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May 4, 1980 Tel. 985-2131

REDUCED SPACE AND A LACK OF CASH

S$ Daycare stru

or survival

By CHRIS LLOYD

A group of North spontaneously rather than
Vancouver parents are through a conscious decision
struggling for the ‘° switch from _ single

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survival of the daycare 3... Pp fe co-op

daycare.
centre used by their The parents’ involvement

children. began about a year ago when

Parents of children at the ‘he day care was threatened
Montessori Day Care at 268 with closure because of
West 6th. Street have for ©*tensive improvements and
med themselves into a upgrading of facilities that
committee to attempt to WS required and the parents
keep the place operating formed themselves into a
since it was sold by the COmMmittee to help the
previous owner. owner. ; .

The parents are faced with As the situation became
the twin incentives of More acute, the burden of
wanting their children to TURNINB the day care
continue having the ine "CQuired greater in-
fluence of the Montessori YOlvement by the parents,
philosophy and the fact that who formed themselves into

there is a critical shortage of 2 ‘registered non-profit
places in day cares of any society last December when

kind. the owner decided to sell the
building.
SPONTANEOUS This was when the

problems of premises really

Montesori Day Care began to bite. As the
nowadays is functioning as a parents became more and
cooperative concern run by more discouraged by their

a core group of parents. CONTINUED ON PAGE C3

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WINNING THE FOUR top awards for her lamp, the two top awards for her figurines, as well as many other prizes in
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Ceramic Association competiton was held in Burnaby, attracting over 1500 pieces from B.C. and Washington. (lan
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