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T jiK^ « *~*!CZIiiHBB News Schools plead: More money needed for the long haul By Olga Kirgidis textbook problem she had to wail for two years to gel the leaking roof Local schools hurt by education in her classroom fixed. cuts are optimistic about the new She said these kinds of prob- Liberal government, but they aren't lems frustrate teachers because looking lor a quick fix. they don'l have the supplies they "I'll go the Jerry McGuire route. need to leach and have lo figure out Show me the money. Show me the other ways to leach the required goods." said Don Cameron, princi- material. pal at West Hiunber Collegiate. Kanit/ is hopelul about ilic "Deliver nie something. Don'l give Liberal's proposed changes to eilu- me money unless it is rationalized cation and sees it as a good oppor- through the system." tunity lor conununicalion neiween Trick pool player Gerry "The Ghost" Watson demonstrates a trick shot at a pool tourna- Although the Tories did not lake the province and teachers in the ment at Caps. Watson has been displaying his pool playing abilities at Caps since the dollars away from classroom classroom. mid-80's. Watson has done 25,000 shows at various campuses over the past 20 years. spending, Cameron said their cuts "I'm not expecting very much in other areas of education have really. I'm just expecting that we cost schools money in the long run. could sit dow n at the table and dis- "In this particular school at one cuss, and respect each other mutu- Lack of Lakeshore bus time there were upwards of a do/en al ly." Kanit/ said. "Before there caretakers. Now there are six," was no respecl. We were not in\ it- Cameron said. ^^^^^^^^^^ ^_^_^^^^ ed to the table to leaves students bitter "So yes, they talk about ain- did save money "Show me the thing. We just son on the caretak- money. Show of had to react \o er's line or on By Allison Moorhouse Bachelor of Applied Arts and James Presnail, a first-year pro- me the goods. legislation." the secretarial She added that Paralegal Studies student, takes the fessional golf management student, Deliver me line that has teachers' union Commiilini! lo Lakcslniro for class TTC lo gel to her classes. doesn't need to deal with the prob- the been cut back, something." will hold every day has hecn dilt'iculi lor stu- "It's rough," she said. "I have to lems of taking public transit to the gos- but on the other dents who live at the North get up two hours before my class Lakeshore campus. i^—^^^^^^ iSSllSSSSSSSSSi ernment to their side of the coin, real- Campus rcsideiKC. starts." "I lucked out and gel a ride promises but rather than maintaining some of the izes that the will lime. With constructit)!! ol the Jackson said she would like a every day," Presnail said. However, changes lake equipment that was repairable they Lakeshore residence still ongoing non-stop shuttle bus from the North he understands the difficulties "They're very aware ol' the didn't have anyone lo do the and no plans for a shuttle bus, stu- campus lo Lakeshore campus, but other students go through lo get lo gravity of the changes and the repairs. So, it got thrown in the dents have had lo find their own thinks the Lakeshore residence will class. length of time it will take to bring garbage and they had to buy new things back, but I know they are transportation lo school. be beneficial lo new students once "It would be a lot easier for equipment." very happy and encouraged by the Kelly Jackson, a Ursl-year il's built. most people if there was a shuttle High .schools were also faced bus," he said. Liberals." Kaniiz said. with the costs of implementing a Allison Alexander, the manager Although he is optimistic about new curriculum as the OAC year ideas lor Humber comes up short of Humber residence, said there the Liberal government's was taken out and all courses were said isn't a shuttle bus available because education. Cameron some of revamped to meet the new stan- the changes made by the there hasn't been a demand for it. By Ben Rycroft bargaining agreement between dards. positive. "Last year, there was such a low Conservatives have been Humber and its full-time staff "."Mthough lliey didn't decrease to the Liberal percentage of people, we didn't do Cameron's advice The college's Board of Governors may also hit a snag, with the news classroom dollars, I had huge government would be not lo make it." Alexander said. "We would cer- was told this week that Humber the staff pension look "quite a increases because rather Ihan the tainly entertain the idea." the same mistake Tories did by may face revenue shortfalls due hit." replacing one or two classroom sets spending Alexander also said that even dissecting education to a po.ssible tuition freeze and Despite a 30 per cent rise in of books a year, I had to replace all without compensating in other though it has been researched in the investments "going south." the North American stock mar- the classroom books," Cameron past, she hasn't been approached areas. The Board learned that if the kets over October, the Board said. "I hope they lake a long slow by students this year w ith any com- newly-elected provincial Liberal reported investments on that History teacher June Kanit/ said muting problems. look at the schools. And if I were lo government implements its prom- behalf of the pension were still that some classrooins are still wait- it would don't "No one this year has actually give them advice be ised tuition freeze, the school will considerably down. ing for the textbooks they need. separate the classroom from the asked about it," she said, adding face what President Robert As a result of the shortfall in "You would assume every kid rest of the education." Cameron that even if there was a shuttle bus Gordon called a "fmancial short- revenue, the Board said staff may would have a textbook, but that is said. "You cannot impact the posi- it wouldn't necessarily correspond fall." have lo contribute a 1 .5 per cent not the case either," Kanit/ said. tive or the negative on pail of with a student's schedule and they any Humber currently has $102 increase. Humber is also obligat- "Apparently more textbooks ihe education enlerpri.se it the may be forced to lake the TTC any- be million invested in construction ed to match dollar for dollar the but 1 haven't heard way. will becoming, classroom, the curriculum, the projects, a good part of which 1.5 increa.se, and at the current exactly when they'll be gelling or the support servic- Alexander said Lakeshore resi- maintenance, comes from tuition. rate will be required to pledge $1 here, but maybe November." es without having an effect on slu- dence will have 418 beds and is Talks towards a collective million. Kanilz added that on top of the scheduled to open next May. dents." Humber^ Et Cetera October 23, 2003 Lack of drills alarms city fire inspector By Nick Vassallo ed for students. He also said fire drills differ Huniber's fire drills may not ring from alarms because they are |ire- alarm bells among students, bul it planned events, scheduled to make does spark concern witii the city's sure the emergency response team lire in.spectors. knows what to do. Humber hokls a drill once a "It also allows students and year, meeting the requirements of other staff to hear what it sounds the Ontario Fire Code, which stales like," he said. "I have no way of that it's mandatory to conduct communicating with nine or 10 annual fire drills for supervisory thousand students that we have a staff. fire drill," Jeynes said. "I'm con- Bul Toronto Fire Inspector cerned that the supervisory staff Napoleon Corlez said having a lire know what to do lo insure that stu- drill once a year isn't good enough. dents gel out. It's a training exer- "It's good to have it done more cise lor the emergency response than once a year," Corte/ said. team." 'Each semester you have different Jeynes said students need to fol- people, so it should be done in the low school fire procedures. first semester, second semester and "In every classrot)ni there's a even in the summer break." sign posted which tells students The school's only fire drill so what to do." he said. "Our greatest far this semester was staged at the problem when we have a fire alarm beginning of the month in Building is persons who don't leave the A. but many students said they did- building. When you hear a fire n't hear anything and no one was alarm you leave the building." evacuated. The drill coincided with Jo-Anne Crcchiolo, a city-wide Fire Prevention Week Occupational Health and Safety ciulier this month. specialist at Sheridan College says Third-year business administra- Sheridan also has only one lire drill tion student Rafaela Caret was sur- per year. Crcchiolo had no com- prised to hear that the law ret|uired ment on when the drill took place, one drill a year, but thinks that's all but says students were evacuated. we need.