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PROVIDING SOME SAX APPEAL TO THE CHOIR ARTS PAGE 17
COMMENT PAGE 6
STILL A LONG WAY FROM THE TRUTH IN SENATE SCANDAL
Board plans new Riverside PS in Elmira subdivision
CHANGE OF SEASONS
St. Clements men charged in Kitchener stabbing death
WRDSB also plans expansion at John Mahood PS to ease overcrowding as enrolment continues to grow
ELENA MAYSTRUK Two Wellesley Township men were arrested and charged this week for the murder of Anton Radisic, stabbed in Kitchener on October 20. Police found 38-year-old Radisic about 1 a.m. in a severely damaged black Mazda sedan that had overturned on the sidewalk in front of 235 King St. E., near downtown Kitchener. He had a puncture wound in his torso, succumbing to the injury after being transported to Grand River Hospital. A forensic autopsy was later carried out at Hamilton General Hospital, confirming the stab wound as the cause of death. Witnesses saw the man driving erratically before the car hit a curb and crashed. Stephen McNaney, 44, and his son Martin McNaney, 18, of St. Clements were charged with second-degree murder during an appearance in show-cause hearing in a Kitchener courtroom October 21. Martin McNaney was back in court on Thursday; his father was present via a live cam. Witnesses helped police trace the stabbing to Harold Avenue in Kitchener, where the Oakville resident had sustained his injury minutes earlier in an altercation with the two men,
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Riverside Public School will be rebuilt in Elmira’s new Lunor Subdivision, with the opening date targeted for September 2016. This and other changes to Elmira’s elementary schools were the result of a boundary study by the Waterloo Region District School Board, presented Tuesday night at a public meeting at Park Manor PS. The new Riverside, which will accommodate 550 students (compared to the current enrolment of 300), is the result of projected population increases from the new Lunor subdivision, which will bring 1,700 housing units to the area. The study also recommends adding six classrooms to John Mahood PS, and changes to school organization in the area. John Mahood and Riverside will introduce Grade 6 classes in 2016, while Park Manor will accommodate Grades 7 and 8.
Combined enrolment at the three schools stands at 1,013, or 136 per cent over capacity, with schools using a combined 23 portables and portapacks to meet with demand. Riverside is particularly overstressed at 318 per cent over capacity, and with the Lunor subdivision falling within its boundary that could get worse. The developments are projected to increase elementary school enrolment to more than 1,350 total students by 2023, with Riverside alone rising from 302 to 557. “The board recognized that the current Riverside Public School site and facility would not be able to handle the additional enrolment coming from this development,” Nathan Hercanuck, senior planner for the WRDSB, told attendees at the announcement on Tuesday at Park Manor PS. School boundaries will remain the same. New
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