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Money wasted
Regarding the article Thames Valley students will feel effects of teaching cuts (Dec. 21).
Thames Valley District school board has a deficit of $16.5 million.
There is no excuse for this lack of funding. Instead of giving out $200 to everyone at the cost of $3.2 billion, Premier Doug Ford could eliminate the deficit for our board and any other board in need.
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And don’t forget the $1 billion a year lost with the elimination of license plate renewal fees. Then there’s the $225 million to break the contract with the Beer Store.
All that money that could have given us outstanding education and health-care systems, and built affordable housing, but it was thrown away to buy votes. It’s shameful.
Susan Ross, London
More than statistic
In the article Boy’s death spurs call to action (Dec. 21), Andrew Clark, an academic and co-chair of the region’s active and safe routes to school steering committee, states “London-area schools do a good job keeping students safe, but speeding motorists put them at a risk.”
Common sense tells you, if the police can’t stop speeders, distracted and impaired drivers, then it is the responsibility of the school board and the safety committee to do whatever is necessary to get kids home safely in spite of them.
Clark assures us “the problem isn’t an epidemic.” Now, he’s reducing the boy’s death to a statistic. He is obviously on the wrong committee.
Let’s elect school board members and safety committees who have the ability and courage to solve this issue to the approval of the parents.
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Walt Lonc, London
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Rethink safety
Regarding the article Boy’s death spurs call to action (Dec. 21).
The school bus designers and school boards alike need to rethink all aspects of bus safety.
In my view, the flip-out stop sign attached to the bus is inadequate. It could be at least twice as large, bordered by flashing red lights and swing out on a two-metre long arm. That might help to get lazy drivers’ attention and physically stop traffic in both directions.
Rule No. 1: No child should venture onto the roadway until an alert is sounded by the watching bus driver.
The family and societal costs in these tragedies are immense.
Slow down and wake up, drivers.
Al Merkley, London
Thwart thieves
Lately, I have received home deliveries from most of the major parcel delivery companies. I have been home for every delivery, but not once did the agent ring the doorbell. They had time to take a picture, but not time to knock once.
Porch pirates steal daily from residents.
Delivery people are still part of the problem; please ring or knock and become part of the solution.
Paul Evans, London
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