WEATHER: 22-24€. —W. Van schoo Mainly sunny Friday and Saturday. Highs HOMES: 11 Woodsy charm adds warmth and comfort. SOUND: 47 Triple header shakes focal strip. tide table For Pt. Atkinson Friday 5 Saturday 8 Sunday 7 Het. WW 12.9 2.0 15.5 10.6 12.3 Time 0250 0655 1415 2155 0340 0750 1455 2230 -08a5 - 0850 1535 2305 | lboard officially 3- Friday, July 5, 1985 - North Shore News withdraws from health board THE WEST VANCOUVER School Board (WVSB) voted June 26 to officially withdraw from their funding agreement with the North Shore Union Board of Health (NSUBH). By TIMOTHY RENSHAW Deadline for the required six month notice of the board's intention was June 30. Passage of the board’s vote leaves only Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health approval to allow District 45 to opt out of their five-way NSUBH_ funding partnership with the three North Shore municipalities and the North Vancouver School Board. After December 31, 1985, the WVSB plans to contract its health services out to the WEST VANCOUVER Schoo) Board Chairman, Margo Furk. NSUBH. Decision of the WVSB to get out of the partnership, . which requires the two school boards and the three municipalities contribute a 50-50 share to North Shore school health care funding, was not out of avarice or dissatisfaction with the work of the NSUBH, says District 45 Superintendent of Schools, Edgar Carlin. “We think the NSUBH is great. The move to contract services over the partnership deal is an attempt to for- mulate a real needs health budget. As long as the school board budget remains in restraint, we cannot afford to pay the cost of our partnership.”’ Carlin explains that the decision for the board is bet- ween laying off another three or four more teachers or op- ting out of the NSUBH part- nership: ‘‘We are paying an outrageous aginount for health services and education is taking the heat.” WVSB Chairman Margo Furk says the board must determine that the services provided are appropriate for the health needs of the district. ‘Running of the NSUBH administration cart should be left to the three municipal councils,’’ says Furk. On May 27, the WVSB an- nounced, after coming up $60,000 short on its $260,000 NSUBH funding share, that it was withdrawing from the NSUBH partnership because of the inflexibility of the four other partners and the tight budget allocation from the provincial government. West Van board trustee Michael Smith says the major misunderstanding in the fun- ding partnership is due to a “Yack of knowledge of school board financing by municipal politicians. Unlike the municipalities, we cannot pass increased costs on to the electorate.’’ Len Berg, secretary treasurer for the North Van- couver School District, says the North Van board has ap- proved its 1985-86 contract with the NSUBH and has no plans to follow West Van- couver’s lead to contracting out health services. “We have been able, ‘through good budgetary practices, to maintain the level of support in the part- nership through 1985 and 1986. The question of con- tracting out has not been rais- ed, ’’ Berg said. Acting North Vancouver District mayor, Murray Dykeman, expressed extreme - disappointment at the WVSB vote, saying, ‘‘they have a right to decide where their money goes, but certain health service levels have to be met and | don’t know if contracting them out will meet these levels.’’ North Vancouver City Ald. Rod Clark, speaking as chairman of the NSUBH, says contracting out health services would create a host of problems, including shar- ing of NSUBH overhead and the difficulty of planning contracted out services. The North Shore’s five- way partnership arrange- ment, he says, is unique in the Lower Mainland. The health services provided by the NSUBH{ and the funding thereof are extremely com- plex matters. Services provided, he says, cover everything from health nurses to health education to psychology to pregnancy control. “The funding situation and the partnership will be a whole new baligame if the West Van board gets ap-- proval to contract its health ‘service out.”” Clark has sent a fetter to Education Minister Jack Heinrich asking that NSUBH funding go directly to the board without passing through the various school boards. Both the WVSB and the NSUBH await a ruling by the provinicial ministry of educa- tion on the WVSB’s decision. NEWS photo Mike Wekotieid HAND-PAINTED ceramic animals, dishes, pots and plates are artist Cornelia Van Berkel's specialty. The richly decorated items are also very functional. Van Berkel was one of the crafts people who displayed their wares as part of Folkfest "85.