All - Wednesday, March 30, 1983 - North Shore News

/\N OPEN LETTER
‘ON EDUCATION.

I wanted to write personally to all

The opportunity to write to all
of the teachers of the province to assure teachers is not available to me. The

A solution to the education
problems which are worrying many in

you that, whatever differences we have _—_ executive of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation British Columbia requires open com-

on funding and salaries, the most im-
portant question for all of us in British

education for our young people.

To achieve the solution which I believe we all desire

THE GOVERNMENT GIVES ITS |
UNDERTAKING TO

| Maintain all special
education programs in place at
January 31, 1983

1 Maintain staffing and
teacher-pupil ratios in place at
September 30, 1982

(_] Continue to provide

job security for teachers in these
difficult economic times

The funds the government needs

and when the public cannot afford
more taxes, will come from not having
to pay a salary increase. This ts the

did not agree to my request for the
mailing list, although it has been pro-
Columbia is maintaining the quality of | vided to others in the past.

co-operation we have asked for, and
to maintain programs and the quatity of — recetved, from many other British
education when revenues are declining, = Columbians in this period of restraint.

Letters detailing our proposals
have been sent to each and every
school board in the province We

Anyone who wants more information not available from the local school board or
local teacher association, should write to me at the Parlament Bulldinys, Victoria, BC V&V 1X4.

munication. For these reasons, I have
chosen to address teachers, school
trustees and parents through this medium.

IN RETURN, WE ARE ASKING
TEACHERS TO

_| Forego salary increases
in 1983

believe a zero increase for zero
layoffs is both the practical and
human solution we need. Some boards,
and the Cariboo-Chilcotin School
District is an example, have already
been able to settle on this basis.

Hon. William Vander Zalm
Minister of Education