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NEWS phantoe Terry Peters
THE NORTH Shore got ts own version of the dome this week when they blew up the
tennis court cover at Hollybern Country Cisb in West Vanconver. The dome, which

covers fonr mew tennis courts at the popular recreation facility, ts a amailer model of
its more famoes big brother.

SUNDAY

cloudy with showers
MONDAY
cloudy with showers

Point Atkinson
SUNOAY

Education stand
on three days
‘crocodile tears’

MARK HAMILT

‘‘PERSONALLY I wish they’d tell us how much
money we have to spend and then let us get on with

the job.”’

That’s the reaction of
Norm Alban, chairman of
the West Vancouver School
Board, to continuing con-
troversy over what will hap-
pen to money saved by the
three-day teachers’ strike last
month

“We have not as yet plann-
ed on making up the three
days,’ Alban said ‘‘We're
waiting for the situation to
clarify wself We've had no
official reaction from the
government, we're just
reading about it in the news-
papers hke everyone clse "’

According to those press
reports, Education Minister
Jack Heinrich has” given
school boards until Dec 15
to come up with plans for
making up for the three lost

days during the 1983 84
school year
Those who do Hemrch

said, will be able to keep the
money saved by the strike
Those who dont. will have
the cyuivalent amount cut
from their provincial grants

West school
district has dome away with

Vanvouver

professional days for the
period between January and
June, 1984 None were
scheduled for the pend and
to oappears none will be
unlike the situation in other
years

North Vancouver shoot
dhstrict isin much of the same
position as having no
tesponse to the

statement so far

ministers

(According to board
member Rev Roy Dungey
the board has not discussed
the possibility of reschedul

NORM ALBAN
. board chairman

ing the three days lost during
the strike and dues not have a
mecting scheduled until Dec
13 two days before
Hemrich s deadline )
Meanwhile, West Van
chairman Afban compares
the furore in) Victona over
the three days lost to the
strike to crocodile tears

Says Alban (One year ago
at this time the Mintster of
Bducation (Bill Vander
faim) was dictating that we
decrease the number of days
in the school year to save
money Vander /Zalm madc
us culo five days from the
school year at his direction
The fact that the Munastry is
now aghast that we've lost
three days is quite a change