LA Dalton blasts
V teachers over
lack of report cards

WEST VANCOUVER.-Capilano MLA Jeremy Dalton

vented frustration at the Oct.

26 North Vancouver

District 44 school board (NVSB) meeting over the lack
of year-end report cards for last year’s North Van-

couver students.

{n job action by the North
Vancouver Teachers’ Associa
tion (NVTA), report cards were
distributed only to students
who were graduating or at-
tending summer school.

Legislation governing B.C.'s
education system — the [989
School Act -~ states that
teachers must regularly provide
parents of students with pro-
gress reports ai the end of each
school ycar.

Buc school board chairman
Don Bell and NVTA president
Keith Denley said the legisla-

tion is superceded by the labor —

code during labor disruptions
due to contract negotiations,

Deniey said that activities not
completed as part of job action

‘are not legally required to be
completed under the provincial
labor code. :

He also pointed out that last
spring * the Burnaby school
board took the same. issue to
the Labor Relations Soard only
to’ be told that reports missed

during job action did not: have

to be delivered.

A June 15, 1993, letter from
NVTA. past-president Linda
“Watson to North Vancouver
‘superintendent of schools Dr.
Robin Brayne stated that the
teachers were on strike and,
because they were in a legal
strike position, they were

‘‘under no. obligation to per-
foim any duties.””

But Dalton, the former Lib-
eral education critic, . said
teachers still received their full
salaries while withholding ad-
ministrative services, which in-
clude the Production of report
cards.

He calls’ the situation
shameful.

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NORTH VANCOUVER
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But Denley said the teachers
offered to produce the report
cards if the board agreed to go
to binding arbitration to settle
outstanding issues: in the con-
tract dispute.

Because the board = refused
arbitration, the teachers did tot
issue report cards,

He sald the teachers updated
ail files
although they were not. legally
required to do so.

Student files at. individual
elementary and — secondary
schools were updated to include
last year’s marks and are ac-
cessible to parents and students
who contact. their home
schools.

Dalton said it was ludicrous
for school principals to invite
every parent to come in and sce
the files.

“In any particular case, all
I'm asking is that letter grades
that are in the files for the
Grade’ 6 and 7 students be
written on a piece of paper, and
sent home,” Dalton said.

But North Vancouver Parent
Advisory Council president
Barbara Atkins said she has
received no calls expressing
concern on the issue.

“I think most parents know
how their children are doing in
school,” she said.

But Dalton — whose
children attend a North Van-
couver elementary school —
said, ‘I’ think that ... the
teachers haven’t done their job.

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prise,’’ said Gadsby.

But both Couns.
and Jim Cuthbert
project.

Buchols described the applica-
tion as a breach of the district's
zoning.

He called the Crown Street
iocation “inappropriate? for rec-
reation,

Cuthbert agreed that the ex-
isting zoning should be upheld and
hinted that a multi-ice-rink facil-
ity under discussion by the recre-
ation commission could be located
“not far away from this site,’

But Coun. Broie
disugreed,

“Po don't share the optinism
that our facility (the multi-rink) is
just around the corner,’’ said Crist
and offered to bet Buchols a case
of beer on it.

Coun. Janice Harris supported
the proposal as fulfilling a need at
no cost to the municipality.

Said Harris, “We won't need to
cut one tree for this development.
It's refreshing.”

Muyor Murray Dykeman said
the information presented at the

enter-

Rick Buchols
opposed the

Crist

Operators planning to
open rink by Christmas

public hearing on parking and
signage had helped to change his
mind on the proposal,

Dykeman said that white he still
had concerns about the focation,
the benefits of a youth training
facility outweighed those concerns.

Grimwood has said that he will
offer his ice rink to every clemen-
tary school class in North Van-
couver City and District twice a
year at no charge.

He had hoped to have his rink
operational by Christmas, but
Grimwood said the unexpectedly
lengthy rezoning process for the
land at 1385 Crown St. means Urat
“we are realistically looking at a
spring opening.”’

He told the News that besides
the participation of the landown-
er, Quadra Equities Ltd., a
tumber of focal companies have
offered to provide free labor ser-
vices for the tink project in such
areas as landscaping, fencing and
painting.

Grimwood plans to operate the
rink every day from 8 a.m. to 8
p.m. ind expects to handle be-
tween 1,500 and 2,000 children a
week at the facility.

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