3 - Wednesday, September 25, 1985 - Nerth Shore News

Business ........... 36
Entertainment.......33
Lifestyles...........27
Mailbox.............7
Sports............. 15
Sunshine Girl........17

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* covering of instances of as required is guilty of an elementary and secondary revelation on the subject,
: child abuse are currently in offence under the act. school students in child but I don't hold to that. It is ;
3 place in**the province's In Districts 44 and 45, abuse awareness. an increasing problem.” man ‘appeared.
.  §chools and schoo! districts. n ‘North’ Vancouver pro-
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* child abuse in B.C. schools charged: with. one- count.
is not epidemic yet, but we : of sexual assault)...” :

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« ’ problem and to make sure
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f. place throughout the pro-
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: out, is not confined to large
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WEATHER:

19°C.

Mostly sunny Wednesday.
and Thursday. Highs near

THE GROWING problem of child abuse will be
addressed by B.C. School Trustees Association

(BCSTA) i in 1985.
. A task force consisting of

Sports: 15
Hew coach for Otters
Swim Club has big

flippers to fill.

Trustee task force
probes child abuse

teachers report suspected in-
cidents to their respective
principals. All information
and reports subsequently
must go through Ministry of

What's Going On... ..39

Assistant superintendent
of schools for the district
Robin Brayne says the Child
Abuse Research and Educa-
tion (C.A.R.E) program that

two trustees, one superin- Human Resources officials. has met with positive
tendent,. and various gov- ” ; George Stewart, superin- response in Surrey and Co-
érnment resource people to a vice Act of B.C. tendent for special education quitlam schools will be
total of approximately eight, The act requires any per- in District 45, says obliga- piloted in the district's
will-be appointed by BCSTA son who suspects that a child tions now extend to repor- elementary schools, while

president Dr. Eric Buckley.
“ Steve Bareham, BCSTA

. spokesman, says the task -

force will incorporate input

_ from teachers, parents, and

children from all 75 B.C.
school districts.
Information to be
gathered and assessed by the
task force will be focused on
what procedures dealing

15th Street to extinguish
an electrical fire at 9:20
p.m. Fire officials say the
fire in the elevator ma-
chinery room caused little
damage in the Plaza 15
office building. There
was some smoke damage
to the third floor reported
and the elevators were
expected to be down
while the electrical com-
ponents were

replaced,

is in need of protection to
report suspicions to the su-
perintendent of Family and
Child Services. Duty to

report overrides any claim of
confidentiality or privilege a
person in any occupation
may claim. And while no
legal. action may be taken
against a person who
reports, any person who fails

ting all incidents to police.
Thus far West Vancouver
schools have no_ specific
child abuse education pro-
grams in their curricula.

ABUSE AWARENESS

In District 44, however,
two programs will be in-
troduced into North Van-
couver schools that will at-

the National Film Board
production ‘‘Feeling Yes,
Feeling No’’ will be pres-
ented in secondary schools.
Marg Jessup, chairman of
District 44’s board of
trustees, says child abuse ‘‘is
a real problem, no question.
People argue that the
amount of abuse is the same
as it always has been only

NEWS photo Barrett Fisher

ner stores. -

prevents

-commercial
2,000 square feet

owners

North Vancouver District
Council is creating a new
‘commercial . zone for cor- .

“The new “zoning limits
Space to

and
from

having more. than “one
resident on the property.
But the bylaw does not
regulate hours of. opera:
tion... :
Following a public
hearing the bylaw receiv-
ed second (and. third.
reading. 1