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Vancouver District 45

School Board (WVSB) admitted Friday that a two-year
fundraising campaign for Sentinel secondary school has

been a failure.

The Sentine! Development Fund
Initiative was) approved by the
WYVSB in July 1991.

The school board decided this
week to launch a full-scale audit
of Sentinel schaol finances,

fn a News story published last
year, Peter Lefaivre, then Sentinel
principal, said the fund was
created to raise moncy to upgrade
and augment school resources ‘tin
order to improve the environment
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By Surj Rattan

News Reporter

educated,”

' The school board hired a devel-
opment officer “to manage the
fund. _

Last May, Lefaivre told the
school board that he expected the
fund to generate gross revenues of
$1,750,000 between 1992 and
1994,

But WYSB chairman Peter
Bradshaw said Friday that there is
only $34,220 in the fund. He said
that while $162,443 was raise
over the last two years, $111,689
of that was spent an ‘expenses.’’
Based on figures released in
January, creditors were owed
$16,531,

Ina year-end report to West
Fancouver school trustees in) May
1992, Lefaivre said the fund had
grown to approximitely $125,000
“only two weeks after the official
program faunch.””

Bradshaw noted that $64,000 of
the $162,443 raised for the devel-
opment fund came from fees

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charged to international students,

The fund also received money
from parent and community
donations as well as through
special events such as a Grand-
parent’s Day held at the school.

Meanwhile, the fund’s develop-
ment officer, Allan Holender, has
returned to. private business.
Bradshaw confirmed that
Holender was paid a salary of
$64,000,

Also gone is Lefaivre, who quit
his position Sentinel principal
to take a job in Kentucky.

Lefaivre’s departure and the
state of the fund are featured in a
controversial story in this month's

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Saturday Night magazine.

The story was written by a
former West Vancouver teacher.

Bradshaw said the magazine ar-
ticle prompted the school board to
launch an audit of Sentinel’s fi-
nances. The decision was made at
a closed-door meeting of school
trustees this week.

Despite the controversy
surrounding Lefaivre’s departure
and. the develapment fund, Brad-
shaw said the school board will
continue with its fundraising cam-
paign for Sentinel secondary
school. ‘

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