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In B.C. system

FROM PAGE A1

which is ‘‘primarily enrol-
ment driven . . . The govern-
ment doesn’t feel one area
alone should benefit from a
large tax base. . . The money
should be spread around. .
It’s important to give equity

to everybody in the
province.”’
He said the three. year

financing scheme has receiv-
ed ‘‘a lot of input,’’ which
has led to continuing
modifications of the system.
He added although the
government is ‘‘in a holding
pattern until 1986,’’ after
that access to the residential
tax base will be given to
school boards.

The minister reiterated his
stand on the recently released
white paper on curriculum
stating, ‘‘Too many students
take the path of minimal
resistance.” Acknowledging
that not all students can be
expected to excel in tougher
subjects such as science or
math, Heinrich said he is still
of the firm belief that
English, Social Studies and
Physical Education are not
adequate as the sole com-
pulsory subjects for senior
secondary students.

Discussing the move to of-
fer Asian languages,
Heinrich said in Europe it is a
matter of economic survival
to speak more than one
language. Thus, Asian
studies can only assist
students since B.C. ‘‘has
pretty significant ties to the
Pacific.”’

As for. the controversial
province-wide exams, the
minister said the exams give
students the chance to excel
in another area, should they
have poor classroom marks.

‘*There were some con-

Time to

WEST VANCOUVER
residents who purchased guns
in the carly part of 1979 are
being warned that their
firearms acquisition” cer-

on school cuts

NEWS photo Stu Davis

EDUCATION MINISTER Jack Heinrich laid out the new
realities for B.C.’s education system for a North Vancouver

audience Monday.

cerns that children going on
to post-secondary education
were encountering difficulty
past high school. Exams
should be a measure of their
ability. Kids that = aren’t
measured may have false ex-
pectations of their abilities at
the post-secondary level,’’ he
said.

Perhaps the most delicate
issue addressed during ques-
tion period concerned
whether independent schools
have the right to use excess
facilities in the public school
system. The issue has recently
surfaced as a sore point in the
North Vancouver School
District. Heinrich refused to
take sides in the matter.

**You have to remember
that school boards have
charge of their own assets
and it is their right to decide

how to handle the disposition
of their facilities,’’ he said.
“If the school board sees
enrolment declining with the
kids going to independent
schools, then the revenue is
going there instead of into
the public school system... .
It’s really not for the provin-
cial government to intervene
regarding the views of the
board, but the school board
must pay heed to the
demographics of the com-
munity. They may feel they
should hold onto their assets
for future consideration. |
can’t resolve that type of
problem.”’

Heinrich concluded his ap-
pearance with a brief discus-
sion of the government’s
decision to close the David
Thompson University Centre
tn Nelson.

re-register
guns say WV police

tificates have expired.

Any West Van _ resident
who purchased a firearms ac-
quisition certificate in
January, February or March

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Van police that the certificate
has expired.

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