"For. schools
ordered to
__ slay open

“LAST SPRING, the ©

Ministry of Education
‘told. West Vancouver

:. school trustees that they
- would. have to keep the —

:-“*babies’’. Now the

‘part payments.

|. ByBILLBELL |

_ The babies were Glenmore
-+ and Eagle Harbor elemen-

mtaries, and the Ministry of

“Education’s order to keep
those two schools open for

one year, despite the protest. -

of school trustees, is now
costing the board $314,000.

“1 think we have a good
case for getting the moncy,”’
said Chairman Norm Alban.

The board plans to write
the Minister of Education
asking him to take into con-
sideration the cost of keeping
the two schools open.

“Surely this situation is.

unique to West Vancouver
and we should be asking for
extra funding,’’ said Trustee
Fran McDowell.

In other board business,
Trustee Michael Smith con-
tinued to publicly speculate
that he will resign before the
fall election.

**Definitely maybc,”’ said
an upset Smith who is not up
for election.

**I’m = concerned that the
majority of the people of
West Van are not being heard
by this board.”’

Smith has been upset that
the board allowed the pupil
teacher ratio to drop from
17.4 to 16.8 in a year of
**fiscal restraint.’

**We now have cight addi-
tional teachers and that
should never have happen-
ed@,”” Smith said.

**I’m tired of being on the
other end of these three-two
-votes,’’ Smith said.

trustees are seeking sup- -

- WEDNESDAY.
Mainly Sunny
THURSDAY

Mainly: Sunny

Five storey plan for waterfront

A PROPOSED five-storey apartment building in
the 1700 block Argyle Avenue in West Vancouver
will be reviewed in connection with the Ambleside-
by-the-Sea waterfront program, despite urgent re-
quests by some residents that the proposition be

shelved.

Discussion of the dwelling
development reached a
fevered pitch at Monday's
West Vancouver council
mecting during which
representatives of Unit Con-
struction Ltd., the company
submitting the development
proposal, and local com-
munity groups voiced their

By JOANNE MacDONALD

opinions on the subject.
Speaking on behalf of five
property owners living on the
block in question, the presi-
dent of Unit Construction
Lid., Larry MacHale told
council his proposal consists
of the construction of a

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residential complex, with ad-
joining beach property to
eventually be opened to the
public. MacHale also sug-
gested that a seawalk be in-
stalled along the beach or put
through John Larson Park.
In perhaps the most emo-
tional address to council,
resident Joanne Webb asked
how the development could
even be considered when an
official plan of Ambleside-
by-the-Sea had not yet been
passed by council.
See ‘Wo neod’
on AS
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