. Dear Editor;

: both

completely lost control over
the. éducational
direction . and... spendthrift

‘> ways of. the bureaucrats who:

"appear torun School District _

that meeting-is- -accutate-to-~ > why: ~pottier” to ask for

; ~ #44 Vas their’ own” ‘private:
“Many taxpayers’ who: live | oS
in North ‘Vancouver ~ have ©
suspected for years that our
. Board of Trustees has almost ~

club::

... This was - - confirmed for: -
it those of us who. attended the..
‘regular _

‘School .,
Meeting on July 10th.

. The. following” “record of
incompetencies disclosed at. .

Board |

the best. of my recall.

1: The administration
submitted ‘ bound: copies of

_two new courses. (both of

which were ‘in my opinion
educationally irrelevant) to

‘the trustees for. their's vote of

approval.

approval after final printing
was already completed? _ .

2. Some Trustees—then—

complained ‘that. they. had
only had.a couple of days to |
review the course material,
and, most- having. their own
full-time” ‘jobs to “consider,
had not even looked at ityet :2!

And this: the -:very.”.
meeting where. they were.

Warburton articular, Tr he had
not looked ‘at: the.. course
material prior to, the ‘board .

But. he went'on to’ > suiggest

“Courses. ae

Marshall offered that. in his
experience none ‘of the
courses previously submitted
‘the Department of:
Edacation. a oat

This comforting thought
-only:: proves: that © senior
bureaucrats, stick together. :

ont bein asked if a vote |
“on ‘the subject courses: could
-be ‘deferred to the: next.

: board meeting in “August, ©

Dr. ~ Marshall. had ‘to. admit
“that wasn’t. possible ‘because |
it “would be too” late for
implementation of the _two.

= David Craig” and Ernie

~ Fesponacl with : tongue ..in
cheek “In that.case, Mr.’
Chairman, -why don’t. ‘they: .
just--give us the- " covers “to”
approve?”

” ES

In contrast to. the sloppy
stewardship. of. other -
trustees, the. two C.C.A.-
‘endorsed members, Trustees

Sarsfield, from their remarks
on the contents of the two
courses, had clearly’ done :
their homework.

They knowledgeably
expressed their arguments
for and ‘against. approval,
and voted ‘with consistency
to support their arguments.

yee Heg.

re

Fo omy V1 es eae

that the board should send

-the material on the the

Department of Education for
their approval, and let them

' approve or reject the course.

merely want to pass the

‘buck?
4. Then Chairman. Burbidge

mildly . suggested that’ ’ the
board should have received |
proposals and cost estimates
for the two courses prior to

publication.

I'd have put ‘it a damn
sight stronger than that!

If the board has not set
firm policies to that effect,
what can they expect?

. 5. At that point Trustee

huge budget of half a million
dollars doesn’t help our
Division of Program and
Development to meet their

required deadlines.
Do we need trustees who -

8. ‘So the. vote: on the two

- courses. was held, ‘the result.

‘being that one course (to

‘which I’ had strongly ob-
_jected_on the grounds that it .

constituted social
engineering) was shelved,
with the second being ap.

proved by all but our
commonsense Trustee, .
Ernie Sarsfield.

Do you realize that

Trustee Warburton and the
rest of the board members |
therefore approved a course

‘they had not even_looked at,—.

David Craig very properly .
pointed out that he had

: previously réquested that the .

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" policies be made a priority.

Don't hold your breath on
that one, Dave, so long as
your bureaucrats have to
identify the items for your
future discussions.

6. About this time, Assistant _
Superintendent Dr. Leo

Dear Editor:

I am appalled at the
blatant display of sexism and
leering prurience your
newspaper permits in the
form of the “Sunshine Girl”
section. Surely such smarmy
eroticism belongs in the

by their own admission? }

9. At a later time in ‘the

meeting, Chairman Burbidge .

tried, with some obvious
embarrassment, to defend

this inept rubber-stamping |

by informing the gallery that
trustees are not expected to
read everything they have to
approve.

‘ Trustee Sarsfield was the
hit of the night when. he

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I believé two lessons can .
be learned from such a
disastrous exercise of the
democratic process.

' Firstly, that ‘the word
‘trustee’ refers to one who is

entrusted, and our school _

board trustees are so en-

trusted by us with. the

monitoring of our.
educational system to ensure

that it equips our children.
efficiently and effectively for

their future lives.

Secondly, that if ‘the
miserable performance of
this present board is to be

-improved, “all” of us, “even.

those who are not right at
this time parents of children
attending school, must take
an interest and work
together to replace those
trustees who fail to. control
the administration of School
District #44.

John L. Hooper
Concerned Citizens
Association” - .
North Vancouver

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