Community schools in
North Vancouver, are a
suCcCcESS.

When all of the elements

are analysed and. the
limitations taken into ac-
count,
conclusion of a 200 ‘page
Study tabled last week by

North Vancouyer School

Board, .
The study entitled ‘A
Study of Community Schools:

in North Vancouver School
Disjrict? was commissioned
by the board last spring to
evaluate community schools
in the district.

The concept of a school to
provide for _ community
activities. was ° by
the North Varicouver. board
in 1970 and it‘ was ‘in ‘this
community that the first
community school in the
province was started.

A summary of the report
says that “within a decade
nearly a quarter of the
District's elementary schools
had become community
schools.”

that is the basic.

In the spring of 1979
community schools became
a controversial issue wien a
petition was filed in the
Supreme Court of B.C.
challengitig the authority of
the -school board to use

public ‘funds to pay com-—
‘munity school coordinators.

The court judged that the
school district was operating
within its authority, but‘in a
review of the pending court
action the board decided to
evaluate the community
education program in North |
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‘The report was prepared
by staff members Drs.

Wiliam O’Neil and Robin
Brayne.

An 18-point
program was drawn up to
compare - : the’ ‘aspects of

- education ©. in; the. ‘seven
_ community schools with

regular schools in the
community.
“The data showed general

support for the continuance

and eéxpansion ‘of the
components of community
education in the ‘District’s
community schools and
regular schools,” the report
summary concludes.

“The . , responding.
populations viewed the

components of comepoay
education” “as - valu ad-

ditions” to all, ‘schools
seem: ‘ to be, . successfully
meeting. ‘the’ needs. of the.

constituent \ populations in’

the ‘comm ities B: which
they presen \y operated.

‘While | community
schools were not always seen
as achieving their goals, the
withdrawal of the programs
and services. were not found

‘to be acceptable to ‘any -of
* *" responding

the ;
groups.” But the summary
also concluded that “the
achievement findings
showed no real differences

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While the report says that
community schools. do
outperform regular schools
in providing more organized

programs and activities for
‘adults and‘ more’ out of
‘school " programs for
students, they'do not appear
‘to outperform. regular
schools, .in termis of parent
and community  par-
ticipation.

“Simi ” the summary
“the data do not
suggest | convincingly that
community schools : have
more impact than regular

schools on the degree of -

community involvement.”

Following the presen-

tation of the report, Arlene —
- Bell, a. ‘parent with children ~
attending. a community -

school,’ told the News that
the report left out certain
key questions.

Aithough she had not read

the report, Bell said it did

Ail - Wednesday, February 4, 1981 - North Shore News

not examine the cost or
effectiveness of the com-
munity coordinators.

Why pay a lot of money
for coordinators. to “make
arrangements for a macrame
class,” she said.

Since 1973 the school.
board has provided funds in.

excess of $1
promote
schools. .-

The study will be
distributed to schools and
interested groups and in-
dividuals and the trustees

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-voted to defer it to the
school board committee that
set the terms of reference for
the report, ‘for study and
recommendations. .

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