Plague of portables

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Plague of portables

Date10/22/1987

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Russell, Jim (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Plague of portables: Children play in the schoolground next to a group of portable classrooms at Unionville Public School. Some schools are so overcrowded that officials can barely fit the needed portables on to the school property. And many children must be bused long distances to school.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0108432F

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Portables fill playground: From the roof of St. Roch Separate School on Duncanwoods Dr. in North York, Metro Separate School Board Chairman Bruno Suppa can see pupils play among 20 portable classrooms that occupy most of the playground. Yet a few streets away, Whitfield Public School is more than half empty. The province is trying to make the public and separate systems co-operate in using available space.

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