Al8 - Friday, December 7, 1984 - North Shore News

CROSS-FIRE

opposing views on
the issues of the day

Teachers and politics'

Where should teachers be required to draw
the line during elections for school trustees?

MARGIE GOODMAN
North Van School
Trustee

“Teachers have a mght
to be actively involved in
school board elections as
long as they do it outside
of the schools and not on
the premises of the
schools. They have the
right tO go to any party
office of to the NVTA
office, because their poll-
tics are of no concern to
anyone.

don’t think political
games orf pamphlets
should be distributed in
the schools.

‘*As for teachers cam-
paigning in their staf-
frooms, they certainly
can discuss tt among “|
themselves — as long as of
no students are involved.
We're a democracy and
there’s freedom of
speech. But | personally

think the Mbunistry
Education or the
courts should rule what ts
a public place. The board
should also rule as to
whether politicking

Fitness is a national issue.
We call it Body Politics. &

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should go On in schools. |
personally feel it should
not. What should happen
is that the board should
sel a policy that
specifically states what
can go on, so there’s not
upset or concern among
(rustees during elections

**There’s no doubt that
teachers have become
more politicized in the
past year. At times, I've
been very upset with the
provincial government —
I've had some termnble
arguments with Hernrich

ANDY KRAWCZYK
North Vancouver Teach-
ers Association

“Under the Canadian
Charter of Rights, all tn-
dividuals have the right to
freedom of association
and speech. Teachers
concerned about their
workplace want to have a
voice in explaining the
circumstances affecting
them.

‘The BCTF has
guidelines on teachers’
influence on students. We
will not use our position
— but | think we've got in any way to influence
to get away from = con- the students. The staf-
frontatiion. Why do we froom, however, is a
need politics in the private place. Within the
schools? It’s them and us privacy of that room, it 1s
mght now {t's as polar- natura] that teachers will
ized as it can be.” discuss all kinds of con-

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cerns including political
matters and participate in
dialogue to influence
others within that room.

risk, aS itis now.
(Teachers) have been
trying to deal with in-
creased curricular
changes, new programs,
new technologies and in-
creasing expectations

Furthermore, general at-
tacks on the importance
of education, on the
quality of teaching and of
the need for social ser-
vices in general has
seriously affected the
self-image of teachers
within their community.

“Within this chmate,
teachers have become
more aware of the need
to speak up for the value
of their profession and to
speak up for the needs of
the students °

This is true especially
when the whole future of
the system that many of
them have worked = so
hard to establish is at

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