The 1981.

By SUSAN CARDINAL

North
Vancouver school
district budget for $53,

732,319. received the
final stamp of approval.

Tuesday by trustees. -

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school services and: staff is
up 11 per cent from the 1980
budget of $48, 408, 336 in
1980. — ra

District * dupecihidadedt * dhdemnity

Rod Wickstrom said this
increase was “substancially |
lower than most - - (school
districts) - experiencing |
declining enrolment.”
He attributed’ the’ most
significant increases in

“The. final papers - for’ the:

sale of the former Delbrook-~

Secondary School ‘to: North |
" Vancouver” District:
- Signed Tuesday.

of.
“signing camie at ry . ecting of |:
' the North ‘Vancouver School :

Smelovsky.

to decide its fate.

Smelovsky said ‘she . was’.

pleased with. the. District's
decision to. Purchase. the.

JOE AMEY

the building, has been trying |

DIANE LEBOUTILLIER

‘budget allocations to
teachers’ salaries and a
change: in the pupil teacher
ratio, that ‘maintained 25
teaching | jobs which had
ien-made superfluous . by
declining enrolment.
North Vancouver teachers

“were awarded a 12.1 per

cent wage increase last
November bringing the total
expenditure . for. teachers
Salaries in 1981 to
$31,670,920. Trustees

. tegeived ..@ doubling of. their yothen will tax. notices be
‘from a total ‘of .

$14,100 to $28,200 for 1981.
‘Trustee ‘Margaret Jessup

_ said it. was. “significant” that .,

the budget increased by 11

‘percent: in ‘light of in-~:
‘flationary® ‘trends and higher = |

teachers’ salaries. .

“School sale finalized

property: for $1.6 million.
We: wanted’ to'‘sell it to

‘Someone who: would - use it

“over:
and]

‘wind

_for. school . purposes,

would : sivas th to ser-
vicing.debts, maintenance, -

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The finalization ‘of “the *
budget represents ‘months of
preparation and work. The _
effect of the budget on local -
taxation will not be Known.
until April according, to
chairman Verna Smelovsky.

At that time the board will
know the local assessment
base, the rate. of. assessment

provincial grants . and
homeowners grants. Only

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