February 10,1995 88 pages

the news

$6 Those that
come with a good
work ethic, enthusi-

asm and willing-

ness to learn get

the jobs. OY

— North Vancouver Chamber
of Commerce manager Judi
Ainsworth on job searching.

Education for Employment
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@ Inside Stories.............15
@ N. Shore Alert............12

Bs TV Listings............20

Bl Tools of the gardening
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Weather
Saturday: sunny with
+ cloudy periods, windy
a High 5°C, Low -3°C.

BOMB B

Overnight explosion in stu-
dent's locker closes Sentinel
secondary school.

NEWS photo Terry Peters

Burning down the hous
NORTH VANCOUVER District Fire Services recruit Chris Little received a heated introduc-
tion to fire fighting on the North Shore when the fire department set a house at 3066
Doilarton ablaze Wednesday morning. The fire provided an opportunity for Little and two
other recruits to use the skills learned during their six-week training periods, which are near
an end. The new firefighters will soon be assigned to North Vancouver stations.

TREATY FORUM

Representatives answer
questions on treaty process
at Centennial Theatre.

Distribution 986-1337 25¢

NV senior
executives
cash out

PARENTS, TEACHERS,
politicians and union mem-
bers expressed resignation,
dismay and anger at news
that four former senior
administrators with cash-
strapped North Vancouver
School District 44 received
nearly $300,000 in sick pay

‘benefits when they left the

school district.

- By lan Noble

News Reporter

Former assistant school superin-
tendent Pat Bell received
$94,491.66; former assistant school
superintendent Tom Carlile banked
$108,750; former assistant school
superintendent Chris Kelly pocket-
ed $48,550.23; and former director
of continuing education Doug
Ledgerwood stashed away
$43,344.89.

The taxable payments will be
doled out over a three-year period.

In addition to the sick-pay pay-
out, three of the men received early
retirement packages that pay one
year’s salary over three years.

Bell's and Carlile’s early retire-
ment benefit amounted to $108,750
each, while Ledgerwood’ got
$96,752.

Bell retired in 1992: the other
two retired in 1994.

Kelly landed in the $113,947-
per-year school — superintendent
position with the Richmond school
district, which also pays a sick-day
payout.

District. 44 Superintendent of
Schools Robin Brayne said the ter-
mination benefit: was included in
contracts signed by the administra-
tors and based on a formula cover-
ing half the number of banked sick

days. The formula pays 5% of an
gunual salary for every year worke
up ‘0 20 years.
suchers and support staff are
not "aiible for the sick-day pay-
outs, he said. Support staff. howev-
er, do receive a retirement benefit.

North Vancouver Teachers
Association president Keith Denley
said disheartened teachers are
amazed . sick-day, payments to
administrators occur while chil-
dren's programs get chopped.

He said a diagnostic centre for
learning-disabled children and a
band and strings program have been
among programs cut in the district.

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