SUNDAY March 10, 1996 B Bright lights. @ Business @ Celebrations... § Classifieds... @ Crossword... & Horoscopes... B insights. & Municipal Affairs........9 @ N. Shore Alert...........10 . i Talking Porsonals...38 Bi Trevel. sscovsees WB BTV Listings. 30 seniors B Active Times special feature: 25 & Godley: good care mado better: 28 fashion Reador treated to makeover magic: & Students drass to express: @LUuE CHIP THINKING™ Weather Monday: Cloudy, sunny periods, High 10°C, low 4°C. ANADA’S FOREMOST Inuit artist, Kenojuak Ashevaek, was at the Artist For Kids gallery this week, sharing her print- making techniques with North Vancouver students, including Isabelle Joo (centre) and Lisa Cartwright. Ashevak, who lives in Cape Dorset on Baffin Island, is best known for her stone-cut prints of animals and birds, most notably the owl. CONFUSION SURROUNDING North Vancouver School District 44 is bringing apprehensive parents to a boil. By lan Noble News Reporter While government-appointed trustee Bob Smith discusses issues such as maximizing class sizes, the elimination of course options, and mov- ing students to other schools, parents wonder and worry what the proposed changes will mean to their children. “What's he going to do to us?” parent Karen McBride asked Thursday during an interview with the News. During a March 5 meeting with parents, she said Smith was so vague “it's frightening.” “T have four kids. Does he want them all to go to different schools to maximize class sizes?” McBride’s children are slated to go to Seycove secondary, but Smith's comments that changes may be in store for the schoo! make McBride wonder whether there will even be a Seycove secondary in the future. A frustrated Karen Price told the News she’s Confusion over District 44 future angers parents set up a meeting with NDP North Vancouver- Lonsdale MLA David Schreck for parents on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Westview elementary. “Tm really angry because we couldn't get any answers Tuesday night.” said Price. speaking about the meeting with Smith. Smith was hired after Victoria fired District 44’s seven board members for running up a $5- million deficit and refusing to cut $500,000 from the district's current budget. Smith told the News he doesn’t know of any planned school closures, but hasn’t ruled them out: “1 think it’s possible to do what we have to do without school closure.” But school roles may change, Smith said. He said Seycove has “self-diagnosed” # range of things from closure to role changes. ( Seycove is affected, the information will be in an interim: report to be released March 15, said Smith. ; id he will mect with affected parent, members before a final repo is submitted March 31. “I'm aot trying to be secretive, I just want to say I’ve had a ton of things on the table. I’m not sure at the moment what is going to stay and what is going to go,” added Smith. In a March 7 report, Smith said: “tt is difficult to say absolutely what the impact of all these changes are at the moment. The report stated the Grade 11 and {2 graduating program will be based on 16 courses, resulting in limiting course options. s will be maximized, resulting in further elimination of course options and requir- ing some students to move to other schools “in order to have a comprehensive education,” said Smith. The delivery of special education programs will be reviewed and modified. Already pared administrative and support areas will bear the brunt of some changes. Smith expects to improve revenue by raising fees for certain ancillary ser- ices and some continuing education courses Regarding the accumulated debt, which is expected to hit nearly $5 million at the end of the fiscal year in June, Smith said he hopes to repay it through the sale of “surplus properties.