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Trustee Lynas
seeks re-election

Dorothy Lynas, current
chairman and 21-year
veteran of the North Van-
couver School Board, will
seek yet another term in the
November 15 election. She is
a nominee of the North
Vancouver Voters’
Association (NoVVA).

In announcing her can-
didacy, Lynas pointed to the
enviable reputation of the
North Vancouver School
Distnct which is among the
best in the province in basic
skills training. “J am proud
of this achievement,” she
said, “and proud of our
efforts to meet our students’
personal and social needs, as
well as developing their
academic potential.”

Lynas was sharply cnitical

of the provincial govern-
ment, however, for its
declining contribution to

education. costs. Education
should not be a burden on
property, she said, yet the
provincial contnbution to
North Van school costs has
declined by 16 per cent over
the last 15 years, and by 8
per cent since 1975.

“The quality of education
is bound to. suffer,” she
declared. “We get whal we
pay for, and already we in
B.C. spend the smallest per-
centage of our total personal
income on education of any
province in Canada.” Lynas
has consistently supported
the recommendation of the
McMath Commission that
government
assume 75 per cent of the
cost of education.

The provincial govern-

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ment is also threatening the
local autonomy of school
boards, according to Lynas.
“The proposed Financial
Administration Act would
give the Cabinet even more
power than they now have to
decree how much money we
can raise, how we administer
it, and what we spend it on.
They could even appoint the
Treasury Board to do our
collective bargaining for us.
We are elected by local
voters to determine the
educational needs of our
community,” she continued,
“and we should be
responsible to them.”
Besides being Chairman of
the School Board, Lynas is
Chairman of the North Shore
Union Board of Health, and
a member of the School
Board-Squamish Indian
Band Liaison Committee, of
the Metropolitan Board of

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Better value for the
educational dollar is. the
main concern of West
Vancouver School Board
candidate Jim Mercier who
is running for one of the
three trustee vacancies in
the November 15 election.

Mercier says he’s
disturbed by escalating
school costs despite a
dramatic decline in
enrolment. In the area of
salanes alone, he claims,
West Van spends $1.5 million
more than comparable

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would be set along the lines
of private schools and all
students taught to their
highest capability.

Costs, he admits, would
not necessarily go down. But
the quality of students would
be raised, so that the
community would get a
better return for its school
taxes.

A chartered accountant,
38-year-old Mercier is
presently owner and general
manager of businesses with a
total payroll of 150.

He served two terms as an
alderman in Burnaby before
moving five years ago to

West Van where he has
three children in elementary
school.

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