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districts are anything
but happy.

Board chairmen = and
senior staff from the North
and ‘West Vancouver School
Districts joined counterparts
from throughout the pro-
vince Tuesday in Richmond
to hear what's expected of
them for the next three
years.

.The word is that more cuts
will be made that will go well
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According to ‘District

mayor Marilyn Baker, there,

that left school districts
howling.

“It’s at least belt-
tightening if not anorexic,”
said West Van board chair-
man Norm Alban Priday.

Alban said the impact of
the government's demands
for the next three years
hasn't been determined yet
in Wést Van.

“They gave us a:90-page
brief that invites us to
calculate what our finances
will be over the next three
years,” Alban said of Tues-
day’s miceting. “We don't
know what percentage cut
we'll be facing but we're
looking at serious restraint.”

In North Vancouver,
superintendent Rod
Wickstorm says the district

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will have to. cut $81 million
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