Dear +. Speck: ;
Tam a concerned taxpayer
of the. Deep Cove area.

While ‘my children are no
longer -in  school,. I have

maintained“ my. interest: in
the school system, and’am
- particularly interested in the

to demolish: : the.

Burrard View. ‘Elementary -
School and° ‘build- a - new

school in its place.. My
property adjoins the school
site, and I am very interested
in this matter. _

On June 26 T-went to the:
School Board. to arrange a.

private meeting with some
parents. I felt that teachers
and administrators should

not be present because of ©

the possibility of
timidation of the parents.

The ‘meeting was set for
October 11: The meeting
was turned, without my
knowledge into a public ,

meeting. When we déclined |
‘to attend insisting on a.

meeting between the
trustees and the parents as
previously arranged, the
Board informed us that they
‘don’t grant private
meetings’. This was at-
tributed to a lack of correct

terminology on my part.

A. ‘presentation held ‘by

- people lobbying for the new |
- school . was prefaced by a

memo saying ‘that I can-

Education: far more

ine:

‘celled the previous meeting, 7
when in fact that was not
true. -

My position is that it

would be much cheaper and

,entirely satisfactory to,
upgrade that school if it is
necessary. The other side
maintains that the school is
not conducive to good
learning: 1 think that the
problem is’ not with the
school building but -with the
teachers.

“I don't think that the
teachers and principals
should be lobbying for a new

school. There are teachers
ined up. for teaching jobs
now. If they don’t tike .

than dollars and cents

Dear Editor: :
Re: School Trustee

Sarsfield’s letter of March 14

to your paper, I would like to

correct him on at least one

point he made, and comment
' on several others.

First, at the Community

School Workshop held at
Boundary Community School
on January_13 of this year,
_ Mr. Sarsfield; in front of
_ approximately 50 people,
tanging from concerned
parents and residents to

senior school administrators,
stated he was in favor of the
Community School concept
in School District 44.

That his remarks that day

obviously belie ‘his' many
subsequent statements, has
been noted by more than a
few North Van parents.

Secondly,. Mr. Sarsfield
fails to point out that, while
the North: Van Operating
Cost/Pupil ratio is
marginally higher than any

other school district in the
Lower Mainland, the schools
in. North Van have con-
sistently been rated among
the -highest in the entire
country. This fact was
pointed out by Trustee
Lynas at the January 13
workshop.

‘Thirdly, Mr. Sarsfield and
Mr. Craig seem to think their
cost accounting/‘*‘bottom

line’’ mentality is the answer
to administering a school
budget. This narrow attitude
fails to recognize the simple
fact that a higher quality

teaching at that school, let's)
get a teacher who doesn't

mind teaching there.

A young mother in our
area saw a drawing by her
child which was a picture of
“Our Neighborhood’. In the
centre of the picture was a
drawing of what the child
said was ‘our new school’. I
feel that the children are
being -used as pawns in this
game, and I. object to this
very much. We are not a
socialist country, yet, and I
feel that this type of lobbying
is entirely inappropriate.

‘Mrs. Jacqueline Sharpe
Deep Cove '

education costs more than an
inferior one.. .

1 am thankful the remain-
ing trustees see our child-
ren’s education in terms
other than dollars and cents.

Joseph F. Campbell
North Vancouver, B.C.

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