ee OL i ve ea By BILL BELL Backed by the West Van- couver Social Credit Women’s Auxiliary and ‘“‘a “3 narrow majority’? of the West Vancouver Parents Association, Trustee Margot ‘Furk demanded that prin- cipals and vice principals be excluded from the BCTF. Her motion, discussed at a public meeting, asked the Minister of Education to ex- clude the principals and vice principals from the BCTF. *““We cannot possibly ad- Minister the District under those circumstances (prin- cipals and vice principals par- ticipating in work stoppages), it does not make any sense,”’ Furk said. “J am adamant that the principals be removed from that organization and the sooner the better.”’ Furk’s comments upset many of the West Vancouver principals in the audience who had spoken against the motion. Sentinel principal Doug Player accused Furk of ““broad gencralizations’’ and said ‘‘what you have said is just untruc.”’ Furk argued that member- ship in the BCTF during work stoppages by teachers would cause divided loyalties at a time when the board needed administrators in the school. Furk also pointed to direc- tives from the BCTF which hindered participation = in district planning by the prin- cipals. However, in an tmpassion- ed speech, principal Roger Fox defended principals’ rights to belong to BC TF. **A change might be madc that is more detrimental than A poses Psa 5 a * West Vancow popolar as it is. You can’t Bote Membership -BCTF attacked PROPONENTS AND opponents of and vice principals’ membership in’ the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, angrily clashed at the Mon- day West Vancouver School Board meeting. Point Atkinson. _ im principals’ ‘ 2 < TRUSTEE FURK ‘the current problems,’’ Fox said. ‘“The board should look at other models to see if changes would be effective.’’ Lions Bay principal Lloyd Wrean said that there were only four days of work stop- page by teachers in 50 years. years. “If loyalties were limited only to the board it would be more authoritarian ... our loyalties are to the schools,”’ Wrean said. West Vancouver Teachers’ Association president Heather Walker warned that without the principals and vice principals in the BCTF, uw =6©would become ‘much more militant’’. ‘*Some in the BCTF would like the principals and vice principals out because they would like a strict union model. That is not what 1 want,’’ Walker said Trustee Michael Smith did not see the ‘‘point’’ of asking the minister to cxclude the principals and vice principals. “All he will do is appoint some party lightweight to hold a commission around the province,’’ Smith said The board will not take any fgrmal action on Furk's motion until its next regular mecting.