SUNDAY
October 8, 1995

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* Graham's new

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world. 34

— lrene Jeffery, program
coordinator for Carson
Intern'l
Baccalaureate program.
See story on page 3.

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§ Hit and miss
fashion wish list: 17

Weekly fashion
events calendar: 19

opinion
@ Collins - Consider
South Africa: 4

| Hunter -- An October
kind of column: 7

SENTINEL SECONDARY school student Grace Wu, 16, wonders if an unidentified

Trustee, parent

question contracts

A PARENT and school trustee are
questioning whether North
Vancouver School District 44
should look at the untouchable: the
wages and benefit packayes that eat
up 91% of the school district’s
$97.7 million in operating expenses.

By lan Noble
News Reporter

Bat North Vancouver — Teachers
Association president Chuck Dixon. said
District 44 teachers’ salaries and benefits are
in ling with those in other schoul districts.

The problem leading tu the district's $2.6
million deficit, he said, is the cumulative
effect of government underfunding,

Teacher salaries, support salaries, substi-
tute saliries, benefits and allowance account
for $74,816,806 of $78,600,601 in instruc-
Hon expenses. For district and school-based
administration, salaries, benefits and
allowances chew up $7,587,942 of
$8,138,499 in expenses,

Both instruction and administeation
areas were over budget in the 1994-95 bud-
get, which covers July 1994 to June 1995.

In comparison, salaries and benefits
accounted for 85% of District 41's

NEWS photo Mike Wakofleld

flying rock that smashed her back windshield is a meteorcite. Wu's car was hit on
Highway 1 near Taylor Way. Next stop is ICBC. See story page 3.

All-star hospital

$82,342,794 in opening expenditures. in

See Critic page 3

N. Van teen

CARSON GRAHAM secondary school’s
reigning co-athlete of the year was close to!
death over the weekend afier being attacked
while attempting to break up a confiict ata
Lynn Valley party

By Anna Marie Angelo
News Reporter

Brent Swatnidge, 19) was in the special care unit at
Lions Gate Hospital to press time Friday,

He lis undersone five hours of revonstructive phis-
ho surgery to his face. according too relative who
declined to be named.

The stecky talented athtete also has had) brain
swelling, seizures and (uid removed Drom his brain as
aresult of the Sept. 30 atuick.

party meiee

Some witnesses have told the police that Swatridge
was athicked with a vrawbar and bat.

Said Swatnidpe’s former cugby coach at Carson
Grahans, Doug Barker, “ft went to see bin on Tuesday,
Twas amazed at how upbeat he is,

“if anyone is going to pull through, its him, He is
strong willed and a physically strong boy.”

A 15-vear-old North Vancouver youu has been
charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon
and possessing a dangerous weapon in connection
with the attack.

The Criminal Code states thata charge of aggravat-
ed assault mvulves wounding. maiming, disfiguring or
cndangering the file of a person,

The charged youth cant be named because he ts
ander age PS oamd his alleged erhmes are dealt with

NEWS photo Terry Peters

BRENT SWATRIDGE. under-
went reconstructive facial

See Beating page & ~~ surgery last week after attack.