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2—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, March 15, 2000
Group
hopes
to raise
$50,009
From Page
At the a meeting. Doig
pledged $1.000 from her own
company and another $1.000
from the Seaforth Golf and
Country Cfub in her appeal to
.the- community for more
financial support and help.
in addition to funding, she
_ said they are looking for
ideas for. -fund raising and
.help carrying them out.
Before the May 19 court
date. she is planning a fund
raising golf tournament, and
- said the annual Spring
- Scramble will be donating
money to- the Success
Foundation as well: -
'The reality is, we're going
• to need money to carry on."
said Doig.
"We need everyone to pull
together on this," said Mayor
Dave .Scott.
"We're definiteJy winning
this thing and the entire
province is watching this
very carefully." he• said,
adding there have been about
100 schools named for
closure across Ontario and
some' -of those communities,
considering legal fights of
their own. have- been writing
letters to Seaforth.
If the judicial review
decide in the community s
favour. the board may have to
pay -the legal costs. 1
in that case. any money left
will he reinvested in the
school.
Smith suggested a fitness.
complex. proposed for the
- school last year but on hold
'.because.of, the closure issue,
could be.a place t0 put any
left over money to use.'
He 'said they hope to raise
between S40.000 and
S50.000 more. •
News
Hunderlmark photo
Work has started on a 17,000 square -foot expansion of the Seaforth Creamery
Expansion to be complete in, April
From Page 1
He .says the warehouse
was not built in Seaforth
because the Creamery has
expanded as much as it can
on the land it owns in
Seaforth and .has "run out of
real estate."
"We,'re maxed out of this
- site (in Seaforth). agrees
Murphy.
Construction of the
Cambridge warehouse -is
expected to begin"this year
with completion expected in
early 2001.
While ,Murphy says he's.
not sure hdu_ • mangy jobs the
Catnh'ridge warehouse will
create. he guesses ,u about
50.. •r _n
The Seaforth expansion is
expected to he conlplctrd
somctin?c in April. ,
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- Parents removing students from public board
asked to send copies of letters to town group
By Scott Hilgendorff / . being able to get the courses' that the students are leaving student..
Expositor Editor - they want or nced.next year. the hoard. The hoard could If enough - studcots arc!
At the community meeting, be faced with a list of . prepared to'lease the public
parents .were looking -for students not coming hack school system. Altai said the
direction on, what to do with that would he -too high to
board could face. losing more
their students. keep the school open even if • money than it,,,„,1d ,a'•c h\
Several, including someof it is saved.. closing the school.
those leading thc fight, haat She has been hearing lots B% basing definite figure.
already .given notice to the of rumour about public on the number of people who
• school board they swill be ` students being put into St: - ' intend to dei this, Agar said it
homeschooling or sending James School in Seaforth at could help during the judicial
their students to Si. Anne s if the elementary level and St. rc%)es+. in \tai �Er it �tiufd
the local' high school is Anne's'for high school: in open the ito,rrs' Ior ;,
closed. Clinton. :
While -organizers arc But she said she needs to and the c .,, ;nIcnIthr C --
and the r,�niurunil� bel. _
h h d h the court case.. we might •ts .sell .L.
Anyone planning to
remove their Students from
Avon Maitland District
School 'Board schools is
being asked to forward letters
they are sending to the
school board to the Seaforth
District`High School Student
Success Foundation. •
"That would be one of the
best things." said -Maureen
Agar. one of'the.community.
members leading a fight to
• keep the school open. .
Parents and students
expressed concerns last seek
at a community. meeting
about how to handle course
selections they were being
- asked:to make last week for
receiving -high schools in
• Clinton and Mitchell. where
most of the students would
he sett if Seaforth District
High School .close` as.
planned June 31.
'Agar and-otherparentsmet
with students the following
morning before the start of
classes to talk to them about
the situation before, they were
asked to meet with, guidance
counsellors later'Ihat day.
frorn the other high schools.
She said they told students
to .fill out their course
selectionstas if they. will be
going to those other schools.
Thc confusion comes from
• a pending judicial review that
could ' stall .thc board's
decision to close the school
'and -give the community time
to present other options.
While the board has
decided to close the school it
could be forced by the courts
to revisit that decision at a
later date.
Agar said the students have
• already filled out course
selections for Seaforth
District High School for next
year and those selections. can
he used if the school is
saved.
She said by filling out the
course selections for other
schools. the students and
parents aren't being bound
into having to attend those
schools in September.
Parents were concerned
pressure Was being put on the
students to fill out those
• course selections or face not
hesitant to tell parents what know for certain how many
they s oul do. . at the students would leave t e
meeting Agar said if parents public system if the high
together and make a strong
are -notifying the board their school is to close. Copies of education'ACM In
children will be leaving the letters sent to the board about Seaforth." said :\ n
system next year. they should removing students from the
be sure to state. that the system can he sent to Bits
decision is only if Seaforth 997 in Seaforth.
District High School closes. • If students leave the public
They were worried 'parents school system. the hoard
might word the notice to read loses funding for those
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