ate Fema se” FROM PAGE 1 ‘The present figure is 6,300 ‘and Carlin : Says the teacher- is. ‘bound to become ‘richer, even allowing for attrition through retiring staff. pupil ratic : . “There. would be fewer pupils per teacher than with 9,500 when we get to 4,000, ” he Says. “ Even so, Carlin . Says he will be in favor of 20-25 of . the existing 65 temporary staff being signed up with continuing Stis not fait commenting that it is not f for teachers to be kept in suspense as to whether they _ will have a job from one year tothe next. a ~ 4 FROM PAGE 1 Later, she said, she found a pistol in his bedside drawer and hid it in another drawer, without checking whether it was loaded. “A week later, the night the police came, we had another argument and I said I am going to kill fomeone or kill myself or omething,” she said, “and he was insisting I should give the pistol back to him and I refused.” She told the court she had previously used the guns at the Capilano Rod But school trustee Mark Sager feels that such a move could present - serious problems that go beyond extravagant staffing. _ He - sees a. difficulty in deciding which 25 teachers should receive such con- “tracts and possible later regrets at making the wrong choicé and then being unable to rectify the situation. 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Delta’s Airport Inn — Richmond, B.C. odey mos sory education thereby effectively He feels that rather than solving the problem of temporary staff it . could create more difficulties through teachers that are left out going to look for jobs elswhere. “An unwise decision and " ‘we. will be. losing good teachers, which is not healthy at all.” Sager’s attitude is that if it is known that West Van- couver has a general policy of hiring teachers on a temporary basis then there should be no hard feelings among them. ony Carlin maintains that aside from his own feelings, the board is legally obliged to take on permanent staff. . an safe to give these guns back,” she said. Her husband told the court the couple had had problems for approximately 10 years and that he had owned the guns since 1972. He said he was not an expert in guns and always kept them locked up. He could not explain why he ‘had put one of the pistols in his bedside drawer prior to their argument. His wife had told him “millions of times” ‘I am going to kill that woman’, although he added: “It was a figure of speech” and assured the court there would be no problem with the guns again. saieabie item in these tn- heaconotny than it ted to you of Bargain “We have more people on temporary contracts than is. appropriate for us to have,” lie..says. “In a sense it’s illegal as the only reason to have them on temporary ‘contracts is to ‘replace someone who is on leave of absence.” ITS THE LAW’ He told the News: “It's the law, man. It’s not me. The minute you hire teachers they are on a continuing contract.” But Sager comments: “I would think there are loopholes in that situation. I have some definite doubts about it.” He says he will be con- tacting the ministry of But Crown counsel Jean Connor thought the returning of the guns would not be in the interests of the public, the police or the couple. ‘TEMPTATION’ “It would put temptation in their way to return these guns to this couple,” she said. She asked for the guns to be auctioned by the RCMP and for the price they fetched to be paid to the husband. She also asked Judge J.D. Layton to make an order prohibiting the husband from owning ‘any REDUCE CELLULITE AND TONE MUSCLES 1. Treatment of double chin and strengthening of slackened cheek areas. Grace Salons 2. Treatment of upper arms in the case ot cekultic skin ‘ education prior to the June 11 meeting to find out just what the situation is. Carlin says no , West Van teachers have been put on to continuing contracts in the past four years, because of declining student enrolments. .. 2 “Now- we have a fairly good picture of the slope of the decline of enrolment and the attrition rate of teachers we feel we can offer some of these people a better contract than that.” Cartin says that Sentinel School .had 1,200 students four years ago and. is projected to have just 450 in six years’ time. In the case of West Van Secondary, there were 1,600 at that time, ill someone,’ ‘wife said weapon for a minimum of two years. “Domestic disputes are often the most violent and the most brutal which come before this court,” she said. Judge Layton put the case over for a decision until Tuesday, saying that whereas he felt it a proper | case to make such an order, since the husband wasn't legally represented he wanted to check whether there were any legal precedents that might help the husband. Park Royal them in suspense. 3. 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