Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 15, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 local Nii Macii 2001 trustees face Rural Urban showdown by Nick Martin Manitoba school trustees face a showdown tomorrow Over Rural control of their the annual three Day convention of the Manitoba association of school trustees could be dominated by a Long awaited report on the restructuring of Mast a report that could see City divisions abandon the convention opens this but debate begins tomorrow on the proposal to reduce masts executive to give Urban boards More Power in key and to give school boards weighted votes based on their student Mast now operates on one one More than half the provinces students Are in City which comprise less than 20 per cent of the 440 Manitoba at stake is who Speaks to government for local and who decides which issues will be top Winnipeg one has been threatening to pull out of Mast taking its member ship fee clout with it and to try to con Vince other Urban school boards to join the theres some if it Doest move that is a Winnipeg one Board chairwoman Liz Ambrose said the divisions finance Mario was far blunter they Only understand one message its called he recently told the Winnipeg one Premier Gary doer will address the trustees when Hes expected to announce a new program to promote safety in education minister Drew Caldwell meets behind closed doors saturday morning with chairmen of the 53 schools Mike Aporius Winnipeg free press with aide Connie clockwise from Darrin Matt Orvis and Rygiel contributed to cd player takes a Licking but plays anti racism role by Nick Martin White go played by Grade 5 student Diana stands Avail by Nick Martin maybe Patrick Hudson will Tell prime minis Ter Jean Chretien the Story about watching his cd player hit the ice 19 times before they got the right and it still worked Chretien is to meet the 10 school winners of a Federal anti racism video Competition and Hudson will be among them next week in he and a handful of other special needs Stu dents at Shaughnessy Park school won for their anti racism Shaugh Nessy Park was similarly honoured last this one is Way laughed Kane con who starred in the video along with Hud the video was shot under frigid conditions near the a White played by Grade 5 student Diana stands apprehensively awaiting a Green clutching her portable cd player and watching two older aboriginal boys get Ting ready to Cross toward adult voice overs run through her stereotyping All natives As Halfway she drops her cd player and one of the native boys picks it up then hands it Back to her with a Friendly it took 19 takes just to drop it on the it was said who was relieved the cd player still worked after its he got a set of new batteries and a trip to chuckled classmate to teacher Mitchell Rygiel said the students Are in grades 6 to 8 with behavioural prob lems who learn better outside the video will be shown on much music next and later on school taxes going up across City boards use reserves to soften blow by Nick Martin the wave of hefty school tax increases continues to sweep Over homeowners in Transcona Springfield school division Are getting walloped with a five per cent jump in school while face per cent higher taxes this trustees in James Assiniboia school division dipped heavily into dwindling Reserve funds to hold their tax increase to per cent and maintain the Divi Sions reputation for the cites lowest school mean taxes in Seine River school which includes Winnipeg nor Bert Are going up per Transcona Springfield trustees concluded that they had no room to Cut staff or programs this Board chairwoman Mary Andree said the owner of an average Transcona Home valued at will pay More in and the owner of an average Home in the pm of Spring Field will see taxes climb the division is awaiting an arbitrators decision on a Lon outstanding teachers contract covering a period that expired last june Andree said the Board budgeted for a two per cent wage but didst provide for retroactive maternity leave recently awarded in similar Circum stances to teachers in fort Garry and Boniface Board chair woman Anita Chapman blamed skyrocketing Centra Gas Bills for soaring which will see the owner of an average Home pay half a million Bucks is not an easy Chapman the owner of an Home in Jame Assiniboia will pay More in school taxes this director of education George Buchholz said the Normal Centra Gas increase of about became a accounting for most of the taken from leaving about million in the Divi Sions Seine River used from its Reserve funds to hold the tax increase on a Home to the skincare by Shisei created with your total Well being in mind Only at Batons for a limited time receive the skincare Bonus care set with any Shishido Purchase of or one per offer ends March or while quantities Bonus not available in conjunction with other Iff let me introduce am very i have a feeling that once you get to know am Douce i he Skint toll the skincar1 an intensive source of 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