8 - Wednesday, January 25, 1995 - North Shore News

Student funds
short, Van
trustees say

WEST VANCOUVER School
District 45 has been given an
extra $963,501 by — the
Ministry of Education to pay
for an additional 222 students
for the 1994-1995 school

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WEST VANCOUVER
SCHOOL BOARD
By Glen Anwick

Chatet
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to subsidize the outlying regions.”

Trustee Jean Ferguson agreed
and said that West Vanconver is
now “getting unfair treatment in
comparison to neighboring schoal
districts.”

Trustee Michael MacDougall
said the Education Ministry’ s new

The school district has an enrol-
ment of 6,082 students.

Although the new money is
welcomed by district trustees, the
funding is well below what the
board says is needed to reach
teaching and program objectives.

Ata Jan. 17 meeting, Wustees

1585 MacGowan Avenue, North Van.

“pe nalizing”

expressed frustration over what
they believe is stonewalling by the
provincial government.

Trustee Clive Bird said District
45 was allocated $5,449 per stu-
dent, u drop of $42 per student

funding formula is
District 45 for doing *

present to the Education Ministry
for review,

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