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Al2- Sunday, October 17, 1982 - North Shore News

CAREERS are the focus of a
program now entering its

‘second. year.at-. the:North .

“Vancouver School District.

~ John Ludgate,. the ‘co-
‘ordinator. of ‘the program,
-Spoke at a recent school
board meeting, saying that
the current economic slump

makes a program such as this
one. even. more important

than evers: «3° = =
“Wide career

made by our students,” he
said in a report. Students
must make “decisions that
take into account the

current job. market and: that

also allow for a ‘challenging,

‘LECTION month in West

Vancouver gets a _.semi-
official kickoff this Wed-
nesday, October 20, when
the West Van _ Electors
Association holds~ its:. “all
candidates” “meeting.

* The meeting takes place at
7315) p.m. Sentinel
Secondary School. 1250
Chartwell.

-& more accurate title for
the event would be “all

kriown candidates” meeting.

‘Cunningham, Marilyn Grey, .-was also — honored.

School's budget $300, 000 ) short
FROM PA E Al each raised from $54,800 to budget slashes. _ andle all the duties in the ”
__FROMPAGEA1 ~:$64,000 (16.79 per cent). ‘The board must come up libraries; and elementary
Secretary-treasurer John with $900,000 in..savings schools will be limited to two |:
tendent Ed Carlin would Cassey’s salary went up from before June 1983. Even hoursa day of aide help. ae
only comment that it was. $52,100 to $59,900. with aide layoffs, .the ~ “The library is avery.
worth “thousands. ‘and Following last week's savings from five days ‘of | critical situation,” Carlin :
thousands” of dollars. meeting, The News has teachers salaries allowed said. Z
learned from a_ reliable under Bill 89 and other “At Hillside library, where |

Asked how much he was,

giving up, Carlin said, “I'm
not telling you, you would
only get it wrong.”

Carlin was at the centre of
controversy last March when
it was disclosed that he and
three other administrators in
West Van were given in-
creases ranging from 14.97
to 16.79 per cent on the eve
of the provincial restraint
program announcement,
which restricted increases to
12 per cent.

On that occasion Carlin’s
salary was raised from
$60,200 to $70,000 per
annum (16.28 per cent).
Education directors Ron
Fenwick and Bill May were

It's so easy...

a n 1d ;
vocational decisions must be -

- direction from him.

_thérefore,
_, Candidates for the “mayor's
.. Chair,

recession economy.”

The program began in the
the 1981/82-school year and ~

contacts were established...

with’ . the - ‘Chamber of

-Commerce; local industries,
_and the.Canada Employment. __

Centre. Some: students:;went

include ‘training | for teachers.

a re a ery
ttebsed perrrse prrte

and counsellors, guest
spéakers, and Tiaison - with
post-secondary
“institutions: ;
This year there will be
‘seminars and career

out for day trips, where they. .¢venings at many: of the

observed people at work for
one day, while others had

one. to three. weeks. of

“hands-on” expeience.
Ludgate told the board he’:

‘hopés. to “éxpand ‘this in

1982/83, and to get to the
point where guidance
counsellors at individual
schools would carry. it on
automatically without

Closing date for nominations

to be filed withthe. returning

officer i is Monday, October
5

It is always possible,
that additional

the three. vacant

“aldermanic seats and the
three vacant school’ board

seats could emerge during
the. five days following the
WVEA meeting.

Two days after

BLOCK PARENTS were

_given public recognition and _

schools, including a career
night at Sutherland
Secondary on: November 10.

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“will talk. -aboul the: future job .

Sutherland parents, who will
discuss their own careers.
Ludgate says he will try. to

“draw on the resources of the _

parents as much as possible, —

nominations close —. on
Wednesday, October. 27, at
7:30 p.m..— the WVEA will
hold a second meeting at St.
David’s United Church,
Taylor Way and ..Upper

Levels, to endorse its. own.

slate of candidates for the

. Various vacancies.

Both meetings are open to
the public but only paid-up
WVEA members can vote at
the endorsement meeting.

“Those candidates en-

proximately - 560 block

applause at West Vancouver
council. ‘Monday as.a mark of

‘appreciation for ‘the help
, », these.local volunteers give to
the police.

A..memo from Deputy
Chief. Constable R.G. Brolly

- of:the West Van Police. said,"
14°

Mrs. Michael Stewart,
coordinators and the ap-

source that the pay cut offer
— initially made by “four
senior administrators” and
now accepted by the school
board — will save the school
district between $18,000 and
$20,000 between now and
next June.

The source, who asked not
to be named, said this
represented an average
rdilback of half a month's
pay over the next cight
months for each of the four
individuals concerned.

The voluntary pay cut
comes at a critical time for
the board as it faces further

parents, in the. community -

have made the program
“highly successful.”

Mrs. Stewart; who was in
the. gallery, : -reminded the
audience that you don’t have
to be a parent to be a block
parent.

The 14 West ‘Vancouver
‘Coordinators are: “Janet

supplies and maintenance
cuts, the board will be
$300,000 short of reaching
the required goal.

“There is no solution to

that, yet,” Carlin told the
trustees.
Meanwhile, problems

occurring because of the
layoff of two-thirds of the
teachers’ aides are beginning
to be felt throughout the
school system in West
Vancouver.

There will be no aides
staffing the career centres
for high school students;
librarians will be left to

“Smelovsky,
otherwise pupils may get to:.

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" of expertise.
Trustee Frank Warburton _ will will ‘be singing carols this
urged Ludgate to get in Christmas, 20 lucky. Argyle;

whee,
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" professional shows (t.v., ‘live |
theatre and musicals), tours

“by: actors, discussions by.

touch with the. B.C. Ministry Secondary: School. students.” directors and: producers, and‘

start . as ; early as possible,
said Trustee Verna

Grade 12 and find the
haven't got the righ
prerequisites to.get into the

post-secondary: training they |

_ want.

WVEA kicks off election month

dorsed by the association’s:

miembership benefit from
WVEA _advertising” and
publicity throughou a

election campaign,

"enjoying an advantage.:ov
-Other. candidates:

by the group. *

In -past years the “WVEA
membership has — rarely
exceeded 200, although it is
open to all West. Van voters.
Election day is Saturday,
November 20.

because -

Mrs. B. Leboutillier, Pat

Landry, Carter,
Julie Olson, Marion -En-

thoven, Sandy Booth, Donna |

Ruddic, Janet*Campbell,

Robert -Pellet,... Catherine:

Stewart, Joan Voight, and
Joanne Guppy.

West Van police coor-
dinator of the:..
Constable ...Dave ™ Merskell

there are 60,000 books, one -
person is trying to control |
the books going out and °

coming in.”

Sager told The News after :
the meeting that he and his ©
“ex- |

fellow trustees were
tremely pleased” with the
voluntary salary cut offered

by the four administrators .

whom he declined, for the
time being, to identify by
name. -

“They have set an ex-
cellent example
leadership which we hope
will be noted in these dif-
ficult times,” he said.

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