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THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

Newsstand Price 50¢ March 6, 1983 Tel. 985-2131 Classified 986-6222

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the North Shore is here.

Tomorrow night at West
Vancouver Semor Secon-
dary, the full impact of the
provincial government's
restraint program will be felt
by almost every person in
West Vancouver as five
elementary schools go on the
chopping block. And West
‘Van trustees will wrestle
with one of the hardest
decisions of their political

Closures decision tomorrow

PREDICTED “crisis in education” on

‘NEWS ANALYSIS

By BILL BELL

What makes’ matters
worse is that the closure of
the schools will not save the
school district enough
money to meet potential

costs without the layoff. of-.

between 25 and 40 teachers.
Even with the school

closures, the district will be

“depending of the teachers~

wage settlement, now before
the Compensation Stabil-
ization Commission.
Although school ad-
ministrators and trustees will
not say it publicly, “off the
record” the closure of the
five schools is the board's
only means of being able to
lay off teachers. These

savings would then allow the. .
‘bOard.to balance the ‘budget: ' -

Though most in West
Vancouver are not denying
that fiscal restraint is needed

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THAT'S THE WAY THE MONEY GOES — and ft sure isn't on the cost of keeping
their schoo! open. Chart held up by the Barber family shows that of the entire school
board budget, 82 per cent is made up of teachers’ salaries. Eryl Barber has three
-“chtldren in Eagle Harbor School — Jay in grade one (left), Kerry in grade tour
(centre) and Cindy in grade three (right). She maintains that since the operations
section of the budget only totals about seven per cent, tho instruction account |s a.
more logical arca to look for savings than doing away with their community school.

careers.

up

to $400,000 short,

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MINISTER INTERCEDES

Landfill tonnage

y CHRIS LLOYD

AN APPLICATION by
North Vancouver
District to more than
double the permitted
volume of garbage
dumped at Premier
Street landfill has been
shelved.

Hundreds of residents of
homes neat the landfill, who
protested Dastmets bid to
legalize its present dumping
volumes by increasing its
permit from 230 to S00 tons
per day been told the
apphe ation as on hold whale
the provincial
Ministry attempt, to
ap with a
solution bo

have

sn vironment
come
comprehensive

the Lowes
Marinland s Karbage disposal

Crisis

Environment Minister
Stephen Rogers has written
to 17 mayors offering to
coordinate a united ap-
proach to planning for waste
disposal

“If you agree.” his letter
states, “] would ammediately
convene the necessary
meeting to get the process
undcrway in the belief that.
through the cooperation of

munscipal regional and
ministry stall we cao
develop oa pood technical
program oand under our

polhocal guidance we can
make tla realty “And while
Rogers awaits replies from
the muntctpalites there will

be no further action taken in

processing the — Pastract
application

Dastent Mayor Marilyn
Hakecr has already
responded soying the

District, which accepts the
garbage of all three North
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SUNDAY,
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MONDAY,
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