B Teachers blast move
# to cut special! ed cash

NORTH AND West Vancouver
teachers joined the chorus crit-
icizing amalgamation plans
which will cut local grants to
special education by
$402,000.

By lan Noble
News Reporter

The reduction was announced
by Victoria Jate last month in con-
nection with a.province-wide amal-
gamation proposal that may see the
North and West Vancouver boards
joining to create a North Shore
board.

Chuck Dixon, president of the
North Vancouver  Teucirers’
Association, said ihe public school
system cannot bear cts to special
education.

“Public schools have successful-

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ly integrated students with special
needs,” he said, “This success has
been due to the collaboration of
teachers and teaching assistants and
support from district staff.

“Elimination or reduction of any
of these contributors will put the
mast vulnerable students at risk.”

West Vancouver Teachers’
Association president Kit Krieger
agreed.

“We were told that amalgama-
tion would not be carried out on the
backs of students and teachers,” he
said. “However, the ministry's fig-
ures indicate that two dollars will
be cut from educational programs
for every dollar cut from adminis-
tration.”

Figures released hy the govern-
ment showed an amalgamated
North Shore school district. would
save $273,591 in school and dis-
trict-based administration.

At a North Vancouver school

board meeting Nov. 28, trustees
also denounced cuts to special edu-
cation.

But Education Minister Art
Charbonneau said concerns the
proposed amalgamation of school
districts would significantly reduce
support for special education and
aboriginal students “fail to under-
stand the intent of restructuring.”

“The financial models for amal-
gamation proposals sent out to dis-
tricts indicated areas where there
might be the potential for cost sav-
ings and service integration,”
Charbonneau said.

“The model and funding scenar-
ios should not be taken as final.”

All districts now receive
$770,000 for fixed administrative
and program costs, he said. Of that,
$350,000 goes to special education
programs.

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