted .ai stating that the board "did notý draw blood" and that the budget was the result of "aod planning. "You're takmng my'blodMe. Martin,. nid»Drumm. "cWheZn it -comes- to voting for the achool board (neit year), 111 rememberthis." Fox agreed with Drumm tbat the public schol boar hm %tken it on the chin» for this year'a increase while' the separate. board emerged un- scathed. "The approach that the aezarate board chose waa to silently ait i the corner waiting for the Town te finish its butet process, the public board te fin- ish'ita budget.proceas and thenf do the same »séid Fox. «But rd hl. separate achool board supporters C ' ask them how they justiSr it,» h. sud. «rPm conÎcerned that one of our partniers i overnment isnflot allowing theïr people te bave iput. The shoi>d be held awcuntle. pagel8