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Dear Editor:

For any poll to be taken, cit
Izens must be informed of the
issues. For the North Shore
News to conduc? 4 poll on the
Internet is ridiculous. Most
people apphud the SPCA poll-
cies simply because they do not
know all the facts. While we all
give them credit for finding
homes for animals, they simply

are not fulfilling a great part at

their mandate whieh is to
respond to calls or abuse —
Mental, physical. When people
call repeatedly that a dog had

Confusion

Dear Editor:

T was born and saised in
B.C. and am a product of our
public education system. |
firmly befieve that all children

- have’a right to a quality edu-
cation and that our public
system ‘can do a good job.
Why then, am [ now consid-
ering private education as an
alteraative for my children?

- My three children attend
Capilano elementary school,
The school was 30 children
short. of their
enrollment. Some families
have moved out of the catch-
ment area but more have
moved into the private sys
tem. Consequendy, my and
all other children in the
school spent the first week in
temporary classes while; the

2. Ministry of Education, the
-- teacher's. Unions Sand” the

school adiinistration fought
over "fan ding, class size and

projected |

ne shelter or that it fives a lite
on a chaiiorin a garage, or teat
ring beatings and the
SPCA chim they can do noth:
ing about it, (or wher they go
oa site they consider a 12 inch
verhany “shelter”, please be
informed that i Canada tinder
new Jegisiaiion animals will no
longer be considered property
in’ the Criminal Code.
Masimum prison terms for ani-
mal abusers will rise. tion six
months to five vears and the
ceifing bas been fitted fram the
current $2,000 fine.

undermines

staffing, The — classroom
teachers did not know from
day to day what or who they
might be reaching the next
day. Seven days of instruc:
tional time were lost: before
the administration restruc-
tured the class lists and sent
children to their new classes
and teachers.

This kind of confusion,
coupled with increased par-
ent fundraising to provide
basies in schools is forcing
parents such as myselfto con-
sider alternatives. This should
not be the case. The govern
ment, the unions and the
school administration need
to remember why they evist:
to provide our children with
the: education they are enti-
tled to in an efficient way.
Education is a right not a
privilege, but. everyone
except the parents and their
children seem to have forgot-

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there sa problem with tty eve:
sution, or there is grow neglect.
Having coed this, how
then cana meaningfl poll be
conducted when there are se
many isucs of the which the
public is net informed. Why
tives vour paper print some
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North Vancouver
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