7- ate ae we te ate 1988 —- North Shore News

Ser ST. CHRISTOPHER'S i .

VILLAGE FAIR & TEA SHOPP E

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WV SCHOOL EXPANSION

Collingwood should ¢

adhere to

Dear Editor:

I am writing this letter as a follow-up to the article
on Collingwood School that appeared Oct. 9 on page
one of the Nerth Shore News.

Clarification of two facts from the article may assist
your readers to more clearly understand the situation.

The North Shore News correctly stated it was the
B.C. Supreme Court, not the focal residents, that
quashed the zoning bylaw as it did not comply with
the requirements of the municipal act.

Secondly, there is still confusion as to what is re-
quired. The school seems to be under some doubt as
to whether or not they have to comply with a zoning
bylaw with regard to expansion. The school head-
master is quoted in the article as saying that ‘‘one of
the options available to the school is to re-examine
whether the school needs the rezoning bylaw to ex-
pand.’’

These two facts alone support the contention that
there is poor process.

The article also quotes the headmaster as saying
that ‘‘defeat of the bylaw would not significantly
delay the planned expansion of the school.’? The

standards *

school should understand that it is not above the law.
It must comply with the zoning bylaws just as tax-
payers do.

The sad thing here is that the West Vancouver
Municipality has not required compliance with the
zoning bylaw nor has it publicly issued the schoo! on
exemption from the zoning bylaw.

If council really supports the rule of law then coun-
cil should enforce the zoning bylaw, uphold the Of-
ficial! Community Plan, and respect the position of the
local taxpayers in the neighborhood who are simply
asking that the zoning bylaw and Officia! Community
Plan be upheld.

Local residents would be quite happy for Coll-
ingwood to retain its presence in Glenmore provided it
complies with the existing zoning bylaw, and I feel
most West Vancouver residents would support Coll-
ingwood remaining in the municipality on a site that
supports clementary and senior school activities con-
sistent with the zoning bylaw. The principle being that
private schools should adhere to the same minimum
standards as public schools.

David Blair
West Vancouver

Child-care salaries too low

Dear Editor:

Scanning the advertisements of
job opportunities, I was appalled
to see the salary offered for a child
care worker as $5.96 an hour.

For a child care giver a know-
ledge of how a child develops, of
what kind of an environment is
needed to encourage child-centered
learning, of what type of interac-

Burning rules

Dear Editor:

Regarding letters to the editor
complaining about outdoor burn-
ing in the District of West Van-
couver.

I suffer from a chronic illness. I
am never asked if perfumes,
hairsprays, deodorants, pomades
or unguents make me suffer. They
all do.

tions are required to nurture a
child’s feeling of self-esteem and
why children’s social interactions
must be positive experiences are
professional attributes of any qual-
ified person who works with young
children.

Professionals working in day
cares, preschools and child-mind-
ing facilities take training through

‘appropriate’

Nor was I asked if I minded
broom being pianted alorg the
highways. I mind very much.

As a West Vancouver taxpayer,
I consider the present garden burn-
ing regulations entirely ap-
propriate.

Faith Dennis
West Vancouver

official ministry of post-secondary
courses; they not only pay fers,
but work hard and conscientiously
to obtain their Early Chiidhood
Education (ECE) certificates.

If we are to have qualitative
child care, in whatever situation,
the public must recognize and be
prepared to pay salaries in accor-
dance to a child worker’s profes-
sional background. Applicants
too, should be advocates for their
own educational training together
with the work experience they have
had with young children, and de-
mand an honorable and profes-
sionally related salary.

After all, these young children
will be the future citizens of
Canada.

June Meyer
West Vancouver

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