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Metro school board chairman Dan Leckie, 28, playing with his son Patrick, 1 1/2, says the school must stop educating the poor in a middle-class way
Metro school board chairman Dan Leckie, 28, playing with his son Patrick, 1 1/2, says the school must stop educating the poor in a middle-class way

Metro school board chairman Dan Leckie, 28, playing with his son Patrick, 1 1/2, says the school must stop educating the poor in a middle-class way

Date1/18/1978
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Board Chairman Dan Leckie: Petitions start to pile up on his desk
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Toronto school trustee Herbert Barnes says that Queen's Park must act to curtail the power of the Metro school board over locally-elected boards
Toronto school trustee Herbert Barnes says that Queen's Park must act to curtail the power of the Metro school board over locally-elected boards
2/16/1972
Alderman Anne Johnston is a member of the house-poor middle class whose new homes have left them with little disposable income. It's eternal hamburgers and potatoes, says Alderman Johnston
Alderman Anne Johnston is a member of the house-poor middle class whose new homes have left them with little disposable income. It's eternal hamburgers and potatoes, says Alderman Johnston
9/2/1976
Looking back: Penny Moss and Dan Leckie say left-wing board members made political errors
Looking back: Penny Moss and Dan Leckie say left-wing board members made political errors
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First woman in Metro to head a board of education, North York's Veronica Lacey, here with Grade 7 students at Willowdale Middle School, says: 'I see education as a calling
First woman in Metro to head a board of education, North York's Veronica Lacey, here with Grade 7 students at Willowdale Middle School, says: 'I see education as a calling
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Loading children into the back of his station wagon for a trip home from nursery school, bus operator John Davis says he is breaking the law but he must do it to make a living and I have learned how to carry children in the safest possible way. Police vigilance has been increased since a recent accident that involved a school bus in which 11 child passengers were shaken up.
4/10/1974
Andrew Davis, Conductor laureate of the Toronto Symphony, says he got it right with his third marriage, to soprana Gianna Rolandi. Their son Edward is 2 1/2
Andrew Davis, Conductor laureate of the Toronto Symphony, says he got it right with his third marriage, to soprana Gianna Rolandi. Their son Edward is 2 1/2
2/16/1992
Mrs Barbara Patten with her son Scott 3 and Kristin 1 1/2 stop to look at Moores cost of the working model for the reclining figure in the Lincoln Centre. (at AGO)
Mrs Barbara Patten with her son Scott 3 and Kristin 1 1/2 stop to look at Moores cost of the working model for the reclining figure in the Lincoln Centre. (at AGO)
1/12/1975
Dan Iannuzzi: Metro's multicultural TV wizard gambled his way from poor boy to media heavyweight
Dan Iannuzzi: Metro's multicultural TV wizard gambled his way from poor boy to media heavyweight
6/14/1982
His 31 years with the North York Board of Education give teacher Walker Dear (middle) the second-longest service record of high school teachers in the borough. Technical director at Downsview Secondary School since 1962, he retires June 30. With him are two of his former students who now are teachers at the school. Gordon Brown (left) and Stan Tsoki as they recall some of the years.
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A touch of class: The licence tag - ADL 1 - says it all. When Al De Luca is behind the wheel of his striking Zimmer Golden Spirit, he feels as if he's king of the automotive hill.
A touch of class: The licence tag - ADL 1 - says it all. When Al De Luca is behind the wheel of his striking Zimmer Golden Spirit, he feels as if he's king of the automotive hill.
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3 eardrops twice a day, Vinnie, Two nurses from the Toronto Board of Health visited Grades 1 and 2 at King Edward Public School on Lippincott St. rece(...)
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