AT - Wednesday, November A vote to be boss of your schools HO’S RUNNING the school system? Your local school board? No. It’s the B.C. Teachers Federation. Especially on the North Shore. If you don’t believe that, take a look at the fight that’s been going on in West Van. It’s a safe bet you know hit- tle about it because you don't have time to study the subject and you don't go to school board meetings. Only teachers go to school board meeungs. A minority of the members of the West Wan board (Margot Furk and Michael Smith) have the strange idea that the board should run the school system. Chairman Dawn Stkula (f don’t go for that chairperson stuff) used also to support the idea. But she chickened out in the face of threats from the jugger- naut BCTF. In the beginning, the board voted narrowly -- against the thing the BCTF was pan- ling for -- an exemption from Bill 3, otherwise known as Memor From Page A6‘ S Municipal Affairs. Minister Jim Lorimer in a report on alleged irregularities in the North Vancouver City ad- ministration...The report, prepared by Department administrative officer J. P. baa | WA... reac Pata] FOE tO a nonin | owctir he Hat anid . Peachy TOMES : VIC TIFT: ATE a foe abe Co oa Stick PLAY IT SAFE! the Public Sector Restraint Act. But then Sikula did her switch. With such an exemptian the teachers -- good, bad or indifferent -- are IN. They don’t have to worry about ht- tle things Like how well they perform. Seniority ts everything, and 1f you have that, the only other thing you need is a warin body, just hke in the civil service. lf Bill 3 apphed, seniority would not be everything and a board could set up a teacher evaluation system. It would then be able to decide whether a teacher was worth keeping, and that was what West Van wanted to do. Organized teacherdom saw that as one step short of what they have in Chile. For even though it likes to give out a lot of propaganda about teachers being ‘protes- Lane Taylor, City 1973). levelled criticism at staff." (August 8, A final comment from Mr. Reid himself in a recent election ad: ‘*I’ve done it before! I can do it again!"’ FOR NV DISTRICT ALDERMAN RE-ELECT |GADSBY, Joan| X | Economist & Marketing Analyst draperies by S. Laursen ast HOME SERVICE. raster cheap eben Ao bee dsgore at BN NO gat peered LE ceardtere cl Ahonen a. AM Dinds 30% off Het prices Trach service & alterations Piseonme for FREE catimates call 987-2966 a get this ht strai by Doug Collins Re | sionals, more members mer “the BCTF is ne willing to have tts judged on. then ts than are the ladies and gents of the Canadian Union ot P N Van 736 Manne Dr ‘ash.or avatabie at Ron Zaixe Active Wear ” wo ® c = ostal Workers. Which is FURNACE CLEANING DON’T SUFFER THROUGH ANOTHER WINTER WITH IN-HOME DUST, COLD ROOMS, AND HIGH FUEL BILLS. CALL US TODAY 430-4315 FS VACUMATIC SERVICES ~*~ 6869 SELLER AVENUE ; BURNABY, BC V5J 4R2 Y Try it .. | You'll Like It 986 3487 Moye ee eat erght Poabag yey centre will why so many B.C. schools have become the education equivalent of the post office. Determined to head off the revolutionaries of West Van, the BCTF assembled its bat- tle tanks. The dangerous little school board was placed ‘‘in dispute,’” which meant that no regular teachers would or could accept a job with it. The move was a ‘‘hot’’ edict of the sort so beloved by Mr Roy Gauthier and Co. Never mind about the kids, of course. Something has to give when such important principles are at stake. This is war, folks. As we've seen, Sikula finally cast her deciding vote tor exemption. And the “how? edict was cancelled Her excuse was that teacher morale was bad So is mine You might ask why the school board didn’t say to hell with the BCTE, let the agreement run out, and hire anyone qualified for the job and willing to do tt The NDP blocked that (QUALITY & SERVICE SINCE 1977) FITNES HELD OVER our route long ago. the School Act to make membership in the BCTF compulsory for everyone ‘ex- cept the school mice. Even the principals and vice- principals have tobe members, which puts them into the BCTF’s hands. And while you who pay the bills suck your beer, the teachers are busy, busy, busy. They ‘‘network and com- munmicate,”’’ hold ‘*tcutback monitoring meetings’’ and political action sessions, tolerate very little internal opposition, and make sure that they, their parents, grandparents, kids and cromes all vote for the status quo. You don't stand much chance against all that money and power But vou do have lt changed a vote, which vou could use In West Van, the can- didates most Lkely to stand up to the BCTE bhtz are Michael Smith and Hugh Stack dn North Van they're Ross Regan and Marg Goodman duc to popular demand 1 price specal continued toe the first 50 people y m Late |e pby bere re! Hower: arch token: for ter wo yt ' worthien S 986-1911, Yo mey will arra 14, 1984 - North Shore News MUSIC THERAPY INSTRUMENT DRIVE Do you have a musicat mstrument getting damp m the basement or gathering dust in the attic? The Music Therapy program is seeking donations of musical instruments in any condition for use in student practicums Last fall over 70 instruments were donated and they are now in use with hospitaized people of all ages throughout the lower mainiand Among the instruments were organs, guitars, wolins, recorders, mandolins, accordians. drum sets, autoharns. and ane-of-a- kind instruments. and wartime band, and an ‘actordan donated bya +) ‘music teacher who was _ dh her 70's and could ng . fonger play. # you can’t @rap the instrument off, call the Music dept. ai local 454 and ea pic! AND ALSO, RECITALS Both the Music Therapy and Bachelor of Music ograms are hoiding factlty recitals this fall On Thursday. Nov 15 at 12 00 Music Therapy instructor Nancy McMaster will be giving a piano recital Then on Friday Nov 2% Music INStfUcTORS Blaine Dunaway Tom Hazitt Tony Nuickets and Al Wold will be presenting a progeam of Feat eed Velen ae oa teas oe GOMAlAy ard ae Ol will toe at tl at oe nothy tare Teple carter cyegey Pati qg bey Call Re tae BUSINESS COURSES Pai hine evening and Gey COUuts@n will be available néxt tern These Courses stadt the week of January 7 1985 COMPUTERS: Using Mic rocomputeacs Introduce ton to Computes GENERAL BUSINESS Labour Hetotons Marketing “apers rr La Sait! Bo oe sy Miatveaqernecd ACCOUNTING Porst and Second lave: Wa A eed | CAN Overs exe. ’ ! ’ K ' ate v Ttye tatoo pee CAPILANO COLLEGE 7056 Purcott Way North Vancouver Up ttre Hill tresen the Coach MHowoo