wAf-~ Keidayn dune 23,1989 — North Shore News School districts appoint new superintendents NEW superintendents have been named recently for both North Shore school districts. By TIMOTHY RENSHAW West Vancouver’s School District 45 board announced this week. the appointment of Doug Player as the district’s new super- intendent of schools. The 42-year-old Player replaces Bill May, who announced in January that he would step down July 1 to become an education consultant focusing on the Asia Pacific region. _ May had been the district's su- perintendent since 1986. Player, the current acting super- intendent of schools for the district, served as an administrator at senior and junior secondary schools in North Vancouver from 1975 to 1980 before moving to NEW West Vancuuver superin- tendent Doug Player ...‘‘We’re looking to make a good school district even better.”’ primary school program and de- velopment of the district's new Asia Pacific curriculum. **We’re looking to make a good school district even better,” Player said. On May 15, meanwhile, Dr. Robin Brayne officially replaced the late Dr. Leo Marshall as North Vancouver’s School District 44 school superintendent. Dr. Marshall died Jan. 24. He had been the district's superin- tendent since 1984. Brayne, 43, has been District 44’s assistant superintendent of programs and development since 1984, and was the district's coor- dinator of curriculum and staff development from 1976 to 1980, He served as director of person- NEW North Vancouver superin- fendent Dr..Robin Brayne ...happy to be a part of school district. West Vancouver district in 1980 to take over as Sentinel Secondary School's principal. In 1986 he was appointed District 45's assistant superintend- ent for school operations and per- sonnel. Player said immediate priorities for the district included implemen- tation of the province’s new dual entry and four-year ungraded FISHERMEN, marina operators, recreational boaters and anyone else concerned about Howe Sound and its future have been urged to gather at the north end of Bowyer Island this Sunday at 10 a.m. to protest the continuing pollution of the waterway. The protest flotilla, which is be- ing organized by West Van- couver-based Environmental Watch, will proceed single-file to : From page 9 how much more can be ac- complished in an immersion setting presents LONS GARY BAILEY, Manager FRL CMR, RYBC) as opposed to short classroom _ sessions, said. A CAREER NIGHT Are you interested in a Career in Real Estate Sales? § Come and find out about our Canada Trust Real Estate § “Career Sevelopment Procrese§’. . Tuesday, June 27, 1989 at 7:30 p.m. in the Discovery Room DALE QUAY HOTEL For info 8. Comm WEST VANCOUVER BRANCH call 922-1244 ne! for Victoria's School District 6! from 1980 to 1984. “I'm very excited,’’ Brayne said of his new position. ‘I’ve been associated with the district for quite awhile and I'm happy to be a part of it.” ln addition to planning the in- tegration of the new four-year primary school program for September 1990, Brayne said he will draw up a comprehensive five-year plan for the school district that will map out future policies and overall direction. Pollution protest scheduled Howe Sound’s Woodfibre and Port Melion pulp mills. In the June 21 News story chronicling the protest, Sewell’s Marina owner Danny Sewell said pollution from the mills had been tolerated too long. The protest follows the June 14 closure of commercial crab fishing in Howe Scund. For more information on the protest call Environmental Watch at 922-2683. immersion. setting lauded regular MacDonald ROGER MONTGOMERY, Manager [I NORTH VANCOUVER BRANCH ff SSE-C151 =. 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