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. Your. reporter Chris Lioya
is ‘certainly providing us with
some
these days,
flaming headline ‘North Van
‘low School Taxes’-Goof.

1 know that there was no
goof in my letter sent to

citizens regarding this year's

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including the —

that the mill rate had: gone
down 7.6 mills-from-last year
and that any reduction in
tax.. paid would
depend upon the assessed
value of the owrieér’s

. property. I have spoken to a

couple of residents of the

district whose tax for school .
declined about.
».$95, not counting.the further

purposes

: changes

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decrease of $100 which is -

due to’ the increase in the
homeowner's grant.

I have also spoken to a-
couple from the city whose
basic tax for schools
declined about: a_ dollar,
again- not including the
grant. The-.rather. startling
differences ‘result from
in. assessments.

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which have increased in the
last couple of years. This is a

' topic. about which the: city

treasurer, is understandably
“edgy, since, according to my
information, they shot up by
10% this year in the city but
only 1% % in the district.

Since the majority of
‘ school district taxpayers live
. in the District of North Van,

my figure of $76 decrease

_ would seem to be about
_ average.

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I should ‘point out that,
while trustees have some

control over the mill rate, we
have none at all. over
“assessments. I might also
-add that any increase in

assessment automatically
ensures that the ‘burden of
school tax is shifted from the

' provincial government onto
. the local taxpayer.

I note that of all .the
available, your
reporter was only able to
contact a representative of
the Concerned Citizens’
Association. Incidentally,

' the letter sent to taxpayers

was. read beforehand by
Trustee Craig, and he ap-
peared to think it quite all

right at that°time. Since it

Dear Editor: ——

J read the article’ in
Sunday News and I was
shocked to hear that the
Recreation Commission was
going to close the wading
pool in Mahon Park. I feel it
is an outrageous action to
take. I do not see any reason
for this drastic move. Un-
fortunately, so much is
ruined because of the lack of
money nothing is ever said
about the people this affects.

I am a day care mother
looking after 4 small

Fund raising thanks

school taxes message was no ‘goo!

‘school tax. It stated clearly .

went out he has developed:

some reservations, including

my. use of the term
‘judicious’ as. applied to the
board's budgeting.

Citizens should recall that
the Concerned Citizens’
approch to judicious
budgeting last year was to

demand a slash of. 10%;

ignoring the results of in-
flation, which. would have
resulted in a reduction of

about 18% in the services -

offered to students in’ this
district. It would seem that
judicious budgeting in their
terms is solely concerned
with reducing taxes, and
shows no concern whatever

_ for kids.

On another matter, your
reporter quotes Craig as
claiming that we have run
out of teachers on temporary
contracts and will now have
to begin firing those on
continuing contracts.

The claim is not quite
true. It is true that when
enrollment began to decline,
we adopted the practice of
awarding temporary. con-
tracts to new teachers for
their first couple of years, on
the grounds that the delcine

Some might want to
PAY for wadin

pool is very important to me
and I use it a lot, along with
many other mothers,
especially those who live in
apartment buildings and use
the park facilities a lot.

It is nice that the pools are
free to the public, let’s face it
not much these days is, But
instead of seeing pools close,
I along with maybe many
more would even consider
paying to use the facilities if
we have to, rather than sec it
close.

those _ Positions :

rendered |
temporary. .
- For the_last three years ‘we

have. reduced the teaching.

staff in. the district. by 3107

positions in line with enroll ©
deline. All positions so
terminated were temporary
and we have reluctantly let
go many fine and energetic
younger teachers.

I used the word ‘judicious’ ~.
in my letter for. a very good.
reason. It implies an,
exercise in judgement. In my
opinion, the board over the .
past few years has shown
judgement in reducing and

“numbers of teachers, ad- .

ministrators and aides in
proportion to the decline in™
enroliment, and this. has

‘been reflected in your mill |
rate.

Those who demand
budgetary cuts on a strict

‘percentage basis may show -
. how ruthless they can’ be in

protecting their wallets from
the taxman, but they do not,
in my opinion, show good ~
judgement. ‘

MacDonald Burbidge
Chairman

North Vancouver
School Board

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ig pools”

children and the use ‘of that . “Children look forward to

summer and swimming. Now
you are telling them, even
the very young, sorry no
swimming this year, come
back when you are older and
can swim in the larger pool
when and if we are open.

I do hope the City Council
can change the Com-
mission’s mind. We need
that pool

Linda Gardner,
NorthVancouver

from Cancer Society

Dear Editor:

I would like to express the
sincere thanks of the
Canadian Cancer Society's
West Van Unit for all the
support received in the 1979
Fund Drive.

The target set for West
Van this year was $45,000.
Due fo help received from
individuals and
organizations such as your
newspaper the Unit was,able
to overshoot this target by

$3500 for a total of $48;500.
West Vancouver
businesses — including

Horseshoe Bay — _ con-
tributed $1,850 to this total,
the ather $46,650 was

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donated in the residential
and apartment areas in-
cluding Lions Bay and

Bowen Island.

And $5,580 of the total

was mailed in by con-
tributors absent when
canvassers called.

A great deal of credit is
due the cight area chairmen
and the 51 zone captains
who supervised the cam-
paign and to their 600
canvassers for their faithful
persistence in covering
every home. But much
credit must also go to the
residents of West Vancouver
for the gencrous way in
which they supported the
drive this year.

Others who assisted in the
work in various ways helping
to make the campaign a
success were Mayor Derrick
Humphreys, patron of the
campaign, the churches of
West Vancouver, the West
Van Rec Centre, the West
Van Memorial Library and
the West Van Furniture
Store.

The support demonstrated
by the community has been
very gratifying and a source
of encouragement to all
those connected with the
society.

J. Ed Barrett,

Chairman Campaign
Committee

West Vancouver Unit,
Canadian Cancer Society