Glebe Report 2000 10 06 V29
-7\ \ -N TT-j- \ .\ \ 1 A \\I , \ t \.; , \\ \- 11 \.) , \ ' Til - I l i 1, ( I1. I 7' l .,._.. _ 1 4 Iv ' Noi,\ I I : 41.,,, ...1 _._______I 1 I ; ' - - 1 I.-- 7 k ! i _I ..,....4 }...; 1. .1[1111,111i)il / ,--- -1 tr .tr -`-..; - ' , , I , 1 (-)1' .4 P---,- _,-_ 1ft , , 1); .; I.-",-G-002..:0- , --R-.---P1----- --,TT-lb-977ln -i /V P --.1*...,. / i;'- ' /.. T41/ .` 4144'1 Ai,1 !lb' tf% ". r , ,.( , ., 0,, ,.. ------,..-..,- ' 1 - Ii I ;. 7Z.:-' '.?, !Ifillir(11(((11111-- . (.' .. \\ ,,..:?; '-:-<7-"'": 11</!'"," ' I \ ,,,., 1.-77 p -, 'A-, (. - f . , Y.,' q.f2;7,, repor - _ Serving the Glebe community since 1973 FREE Rally for Mutchmor Hundreds of protesters rode double-decker buses to the Ot- tawa-Carleton District School Board office on Sept. 26 to protest the board's decision to close nine schools.' Glebe residentsfrom tots in strollers to grandparentswaved Save Our Schools signs and cheered speakers from the central part of Ottawa. A group of school children formed a colourful dragon that caught the eyes of TV reporters. Delegations from the nine schools, as well as from the Glebe Community Association, empha- sized: "Nine is too many and Oc- tober is too early." "Is the mandate to cut surplus space, or to close aging schools?" Photo: Roger Lalonde asked the Elmdale delegate. Margaret Atwood receives key from acting mayor Allan Higdon The Mutchmor delegation said that closing Mutchmor would lead Honouring 'a remarkable individual' to program erosion. They criti- Margaret Atwood received the cized the facility report on reno- Photos: S. fermyn has been called "the Wayne Key to the City from acting mayor vation costs as "flawed," and Trustees debate the proposal Gretzky of literature." He said Allan Higdon at the Glebe Com- be urged the trustees and board staff to close nine schools inside the the expression should munity Centre on September 20.
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