WV schools
bureaucrat
reappointed

Katharine Hamer

News Reporter
khamer@nsnews.com

WEST Vancouver
school board trustees
have renewed —
Superintendent Doug,
Player’s contract.

The announcement, made
on Monday, secures Player's
job for the next four years.

Player has held his post for
the past 11 years. Prior to
that, he was. the principal of
Sentinel secondary. As super-
intendent, he earns $117,180
a year. :

é “I'm very pleased that we
renewed’ the contract,” said
School District 45 vice-chair-
man Clive Bird. “Doug Player
is committed to do his utmost
to continue to‘ pursue excel-
‘lence in the public education
system in our district.”

:| Bird describes Player as “a
visionary... he has tremendous
efergy and creativity.”

‘. . He credits the superinten-
-dent’s ability to “squeeze
funding” out of the Ministry
of Education, and his role in

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JACOB Ayton, 4, and Lillian Speers look over an icing-covered model of Lynn Valley Parent Participation
Preschool. Friends of the 1908 school attended a fundraising event for roofing and painting on Saturday.

Player to serve again

DOUG Player, reappoint-

ed as superintendent in

West Vancouver.

the development of foreign
exchange programs and pub-
lic/private technology part-
nerships with companies such
as Telus and IBM.

However, West Vancouver
District Parent Advisory
Council chairman ‘Julie
Wysota expressed concern
about the pracess of reap-
pointing Player. .

“Eleven years is a long
time,” she said.

“The superintendent has
had a great deal of forward-

thinking and vision — but

every Organization benefits
from change.”

Wysota said she was disap-
pointed by the limited win-
dow for comment offered to

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TRUSTEE Clive Bird:
pleased to see Player
back again.

members of the public in the
evaluation process.

“There are a fot of issues at
play in West Vancouver right
now,” she said -— citing the
district’s decision not to pur-
sue late entry French immer-
sion, as well as a persistent
rumour that Sentinel
Secondary may be trans-

formed into a junior high,
leaving West Vancouver sec-
ondary as the district’s only
senior secondary school.

“The board has denied it,”
she said, “buc parents are
smart. They look veyond
what they see.”

West Vancouver Teacher’s
Association president _ Bill
Ferguson said he hoped Player
would continue to work with
teachers in the decision-mak-
ing process.

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