Parent livid over the
lack of report cards

Dear Editor:

Fam writing to say that | appre.
ciated MLA Jeremy Dualton’s criti-
cism of the lack of school reports
this past June for North Vancouver
District 44 students.

I am surprised that the NVPAC

would have received no message of

concern from parents.

I would like to suy, as one par-
ent, that | was Jivid when | found
‘out, the day before school ended,
that there were to be no reports,

I felt like it was a total under-
handed slnp in the face to the chil-
dren by educators whose main goal
now purports to be to teach them to
love and respect each other, over
and ubove academic excellence,

I feel that one action told parents
alot about the heart of the NVTA
which is providing the framework

Paul Hughes
delights reader

Dear Editor:

Just a note to let you know how
delighted {| was to see the column
by Paul Hughes back in the paper.

He is a real delight to read, and
in these times, when every paper,
every TV or radio news story is
filled with crime, murder and vio-
lence, ‘it is refreshing and relaxing
to read something humorous,

Paul never fails to lift my spir-
its, to let me see people and events
through the eyes of:“Everymun.”
Let’s have more of his type of phi-
losophy and outlook on life!

- Lisa Cooper
- Nerth Vancouver

Learning languages
lessens prejudice ©

Dear Editor:

There is ao better time than the
holiday season to say thank you to
all those parents from the North

Shore and elsewhere who have
supported me by bringing their
children to my French storytime on
: Saturdays.

There is no greater joy for me
than to be able to share my French
language and culture with all the
children.

1 hope that as they grow up they
will enjoy learning other languages
and will be less prejudiced toward
other cultures, whatever those cul-
tures are.

., Louise J. C’Donnell McKnight
North Vancouver

for our children’ f education.

We ure out of the country this
year and it was bizarre trying to
explain’ to educators in France that
we had no reports on our children
academically as the teachers, under
the Teachers” Association, had
refiised to provide them.

Tam sure that they thought we
hid three severely mentally chal-
lunged children whom we simply

“did not waat (o produce reports for,

They could not understand “job
action” that would allow an under-
handed blow,

Lagree that the situation was
shameful, that reports should be
submitted to parents, and am sur-
prised that there has not been more
reaction by! parents.

Sharon Brabacher
Puyloubier, France

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NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C.

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