10 - North Shere News

Dear Editor:

The president of the BCTE addresses a
motherhood issue with his comments on
class size (Dec. 12).

There is no question that students and
parents want smailer classes, all other fac-
tors being equal, students and parents also
want a public system that recognizes quali-

ty teaching, provides good support to

~ Wednesday, December 29, 1999

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Class size debate not dead

teachers, and responds to concerns.

Tt is rue that West Vancouver does nor
have class size in its contact, but [ get no
complaints from parents about the struc-
ture or quality of classes. In neighbouring
North Vancouver, we have witnessed the
restructuring of an elementary class on
Nov. 1, and the need to resolve a grievance
over 27 classes. These problems were triy-

gered by the province-wide agreement, but
the fact is that there is no flexibility in that
agreement. North Vancouver had no
opportunity to resolve the issues with its
teacher employees. The debate over class
size will continue, as will the need for local
administrative control.

Jeremy Dalton, MLA

West Vancouver-Capilano

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