NV SCHOOL BOARD RACE

Sarsfield emphasizes the basics

“We cannot allow the
schools to become in-
struments for ‘social change’
as demanded by political
extremists and half-trained
‘psychologists’. The purpose
of the schools is to educate
the children to a standard
where they can be usefully
employed in business and
industry ...”

That's the creed of in-
cumbent North Vancouver
school trustee Ernie Sar-
sfield who is seeking re-

Sarsfield was first elected
in 1978 on a _ platform
condemning waste, ex-
travagance and inefficiency
in the North Van School
District which — during the
previous five years — had
had the highest increase in
education costs in BC.

During the past two years
the cost increase has been
almost the lowest in the
province, says Sarsfield,
although no teachers have
been fired and no programs

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doesn't claim all is perfect in
the North Van_ school
system. “Many problems
exist in the classrooms where
disruptive pupils make it
difficult for teachers to teach
or for students to learn,” he
says.

“The teachers and those
pupils wishing to learn must
be protected from a small
undisciplined minority.”

Sarsfield, who has lived in
North Van for the past 14

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Gregory aims for communication

Bringing West Vancouver
school board and its ac-
tivities into the mainstream
of community life is one of
the key objectives of John
Gregory who is seeking
election for the first ime to
one of the three vacant
trustee seats on November
15.

His aim, he says, will be to
“improve communication
between all segments of the
community and the school
board (and) to actively

JOHN GREGORY

maintain Communication
with all participants in the
education process.”

Other pledges by Gregory
are

*To work responsibly to
improve the quality of
education in West Van.

*To press for business-hke
operaton of school board
affairs

*To continue improving
careers education in
secondary school

*To continue monitonng
class sizes in order to censure
efficient use of school
facalhues

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Parents Association and the
West Van Secondary School
Advisory Group. He _ has
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advisory committees, 1s
presdent of the West Van
unit oof the BC Hearn
Foundation and 6 director of
the Gordon Sturtndge North
Shore Football League

He has one son attending

West Van Secondary
School

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