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. . ~ sup MT he parents -~ - “Hence I cannot t deny’ that the cash, I appreciate the use»
_ see, by 1 eans of a glossy associated with community chairs. But. liere ‘again, the ‘ the CC: A. has. had some _ of your pages.

a ‘and’ ‘expensive drop - sheet . ‘schools. are’: prone to do, C:C.A. attack is. helping: to effects, although perhaps not . .

oe presented | ‘me. by my. post- . probably © because: they” are ‘bring, the whole question of ° quite those “they claim in - .

_ that’ the ‘Concerned - generally © ‘more’ aware of. - community ‘schools up. for. their dropsheet.. ‘L only wish I M. Burbidge .

‘sn Citizens Association is laim-. what is- going -on in ‘our debate, “which. can only be. were’ wealthy enough ‘to School Board Chairman
ing the ‘lion’s share of the. schools than: are those who . ee - finance a response. » Lacking North Vancouver
credit for. the forthcoming | — Se

“reduction ‘in'school taxes in. ae re
am Zz “MILI a F 4 3

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=the City and: District of North ©

Vancouver. ° I gather. the
«Association > will also ‘claim

. credit for the revolt in Iran,

_ the mass suicides in Guyana,

» and the eclipse of the sun a
couple of months ago, since —
_ the connection between their
valiant. efforts and these .

. - évents is just as close as it is ©
vavith the. reduction in taxes.

al ‘should not wish to claim §
“that the efforts of the C. C.A.
“have been totally without -.
_effect. When its: enthusiasts. .
first appeared on the scene a.
-couple of years ago, they led.
a full scale charge against...
~ the elementary. French: pro- ©
‘gramme in the district. They _-
seem to have totally. forgot-
ten that_ issue. now, but at.

least their attack did provoke |
the Parents for French to
organize more vigorously.

Next they, raised a great
fuss about the numbers of - #
administrators in the district, ~
‘forcing the - trustees to -
provide the information that_
North Van has, if anything,
slightly fewer administrators \
‘than comparable districts in rs : rg Xs;
B.C. and Canada. This point 1 De
seems to have been taken by -
- most members of the associ-

cee eem eee A “On Selected

-ptovoke a close look at the ~

possibility of over-admini-
stration, as long as one does _ . hs
not lose sight of the fact that

if- you -do reduce _ their

numbers, you shift more [ga :
responsibility to principals, by

teachers and parent groups,

which I at least would regard

as a sound move. y

The current target of the

C.C.A. is, of course, the

community schoo] movement -

in North Van, chosen, I
suppose or ane very good :

reason tha you tend to

eee bere are examples from this BIG MONEY SAVING EVENT
a whoie, it makes sense to try

to destroy those associations
of parents who most actively

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