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The Salvation Army Toy Centre will once again make thousands of little faces smile this Christmas.
The Toy Centre started distributing toys Nov. 23. Parents were already lined up on the stairs and out the door into the parking lot at 9 a.m. when it opened. They were waiting to register in order to pick out new toys for their children.
First United Church, at the corner of Kent and Florence streets, sits in 87-year-old complacency. The church is more lively inside where hymns celebrating Christmas’s approach hide it’s financial troubles and the possibility of abandoning the building.
A government report which recommends giving parents more say in the operation of local schools has received overwhelming support.
However, there is concern about some aspects of the report.
Politicians, parents and teacher unions widely supported the Education Improvement Commission’s 112-page report, released last month.
Lara Deutsch is a Grade 3 pupil enrolled in McNabb Park public school’s gifted program.
The program, the only one of its kind offered by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, personalizies the curriculum for students around their special interests and prepares them for a higher level of education.