Writer wrong
about funding

Dear Editor:

Brent Mardon, in a recent letter
to the North Shore News editor
titled “WV computer program
applauded,” states that per-capita
student funding is the same for stu-
dents in North and West
Vancouver.

He is wrong.

West Vancouver has consistent-
ly received tnore money per stu-
dent than North Vancouver.

For example, in the 1990-91
school year, West Vancouver
received $5,481 per student while
North Vancouver received $5,124.

This resulted in a difference of
$222 per student that North
Vancouver did not receive.

In this school year West
Vancouver receives $48 more per
student.

This does not sound tike a large
- amount, but it has resulted in West
Vancouver receiving $820,840
more than North Vancouver.

No wonder they can afford to
buy computers and we can nat.

While the difference in cur
respective funding has decreased,
inequity remains and Gur board's

current deficit is only one of its
cumulative effects.

We have labored under a fund-
ing formula that has placed our
Students at a disadvantage when
compared with those in West
Vancouver.

On the other hand, however, we
are expected to provide the same
Programs as West Vancouver.
Consequently, for Mr. Mardon to
state that North Vancouver cannot
afford computer equipment os
result of bad management is sim-
ply incorrect.

North Vancouver and West
Vancouver can only hope that the
provincial government does not
exacerbate this inequity through
amalgamation of our two school
districts.

| encourage Mr Mardon to stop
attacking North Vancouver and to
demand Education Minister Art
Charbonneau that he provide equi-
table funding for all students. no
matter where they are taught.

C. Dixon
President, North Vancouver
Teachers’ Association

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