10 - Sunday, May 28, 1989 - North Shore News

NV School, Board pulis out of CSTA

AFTER REJOINING| the Cana-
dian School Trustees’ Association
>: last’ spring, North . Vancouver
School Board voted Tuesday to
discontinue its membership in the
national organization...

I CSTA;

, SCHOOL Trustee Margaret Jessup
no reason to join CSTA.

“By MAUREEN CURTIS -
. Contributing Writer

~ The decision was based on the
British Columbia School Trustees’
Association move to join up again

. this Lip following a hiatus of
_ Rather than paying about $2,000

in ainual membership dues to the
‘the focal board wiil con-
tribute through the BCSTA, which
will, pay a lump-sum CSTA
menibership fee of about $69,000.

“There is no real reason for us
to join the CSTA,”’ said school
trustee Margaret Jessup.

Trustee Anne Macdonald was
also against paying CSTA dues
twice, although she had been
debating in favor of the North
Vancouver School Board main-
taining its membership in the na-
tional organization.

Having attended last year’s
CSTA meeting, Macdonald was

impressed with the discussions that

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tance of the local board keeping

had been held regarding programs
for immigrant children in schools,
the role of schools in child care,
personal and professional devel-
opment of school trustees and

global education.
Acting board chairman Roy
also spoke of the impor-

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“Something may seem harmless
in Nova Scotia unti! we get nailed
with it and we're. not prepared,”
said Dungee.

Trustee Richard: Walton, how-
ever, thought membership in the

‘A plus the cost of sending
representatives to attend the con-
ferences was a ‘‘poor use of our
funds.”’

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