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Every weekend from 6pm Friday to 7am | Monday local ai airtime is free. Kaser, who is a- principal in Mission, said that her team found the atmosphere at West Bay to be “a wonderful setting” where people and students involved have a strong sense of “a real community.” The accreditation process was made a mandatory requirement by the Ministry of Education recently. li involves outside and inside assessments. of schools and is designed to ensure that schools meet provincial education standards including accessibility, relevance, equity, quality and accountability. External. team members are drawn from outside schoo! districts and visit the schools for five full days. Team members work with stu- dents, teachers, support staff, par- ents and the general community to prepare an assessment report. Hiil said that. her team found Lions Bay students value the learn- ing they are receiving from teachers and are enjoying full participation in their Icarning. 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