Castleton WI Scrapbook, 2008, Volume 1, p. 16

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Wm . Colborne curlers are In the house C oo S to unlte -__ a q m-s-r'" um; aria: 's, "m, P, _ . i "'r/rrrcj: V r, '4 a . ft b ' _ ' , f. - CF _ " ' . . IiiiarFe " ", . fa' " "ir - ut W ere © 'gttrd '.A+ C 4 'a, b M CH’W .- . I l l e { .-‘ _ A q _ r of of the public struggled through , ' , l I ' Bti' F,," . ELS‘EXOIWENI y the ramifications of .%SN 7 'tl, M' ' l ‘ - ' " . orne .corn . a _ , "' l ' p iimalgamation and new school "1*! Z! M, . .' - I M " iM . The Castleton and South ocation. . . Kil .E: I . . " " , [are r Cramahe Public School Pupil In the end the Chlir, Associate t 7 ' = . atl GI - .7 . Ely _ . Accommodation Review Director of Education, Sherry I - . . » - I m. P x. 1: Committee decided on March 3 Summersldes, acknowledged ‘ t " r , that the Castleton and South what members of the committee , , I t" I IlEil r - Cramahe schools should knew - there was to. be no t i i T w " . "is"? ', a _ amalgamate. _ consensus on the location ofa ; , g ' . w.' Frt, '- l In a meeting that lasted close gigers‘fshOOI to house the 286 t . ' ’7 r 'd C to four hours the 17 committee . PHOTO BY Bos OWEN members and about 50 members See Schools, page 3 Curlers who rock: the Colborne Junior curlers were among the best at - " : er _ the zone championships in Belleville. Not in order, are - Jamie ' e g _, , " 1 "" K _ y,-' e' ( Hazelwood, Courtney Sovie, Jess Carr, Jordan Jones, Eric Lansley, . , h' , y, , _ t " {I " .. , Graham Kerr, Trevor Wilson and Ryan Barrett. . , 7 'Elel!?iSil2itT, ri:rid Iiefa . _ The Colborne Curling Club's T was tlhe “1.1:;stde bynEric "e * . tal - t 'iiii, , iunior ro ram is working. If Lans ey W1 earn 1:09 ers 'ide, u, ' F, t . p, *- , Jthere’s guy lgioubt, the results are Graham Kerr, Trevor Wilson, and - _ ' ' F, ' . . == , there to prove it. Ryan Barrett. Right behind them .: " e . . t s x a "i - March 1, the Colborne juniors, in the 12-team event was the rink P, - Ear": d, V", ‘ tt . six ofthem in their first-year, led by Jamie Hazelwood wi.th it " - c. ' " - a placed third and fourth in the team members Courtney Sov1e, . - = / “115 Tdia' - -r "" V Zone Championships in Jess Carr and Jordan Jones. Both Cl d it b fill d th Wag/BS” OW; Belleville. teams won two games out of ose to 50 arents an communl y mem er I e e p om . me three. I Castleton PubFiic School to hear about the future of their schools. Leading the way for Colbo Continued from page I greater or lesser degree. The site must be affordable, I , _ able to be built on in the fall of this year, have level V _ While there was sign of any apparent solution, the topography and access to utilities. It must also be in i I ({ommittee members agreed to have one more go at Cramahe Township. the problem at their final meeting scheduled to be Committee members and the audience suggested l ' held at South Cramahe on April 10 at 6:30 pm. other requirements. Mrs. Rath felt it should be on a I 1 After hours of discussion using the format county road to get better snow removal. Danielle prescribed by the province the committee followed Moffatt suggested there be trees on the site. Bus entry _ I the suggestion of Ms. Summersides and accepted that and parking are important. l the South Cramahe site has too many complicating When possible long distance problems were factors to be considered one of the two options. brought up Mayor Marc Coombs informed the group ' i That left the committee with the nine-acre that Cramahe is the only known municipality in Castleton Public School site or a possible “Greenfield North America with three area codes. . ‘ site somewhere between the two schools. Other concerns were aired before the committee l _ Using a map of the township the chair pointed out got down to the business of comparing the three ‘ the land which falls within the restrictions set by the options. committee, and is acceptable for a school. The land When asked by township resident Ed Van Egmond forms a band along County Road 25 north of County about the start time, Ms. Summersides responded, "If Road 21. Rural land south of County 21 was the committee chooses the site where the school will i considered unsuitable as there will soon be gravel go, I can get an architect and start the designs trucks using it to carry aggregate from the new tomorrow". Shelter Valley pit. Staff from the board has checked Ifthe committee had chosen a greenfield site at its with local realtors and found no land meeting the March 3 meeting and ”the board agreed to the board's needs for sale in the prescribed areas. selection June 9, it would have had to come up with l Leaving the availability aside, Ms. Summersides the money to buy the land. The provincial grant (aid out the process for choosing and using a new money is only for construction. piece of property. That turned out to be moot. . Only land currently zoned Rural qualifies. Its use In the committee discussion of the options must be changed in the township's Official Plan, It members agreed a green field site would meet most of i would have to be severed, and rezoned. Water must the requirements. The biggest complicating factors be tested, a septic review done and soil tests were timing.and the additional land cost. Other _ r (ompleted- all by the end of the year. factors perceived to be negative by some were the ' L r The director assured the audience all that could be lack of a surrounding community and loss of students ' done if everyone cooperated and expedited the who walk to school. ' process. An appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board at Layout difficulties were significant at the South t the planning or rezoning stages would ruin any Cramahe site. They could be accommodated but only y chance of getting the land ready for a school in the with some 1ifrift.pty. The students could not be kept , arbitrary time frame given by the director. . at the school while a new one was being built. It was I 1she stated several times at the March 3 meeting alsonot on a county road. l that work must begin this fall in order to satisfy Castleton and South Cramahe shared the problem provincial requirements for the $6 million in grants of not being central. _ tabuild the school by 2009. Busing would be cheapest at a greenfield site. l "Parents and students from South Cramahe were Costs to bus kids to a central location would add very vocal at the meeting. $30,000 to the budget. Busing everyone to the north or ; As the committee considered whether the two south would add $120,000. schools should amalgamate, Grade six students Mayor Coombs was asked for his preference by Barooke Tozak and Danielle Cotter pleaded for trustee Verna Shackleton. . cgmpromise and a school which will best meet the Reminding everyone that it was his personal V needs ofthe children. opinion, Mr:. Coombs quickly dismissed the The secretary of the South Cramahe Parents Greenfield option as promismg little benefit to the Advisory Council, Kelly Morreau stated that South township. Sympathizing with those whose bus rides l ‘amahe is fine the way it is. She offered a solution would be longer, he stated he preferred to have the "iii' Castleton Public School. Take the students from kids in a place where some can walk to. school. The ":2sl tile underutilized, prohibitive-to-repair school and loss of a school in Castleton would be Significant. It K: _ ove them to Grafton, Warkworth and to Spring needs to be there. --, J 'shod'//,1,' the Municipality of Brighton. T k _

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