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and keep there. .ince the asphalt heing used would 'rise interest atter the Coun.• Heather Rohinet
:They would like -.council by about 15 people'and "we investment was made. said. il'• skateboarding is
to consider expanding the &m'( want them on the street. .Hs:. alit-) poi nred•out tae cyclical. They should maybe
paved area.-. said McLachlan. what do we do?"' • • current pad •is not •there for wait until next year to :��
adding -the community Since the asphalt pad is official skateboard use whether or not : inierest,
centres hoard has said there heing used hy.-about 1'S "ft's there for arena tlse continues to grow in the
is no money in their budget skateboarders. Reeve Lin; They can't claim it Cor their activity. If theres , more
for the expansion. Steffler asked. -We don't property. r(t's there for their growth. she said they could
He said the hoard, also want them on the • :trees.. f katehoarder'sI use if: they see about including it in next
didn't think they should look What do we do'" . want it.-- he :aid. year's budget or it -there is- a
after it because the original . 'The issue is. wheels going -'i think at the present time. service club. like • the
asphalt pad was placed -there to cover the Insurance and it's very•popular. f can come Optimists. who might he•
hy the town :and that town equipment' regulations," -aid into work here and there's interested in taking it on .is:a
users predominantly use it.. Coun. Michael Halt • rive or six in front of the protect.
The community centres is •He was. concerned the town building" said McLachlan. "i dont like the idea of•a
go'crned hy a hoard made up would he held liable .if a En regards to liahility, blanket 'no,' on this. They've
of memhers from several. skateboarder was .injured in McLachlan said it's like the 'been very reasonable in their
municipalities who share the an unregulated. unsupervised. community • baseball request•and E'd like to he
operating costs of the facility, skate park with homemade diamonds. reasonable in our response.
It would cost ,about.31;(100• ramps. -. People use them on their said Steftler. .
ti► double the pad's size • Road superintendent Johnown hut. if someone eels hurt. McLachlan said he wiiuld
The request comes just a " Forrest. said several year: iso• the town .will I t kely _ face explain. to them that there is
few week: atter-- police ahou06OO was spent nn :nine liability. he.said. 00 money in the hudget lir it
'cracked : down on; ramps and equipment ter kids —You.can't supervise a day this. year hut to sive him a
,skatchoarderc on Main Street -to use at the arena and..after in andday out," he said., written request thief all to
when a town bench was it was used a couple times. -it . .E'd rather see them hack have it considered for next
badly damaged hy. hoarders was ignored: - . there than. on Main Street year's budget:
using•it.for maneuvers. He :.aid the same thing testroytng park henches."
Reeve Lin Steffler.asked would happen. that kids said Sterner. • .
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
It's not in the budget tur
.ihts year but next year.
council is willing to
reconsider expanding•an arca
of asphalt used by
skateboarders at Seaforth and
District Community Centres.
Administrator Jack
Mc1..achlan had received .a
request from a group Of. five
area . skateboarders this
month and asked counut if it
would consider expanding
,the arca. .
Asphalt had been poured,
Cin an arca. beside the arena
facilities and while it .is
officially designated for. use
by the community centre. it
has also become an unofficial
home for skateboarders.
But McLachlan, said the
number of users ha,
increased and there isn't
•: enough room for everyone
and the ramps they have huilt
Trustees angry
public not trying
• at h k perception
By Susan Hundertmark
E. positcr Staff
Figur delegations of _
Stratford . _parents whose
children attend the.ciosing
Falstaff Public School asked
. the Avon Maitland. District
School Beard at iast.week's
meeting to consider retaining
ownership of the school for a
year in case increasing
enrolment overcro.wdi the
• reniaintng city school,
B•ut: trustees :n•.rltked to
budget discussions later :n the
esening were angry.. that none
of the delegates had remained
to learn about the :financial
limitation: created by the
provincialfunding formula.
h frustrates • me personally:-
. about the Lamenting of other
dec i. it<ins , µwe, has e made that.
the people singing that song
have left:'' said trustee
Mtaegie Laprade.
Citing last year's Education
,(mprosement Commission's
recommendation to the Avon.
Maitland board to improe.
em
omunicatton with the
public, and -the "rampant.
misunderstanding" of the"
board', budget. Laprade.
asked. what the board can. do
"short rt putting ads in all the
local papers.'; • .
Lt's
steins- important the
. people .understand • that.
enveloping ipros.inctalrules
that tie certain amounts' of
funding; to certain" areas of
education) ties our hands.-
find, we're still overspending
On -Special education because.
`those kids really need it,'' said
Laprade.
Trustee .Atte Tuyten agreed.
.ging. "Quite frankly I'm
mad as hell and t dont know.
how •much more t.can take.
People get up on their
sgapboxes but won't even
stay and listen or they talk -
rudely during • our
presentations."-
'iThe situation is don't
bother me with the facts, Fd
rather . eep my
that the board is mean. I dont
know why anyone runs for •
trustee anymore except that
they care about kids." she
added.
Trustee Abby Armstrong
suggested sending One .page
of financial informationoutto'
School councils to increase
their understanding of the
tinarcial challenges the hoard •
faces.
"j -feel frustrated myself
and it's a very.complicateii.•'
thins People just don't `.
understand; she said. adding
that she must ask a "kajillion
question, when gong over
the.financial-binders with
adminstratiye staff.
Board chair Wendy
Anderson. in an end -.of -
school -year speech. she
presented earlier in the.
Meeting, also lamented the.
negative attention the board
has received during the past
.ear over the school' closure
'issue. -
••We have been called a
varlets of names by diverse
groups Of people who say we
'don't lisren-becaule=they
hasen't gotten the answers
they wanted,'. she.seid. ,:
She. responded to members
"Of the public, who urged the
board to -'.ay :-no to the ".'-
province over school Closures
y.ith Bill 74, recent legislation"
which disciplines board staff
and tines -trustees for acting
against provincial rules.
".Clearly the government.
has heard you because now
there's Bill 74 and many
trustees :are wondering who
they are supposed `to be
:representing - the goverttnient
or their consitituents. What is..
the point of continuing'
Anderson. -also said she
hoped that those running for.
•
trustee in the upcoming tall
election will be interested in
schools as places of .leataning._
not just as buildings." •
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