Health
hoard
steps in

From pane 4

Howard: Jaquish is the
board's custodial opera
tions manager. Jaquish, an
administrator, agreed the

as are not as clean as
he'd dike them ta be

He said: classrooms are
given a basic daily cleaning
that includes picking up lit-
ter and emptying garbage
cans.

Classes are cle uned
more thoroughly w
and more thoroughly again
monthly,

Stat¥ rooms, washrooms
and the cafeterias are thor-
oughly cleaned daily, he
said.

The health beard has
asked the district to clean
washrooms more thor-
oughly.

fn 1983, the board had
138 custodians cach
responsible for approxi-
mately 16,000 square feet
(1,486 square metres) per
shift. Now there are 95 cus-
todians responsible for
23,000 square feet (2,136
square meters), an increase
of 44% in square footage.

Heywood | said that
wages and benefits eat

through 92 to 93% of

District 44’s budget, with
$6 million going to pay for
classroom aides. “We've
got too many CUPE pco-
ple in our schools, but they
are not janitors. They are all
those special aids that are
required as a result of the
teachers’ collective agree-
ment,” he said.

North Vancouver
Teachers’ Asscciation presi-
dent Chuck Dixon said the
aides are necessary to help
students.

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YOU decide.

Is the $2 mition being
pursued by othe | North
Vancouver School District a

’ penditure to keep
focal students up te techno
logical speed or is it just
another grabat the punch:
drank taxpayer's pocketbook?

The controversial referen-
dum to deterr
the board will get the funds
goes Saturday trom 8 aan, to
£ p.m.

You
schools:
B Argy
@ Andre
School;

on Graham Secondary
ook;
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Schoal;
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@ Sutherland Secondary
School,
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A successful reterendum

ean vote at seven

Secondary Schook;
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76 will be billed to
for every
their hom

means $1
homeowners
$10,000 in s
assessed value. For a median
home in the district, the tay
take will be approximately
SA4.

The school board decided
endum to obtain
ause five trustees

believe the government won't
de the cash for a pro-
gram the province is driving.

To meet technology
guidelines pushed by Victoria,
the district will need to spend
S}1 million for technology
over the next few years. ‘The
$2 million will kick start the
program.

At a board meeting Feb.
25, trustees said rhat the
money will be spent ro ensure
students are able to meet the
demands of the 21st century.

Of the $2 million, $1.5
million will go to purchasing
equipment and supplies and

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