The Creemore
Echo
Friday, June 17, 2011 Vol. 11 No. 24
Inside the ECHO
Credit Where Credit’s Due
Off to Equador
The SCI Inside Ride revisited.
News and views in and around Creemore
Youths put words to action.
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COUNCIL MAKES LAST MINUTE PITCH FOR DUNTROON SCHOOL by Brad Holden With the Simcoe County District School Board meeting to deal with the future of Duntroon Central Public School happening Thursday night (unfortunately after the Echo’s press time), Clearview Council voted unanimously Monday night to signal its support of the recommendations submitted to the School Board by the Accomodation Review Committee. The resolution, moved by Councillor and ARC member Thom Paterson and seconded by Deputy Mayor Alicia Savage, noted that while School Board staff recommended in their latest report to adopt three of the ARC’s recommendations – to investigate whether an Extended French program should be offered in Clearview; that an Area Attendence Review should be conducted; and that facility partnerships should be pursued – it still called for Duntroon to be closed in June 2012. The Board has also recently announced staffing cuts at the school, despite the
fact that Trustees have yet to decide on the school’s fate. It also pointed out that the Board staff report that recommends closure is out of touch with the current growth outlook for Clearview, as well as the fact that changes to education policies affecting small and rural schools may follow a switch in provincial government this fall. “We the elected members of Clearview Council have listened to and are in complete agreement with our students, parents and residents who have spoken out in overwhelming numbers in support of our community schools and in particular the need to keep Duntroon CPS open,” stated the motion, before resolving that the Board should adopt the recommendations of the ARC. And failing a decision to keep Duntroon open for the foreseeable future, it should at least provide a “fair and necessary period of time” for the three adopted recommendations to (See “Council” on page 3)
photo Lilly Martin
A MUSICAL NIGHT The Creemore area was blessed with some great music last Saturday night, whether it be the cowpunk sounds of Elliott Brood at the New Farm (above) or the tropical tunes of Jimmy Buffett cover band Northern Harbour at the Creemore Legion (right, with Nitetis Lodge members Steve Martin, Jason Russell, Henry Cort and Jerry Sampson showing off their flip flops and Hawaiian shirts behind the bar.) The New Farm event was raising money for the Stop Community Food Centre in Toronto, an organization that strives to increase access to healthy food in a manner that maintains dignity, builds community and challenges inequality. The Nitetis Lodge event was raising money for the Canadian Paraplegic Association Ontario.
photo Corey Finkelstein
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