increase

NORTH YANCOUVER
School District 44's school
calendar bylaw, approved
Tuesday, allows public
schools to opt out of the
Education Ministry's stan-
dard school year calendar —
including its community
interaction days.

EL LL AREAL EE PE PENI NS

NORTH VANCOUVER
SCHOOL BOARD
By Kevin Gillies

The Education Ministry‘s
school calendar regulation stipu-
fated for the past school year that
two instructional days had to be
converted into community inter-
action days and used to help par-
ents and community members
understand the now-defunct Year
2000 program.

The community interaction
days can be designated instruc-
tional days, but any school’s
move must have unanimous sup-
port from its parents, teachers and
administrators before the board
will make the change.

The days were unpopular with
parents duce to the luss of iwo
instructional days.

Many work by day and can't
afford the day off.

Proposals to change the calen-
dar can be brought to the school
board by a parent group or a
school employees’ union.

The board would then inform
the other affected groups of the
board's intent 10 seek approval 10
days before the issue is discussed.

Currently, all schools in B.C.
are governed by the schoo! calen-
dar regulation.

Superintendent of schools
Robin Brayne acknowledged that
in theory the bylaw could be used
to alter the school calendar for
purposes other than the communi-
ty interaction days but, he said, in
practical terms that will not be
possible because of employment
agreements that are already in
place.

Bad driving
charges steer
man to court

A 33-YEAR-OLD Bowen Island
man was recently jailed seven
months in connection with five dri-
ving charges racked up within four
months on Bowen Island.

Dale Carmen Reinhardt pleaded
guilty to:

B driving without due care and
attention on Grafton Road and
other highways on March 30;

® driving without a valid licence
on the same day;

@ and causing a vehicle to follow
another vehicle too closely on
Grafton Road and other highways,
also on March 30.

He also pleaded guilty to dan-
gerous driving on Cates Hill Road
on July 13,

Reinhardt was found guilty of
dangerous driving on Grafton Road
and other highways relating to a
May 10 incident. Judge Jerome
Paradis suspended Reinhardt’s
licence for five years in North
Vancouver provincial court on
Aug. 18.

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