— Wednesday, February 4, 1998 — North Shore News

wv school
graties shift

Move addresses overcrowding

lan Noble

ian@nsnews.com

GRADE 7 students in
West Vancouver will
stay in elementary
school next year to help
reduce secondary school
overcrowding.

Ac the same time, high-tech
Rockridge middle school will
teach students in grades 8, 9
and 10 next year instead of
grades 7, 8, and 9.

Sentinel secondary and

_ West Vancouver secondary,
which has 700 more students
than the 1,100 it was built for,
will provide instruction for stu-
dents in grades 8 to 12.

Ironically, last year the
school board was considering
sending Grade 6 students from
Caulfeild to Rockridge to case
overcrowding at that elemen-
tary school.

Instead, in the face of par-

‘ent cpposition to the move,
the board installed portables
on the site to make room for
the students.

To ease overcrowding at
Caulfeild next year, the
Cypress Park primary school
will be reopened for kinder-
garten to Grade 2 students in
September.

All elementary schools in
West Vancouver will once
again serve kindergarten to
Grade 7 students.

That’s the way the schools
were configured before the
1983 school year and the way
it currently is in most school
districts in ‘the province.

Said school board chairman
Clive Bird: “I believe it is fair
to say thar the vast majority of
those who made their opinions
known believe that the real
benefits of grade reconfigura-
tion far outweighed the per-
ceived drawbacks.

“Parents in particular were
enthusiastic in their support of
retaining their Grade 7 and 10

DOUG Player ... schoo!
populations tell the tale.

children in their neighborhood |

elementary and middle schools
for once year longer.”

Bird ‘said that although the
major benefit of reconfiguring
classes is that it will reduce
overcrowding in’ secondary
schools, Grade 7 children will
benefit by staying ar the
schools and with teachers they
are familiar and comfortable
with.

The policy also relieves the
anxiety of parents who believe
a 12 year old is too young for
secondary school, said Bird.

West Vancouver School

District 45 superintendent of

schools Douglas Player said
West Van secondary has 1,800
students. The school was built
for 1,100. Sentinel has 1,200
students, It was intended to
hold 850.

Meanwhile, space has
opened up in clementary
schools in the district. Classes
have been = added to
Gleneagles, Caulfeild and
Bowen.

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