imstruction

THE DRIVE by Surrey par-
ents to establish a traditional
school has Jed North
Vancouver School Distri :t 44
to approve a new policy for
establishing alternative pro-
grams or schools in North
Vancouver.

NORTH VANCOUVER
SCHOOL BOARD
By Kevin Gillies

Superintendent of schools Dr.
Robin Brayne told the board
Tuesday that “tips” indicate a push
for a traditional school may happen
in North Vancouver.

Brayne said the new policy
retains the intent and substance of
an existing policy except that it
reflects legislative changes since
1986.

The new policy states:

The Board of School Trustees
may establish alternative programs
or schools to meet the intellectual
and social development needs of
students who require a learning sit-
uation not provided in existing
schools and district programs.

The board will consider a pro-
posal for the establishment of an
alternative school or program when
the following requirements have
been met:

@ the schooi or program meets the
fequirements and regulations of the
School Act. and provincial and dis-
trict prescribed curriculum;

@ the program or school will have
a statement of philosophy and
objectives;

@ the program or school will be

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open to application by any student
in the district.

nature of the progr of limitations
of space. the criteria and process
for selection will be approved by
the board as part of the program or
school proposal:
the program or school can main-
tain enrollment without students
receiving special transportation
assistance from the district:

the program or school can be
accommodated in suitable facilities:
@ the program or school can be
sustained with a level of funding
equal to that of any other program
or school in the district:
@ the program or school will be

planned within the constraints of

the regular planning timelines of
the district.

The old policy required any pro-
posal for an alternative program or
school to go before an advisory
committee chaired by the superin-
tendert of schools and comprised
of one school trustee and four rep-
resentatives of the North
Vancouver Teachers’ Association,
including one elementary and one
secondary administrator (adminis-
trators are no longer members of
the NVTA).

The committee would then rec-
ommend the establishment or con-
tinuation of a program bised on the
uniqueness of the propused alterna-
live in terms of teaching and learn-
ing styles. ,

There are two altemative schools
in North Vancouver — Windsor
House (Kindergarten to Grade 8)
and Keith Lynn Alternative sec-
ondary school (Grades § tol0) —
but both were established prior to
September 1986.

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