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Dear Editor: ~ ;

1 read recently in your Mailbox
section a letter by Linda Mitchell
concerning the Hillside/proposed
Caulfeild middle school issue.

Financing projects by selling off
existing schools as executed by
other school districts has been ap-
plauded as sound fiscal responsi-
bility. Both Burnaby and Van-
couver have built where there is
an increase of population and
with future growth imminent.
Both districts have torn down or
will tear down two old schools,
built in the 1920s.

Both of the schools have high
costs of repair and upkeep,
substantiated by the treasurers and
superintendents of the districts.

The Burnaby school district has
also received funding from the
Ministry of Education as the
schoo! will house the Jericho
School for the Disabled. Both
school districts will be building
Jarger schools to house a greater
number of students than the
schools that they are to be replac-
ing.

The West Vancouver School
Board’s fiscal foolery comes in
when they decide to tear down a
school fit for approximately 1,000
plus students a build a school for
700, knowing that it will probably
be at capacity by the time the

* Caulfeild school is completed.

We will not. be receiving any
funds from the ministry other
than what has already been given

(the Moodie report).

Mitchell mentioned that Hillside
school does not meet seismic code
compliance. The question that
should be asked is ‘‘which of our
schools in the district does?”
Pauline Johnson does not ... yet
they ure spending money to
upgrade!

Mitchell stated, ‘‘We need up-
dated facilities in order to equip
our children with the skills neces-
sary to compete in the future.’’
My hope is that we equip our
teachers to guide and nurture our
children to have the desire to learn
and develop into happy, well-
adjusted individuals. Updated fa-
cilities do not educate our
children, teachers do.

in response to the ‘letter by
Raeanne Steele, we are not against
a middle school in your
neighborhood, what we object to
is losing a school in our
neighborhood. In a time of fiscal
restraint and responsibility I can-

not accept your stance on spend- :

ing by building Caulfeild middle
school.

‘*,.funds must be made avail-
able regardless of the outcome of
consultants’ studies, forecasted
shortfalls... . Other properties can
be sold or budgets re-allocated.’’
This is a fine example of short
sighted goals.

Keep Hillside alive!

Erroll Ng
West Vancouver

Woman displayed civic pride

Dear Editor: .

Recently, on my daily morn-
‘ing jog around Kirkstone Park,
I observed an elderly woman
picking up litter strewn about
on.the grass field, diligently
putting it into nearby trash
cans.

Although the woman was
too modest to give me her

name so that we could invite
her to council and give her a
medal, | am asking you to
publish this letter instead.

To this citizen, my con-
gratulations and heartfelt
thanks for the example she
provided.

Ernic Crist, Alderman
District of North Vancouver

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People unaware of Hollyburn giants

Dear Editor:

In your May !5 issue, Ms.
Susan Stastny stated that the pro-
posed expansion of the ski facili-
ties in Cypress Bowl will not result
in removal of any old growth
trees. This could not be further
from the truth.

It appears Ms. Statsny has been
completely misinformed. Not only
does the south west slope of
Hollyburn Mountain have one of
the last undisturbed stands of old
growth forest in Cypress Bowl but
this slope contains Mountain

‘Hemlocks that rank among the

biggest in the world.

Furthermore, these giants sur-

round one of the most beautiful.

cascading waterfalls on the North
Shore that will also be ruined by
this development. This waterfall
and the giant Mountain Hemlocks
are all located within 30 minutes
from the road, an easily accessible
nature walk, yet these features are
not even mentioned in the devel-
oper’s report.

The developer mentioned other
stands as having record-sized trees
outside of the development but
does not mention that the trees
within the development are even
bigger.

Most people are unaware of this
special area because two bridges
near the start of the existing trail
were washed out years ago and
never replaced. The Federation of
Mountain Clubs is rebuilding
these bridges and Friends of
Cypress will be taking nature
tours to the giant trees and water-
fall every Sunday starting June 7
so that people can see for
themselves what the truth is and
what will be lost if these expan-
sion plans go through.

Pau! Hundal .
Founding Director
Friends of Cypress

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