4 - Friday, March 21, 1986 - North Shore News NORTH VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT Guidelines for child abuse programs revealed THE PROCEDURES for introducing two child abuse pro- grams into North Vancouver cent District 44 School Board Implementation of the two pro- grams, CARE (Child Abuse Research Education) and Feeling Yes, Feeling No?, follows a Feb. 11 motion by the North Vancouver School Board to introduce child abuse education into schools where parents desire the programs, and where teaching staff ‘‘or other competent adults are committed to undergo the pre-requisite training”’ to present the programs. Drafting of the report, District 44 administration stated, had been Club membership not guaranteed From Pegs 1 vested ‘‘well over $100,000 in new equipment and upgrading to try and recover from the bad image and ill feelings left by the previous operations. But | guess it wasn’t enough.”” Shifting trends in fitness had rendered the International Plaza spa facility obsclete, Shaw said. He said the club’s 900 square feet. of aerobic and 1,000 square feet of weight-room space were in- adequate,’ ‘‘but the landlords” decided they weren’t going to give us’any more space. Again, I think they made a mistake. They are go- ing to lose a valuable part of their revenue.” Lehndorff Property Manage- ment Ltd., leasers of the Interna-. tional Plaza property, issued a statement Wednesday stating the Eprint operation was closed because ‘‘Hesla Investments Ltd. had been in default of its lease for non-payment of rent for some time despite numerous warnings.”’ Shaw said his company, as of March,’ was four months behind on its $9,000 monthly rent. Sprint’ continued to -sign up members in the .face of financial difficulties, Shaw. explained, because negotiations with Lehndorff were still under way. ; But. those. negotiations broke dewn to a point over the last month where, according to Shaw, Lehndorff management ‘didn’t even want to meet with me.’’ Lehndorff’s manager for Van- couver Rob Kemp declined com- ment on the situation beyond the company’s written statement, say- ing only “We have acted with the best interests of everybody at heart and hope that the situation will be rectified shortly.’ . , Accepting the responsibility for his club’s failure, Shaw said there schools were unveiled in a re- meeting. By TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter based on assurances that ail parents would have the opportuni- ty to preview the programs prior to presentation to students, that ma- terials describing the contents of the programs be sent home to parents, and that provision be made for students whose parents do net wish them to take the pro- grams. CENTRE LTD. , | EDGEMONT casrer & tino While both programs require 16 hours of teacher training, CARE, with its use of puppets and large Message cards, is aimed at kindergarten to grade three stu- dents, and Feeling Yes, Feeling No?, a series of three films pro- duced by the National Film Board, is aimed at child-en in grades four to seven. According to the report, the programs will only be implemented in schools after specific require- ments have been met. Desire from parents to have the programs must be communicated through school principals, while parent and teacher workshops ge* eh? 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