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In the Aug. 1 News, there were two
ticles on the problem of the daycare
Mocated on Capilano school grounds.
In one of them city Coun. Bob
earnley calls the North Vancouver
strict 44 School Board uncooperative.
For many years, the board has willingly
bgrced to have childcare and preschool
cilities on school grounds and will con-
finue to do so wherever possible. We cer-
ainly see the advantages to children in
loing so.
R Trustees are well aware that schools
Bre public buildings, fike city hall, the
Mpublic library and all other municipal,
provincial and federal buildings.
B We all have a nght to use them for the
Purposes for which they are intended, But
Many additional uses cannot jeopardize the
main purpose of the facility. Contrary to
hat Mr. Fearnley may think, schoo!
Bpuildings and grounds are already heavily
msed by many members of the communi-

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siderable cost to the board.
Responsibility for providing space for
dayveare and preschools, however, really
belongs to the provincial government and
the municipatines. The board has no man-
date whatsoever to provide childcare
space and such arrangements are always
made with a ciear understanding that
when the space is needed for school pur-
poses the childcare use will have to cease.
The board's responsibility is for the
kindergarten to Grade 12 education sys-
tem, If we fail to put the needs of school-
age children first, we fail in our duty to
them and to the community that elected
us to look after their interests. We also fai
in our legal obligations under the School
ct. Ip would be wonderfil if in every sit-
uation of competing interests we could
give everyone what they want.
Unfortunately hard choices sametimes
must
This is such a case. The board listened
carefully and at length to the arguments
for and against keeping the daycare. In

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the end, the majority of trustees agreed
with the Capilano School Parent Advisory
Council and school and district adminis

trators that in the best interests of the
school children, the daycare would have
to move to make room for the portables.

In this process, trustees Tim Morrison
and Deborah Kitson say that school dis-
trict administrators have been cald and
overly bureaucratic. This is simply not so.

Board staff have consistently acted
with p. , consideration and profes-
stonalism in. a difficult situation where
emotions sometimes run high.

They are continuing to work to help
the daycare relocate. The board is ready
and willing to purchase the daycare porta-
bles and will do all it can to assist the day-
care to find a new location. I remain
hopeful that good sense will prevail and
the necessary changes will scon be com-
pleted.

Barb MacLellan
School District 44 trustee
North Vancouver

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3 lasting at Park Royal’s

eee car Editor:

-T read with quite some
joncern the report of 2+; inter-
jew with the Park Royal gen-
ral. manager,. written up by
atherine. Barr, published in
Bane July 16, News.

_Who does this man think
¢ is trying to kid? This is
Rothing more than anorher
arefaced money spinner for

mais company, without consid-
gration of any kind for the res-
Hents of West Vancouver or
¢ North Shore, nor for any
f the tradespeople in these

We certainly do not need
Home Depot, Toys R Us, nor
PetSmart, as they are simply
big, money-hungry US. cor-
porations who will undercut
and destroy any Canadian

company whether it be part of

a chain, or merely a mom and
pop outfit on Marine Drive.

It’s not true that North
Shore residents have to travel
great distances to buy the
commodities sold by hese
“Big Box” outfits.

We already have, and any
self-respecting Canadian
should support, many lo

national Canadian outlets
such as Lumberland, or Revy
as it is now known, Canadian
Tire, Home Hardware and
Home Builders, and many,
many smaller outlets on the
North Shore who cover every-
thing trom toys to pet foods.

ere are many North
Shore residents who do not
want to see the cinenias, the
Park Royal! Lanes and the Park
Royal Golf Centre destroyed
to make way for these US.
goliaths, and t complicate
and create an even worse traf-
fic situation.

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ft is not too late to do
something about it. Let's hear
lots of strong voices request-
ing the West Vancouver
Council to strongly object to
this obscene development by
refusing to give approval or to
issue building permits without
form of referendum
where focal residents can at
least voice their opinions.
Denis Cressey -
West Vancouver

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