page 8 - April 27, 1977 - North Shore News

At its regular mid-April
meeting North Vancouver
school board received a
summary report of major
conclusions drawn from the
Core Curriculum meetings
held. during February and
March.

Over 2,700 parents, teach-
ers, students, aides, student
teachers, and other interest-
ed community members at-
tended the 38 meetings.

The majority of them felt
that the Core Curriculum

goals were valid in that they

were similar to goals already
actively pursued in district
schools, and in that the goals
listed do cover basic skills
and understandings, al
though there appear to be
important deficiencies.

JOHN
PASCHOLD

CARRIE
WHETSTONE.

The major disagreement

was expressed as a strong
concern that the needs of
particular children, mainly
the slow iearners, the gifted,
and those with learning
disabilities, would not be
met. An additional general
concern was that the Core
Curriculum goals appeared
-to be aimed at producing a
mediocre or average student.

The summary _ report
showed that, in general, a
broad educational program is
preferred - as opposed to a
narrow ~ program restricted
either to Core Curriculum
areas or to areas not listed in

the Core Curriculum booklet.

Public - meeting  partici-
pants indicated that approxi-
mately 45 per cent of
program resources should be

allocated to Coré Curriculum

GARANER
COSSEY

“ BUD
ERAWIN
SWANGARD BOLTON

Refusal by the British
Columbia School Trustees
Association to deal with the
matter. of violence on tele-
vision has provoked the
North. Vancouver School
Board to bring the issue up
on the floor at the associa-
tion’s annual convention,
April 29 to May 2 at the Hotel
Vancouver.

The board is calling for
government action to curb
the violence and for the
cancellation of TV station
licences if they dé not adhere
to such regulations. -

areas, with the remaining 55
percent being assigned to
non-core areas (e.g. critical

thinking, decision making,

self-worth, pride of accomp-
lishment, citizenship).

The responses of partici-
pants have been submitted to
the Ministry of Education.

around the clock. |

The BCSTA refused to
deal with the issue on ‘the
grounds that it does not fall
within the aims and objec-
tives of the association.

Alan Nichols, of the
association, says ‘‘Resolu-
tions which seek to restrict
smoking in public places,
banning nuclear. weapons,
and condemning violence on
television are commendable
but are not the _ direct
concerns of the BCSTA and
school boards.”’

‘Only motions | directly

affecting education are ac-

cepted by the legislative
committee, but if the board
wishes to challenge the
committee’s action it may do
so. from the floor of the
annual general meeting.

_ The board has already
requested the BCSTA .to ask

the provincial government to
take prompt action with the
CRTC to curb violence on
television.

’

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