4 Friday, April 25, 1986 - North Shore News Bowen Island residents object to moving grade seven class PARENTS OF children attending Bowen Island Communi- of this year’s grade six students Consequently, Furk said the ty School are objecting to a decision by West Vancouver ere notified of the board’s deci- Education Committee requested sion, but she did not know if all the local school superintendent District to eliminate the school’s grade seven program. ' look into the matter further and report back to the school board at its next meeting, April 28. She said once the superintend- ent’s report is heard on the issue, another vote on whether to pro- ceed with the transfer may be - taken at the upcoming board meeting. Bowen Island parents were told of the transfer. Furk said trustee Barbara Howard and herself, representing West Vancouver District’s Eguca- tion Committee, visited Bowen Island Community School! last week, and met with a group of about 40 concerned parents. year, parents of nine of the stu- dents objected to the transfer. He said the parents’ group was informed of the school This would result in the transfer of Bowen Island grade seven stu- dents to West Vancouver Second- ary School, starting in July. not “IT feel grade seven students shouldn’t be in high school from the start,’ said John Sbragia. ‘Besides the stress of travelling, they have to adjust to a larger learning area. Sbragia’s seven-year-old is one of 170 Bowen Island school stu- dents. “There’s a real fear among parents that more and more of our kids will be transferred over — the next step would be grade six, then grade five and so on.’’ Bowen Island Community School, which would continue to operate up to the grade six level, ‘was previously under the jurisdic- tion. of: the. Sunshine Coast District. : “WV JURISDICT ION school WEST VANCOUVER trustee Margot Furk...Board has decided that grade seven students are mature enough to attend high school, - district’s decision to transfer the grade seven students. Furk said Bowen Island parents But the Ministry of Education ‘last year decided to place it under West Vancouver District's jurisdic- tion, where.’ grade seven students are taught in a high school setting. Early last month, the West Van- -couver - School Board: voted to transfer. ‘the Bowen Island grade seven students to West Vancouver High School. 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