96 - Friday, October 22, 1993 ~ North Shore News

Foreign students progra

Program positive for all concerned, says administrator

WITH THE recent publicity
surrounding the Sentinel
Development Initiative,
West Vancouver School
District 45’s ‘International
Student Program has come
under public scrutiny.
WEST VANCOUVER
SCHOOL. BOARD —
by Kevin Gillies
The development initiative, a
private fundraising project for
Sentinel secondary. school, was
started’ with $88,000 from the
district’s foreign student program
fees...

fo The International Students Pro-
- gram: allows students from °Mex-

<ico; Germany, Scotland, Japan, :

. *Taiwan,” Korea,-’ Hong «. Kong,
'. Malaysia, Indonesia and China to
center. West Vancouver’ 's_ school
system,
But it doesn’t corae 1e cheap:

. Foreign. students pay $12,000 _,

‘. for: the ; sight to attend school. in
West ‘Vancouver. ~ vd

“ With 108 foreign students i in the

* “program this year, the district will
- collect: $1.3. million on top “of the
‘provincial . “government? s

‘School |

ED JACKSON...
education administrative of-
ficer.

‘funding. ,
Last year the program had 137

foreign students enrolled. -
International -

situation.
The, foreign students, he said,
receive a top-notch education,

international, :

education ad:
“ministrative officer’ Ed Jackson:
said the program is a win-win-win

while District 45 receives extra
cash to augment its provincial
government funding.

He said that extra teachers are
hired to lower the student-teacher
ratio. The program creates a bet-
ter learning environment for
everyone, Jackson said. ;

The money has also bought
commuter hardware and software
for the district.

The community wins, Jackson
said, because the average foreign
Student spends $25,000 in the
community while being educated.

‘Jackson said the program also
prepares potential immigrants for.
life in Canada.

Of the $12,600 paid to the
school district. for the education,
$7,000 goes to the district.

The remaining $5,000 goes to
the school...

‘That money is used for staffing

‘and supplies.

Jackson pointed out that while

. ome people in the community feel .

foreign . students are taking

- valuable seats in the schools, they

ate actually creating a_ better
learning atmosphere for others,

West Vancouver is one of many
school districts in ..the ‘ Lower
Mainland with a. foreign student
program.

PIATIIPTE: 7. .

Assault charge nets 3G days

A 31-YEAR-OLD. North
Vancouver man was recently
jailed 30 days in connection
with a charge of assault causing
bodily harm to a man.

Richard Edward Baker
pleaded guilty to the charge
stemming from a Dec. 23,
1992, incident in North Van-
couver District.

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