AS5 - Sunday, September 18, 1983 - North Shore News

: IN_WEST VAN

By BILL BELL

Trustees were told Monday
night that an initial look at tts
budget under the new provin-
cial financial framework
shows there would be a short-
fall of $816,000 in 1984 anda
further $1 million in 1985.

Sull, both Alban and ac-
ting school superintendent
Ron Fenwick downplayed
what many teachers were
calling a ‘‘financial crisis.””

**It would be irresponsible
in panicking people until we
see theexact numbers -- I'm
optimistic that there will be
some modification from the

Ministry,”’ said Fenwick.
Alban was Iittle more
frank, ‘‘we've been here

before, and we didn't have to

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chool board
keeping calm

WEST VANCOUVER School District may be tac-
ing massive budget cuts, but the potential of a
$816,000 shortfall in its 1984 budget, doesn’t seem
to have chairman Norm Alban worried.

children in
Alban said.

Will that
class sizes?

large schools.”

mean larger

“TL don't think it
avoided,’ Alban said.

Walker said that her
Association would be
fighting any increase in class
size and = pointed to the
Teaching and Working Con-
ditions contract) which
stipulates class size.

can be

“Tm absolutely astounded
that anybody can run an
education system with that
type of budget, and | don't
see how they think that the
people of West Vancouver
will put up with it,’? Walker
said.

Walker warned that the

new fiscal framework would
mean ‘‘a lot of cults in some
areas and not
others.’’

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