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CRIME STOPPERS of Greater Vancouver attended the North Vancouver home of Emil Kassai on Wednesday to film a re-enactment of 2 brutal assault inflicted upon the ei- derly man last year. Crime Stoppers is asking for public heip in arresting the suspect. See page 3 for story.

NV School District 44 to slash $1M in 793-94, yet maintain staff levels

“NORTH -VANCOUVER School District 44 plans to cut

close to $1 million from its

budget without jaying off

‘employees for the 1993-94 school year.

Schools superintendent Robin Brayne said the balanced budget maintains staffing levels for the 1993-94 school year at 1992-93 levels.

The school board move avoids staff reductions and layoffs. Brayne added that staff will not be increased io handle the forecasted increase in student enrolment.

. The district anticipates an in- crease of 416. new students next year.

Budget cutbacks include a vol- untary cut of 4% in salary and

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By Kevin Gillies Contributing Writer

cash benefits to four senior ad- ministrators earning more than $100,000 annually -— the superin- tendent of schools, two assistant superintendents, and the secre- tary-treasurer,

The administrators also volun- tarily accepted an earning freeze and extended their present con- tracts to June 30, 1994.

The $97.7 million school district expenditures for the fiscal year

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"NORTH VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD

1993-94 include capital and debt servicing costs. Administration salaries account for 3.4% of ex- penditures and total fabor costs account for 89% of expenditures.

School trustees unanimously passed a motion calling for a 5% cut in money paid to them.

School trustees receive $12,000 annually for school board work.

Total cuts to the budget — $976,100 —- were made in areas such as field trip transportation, resource materials, curriculum support, seminars, library materi-

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als, health, and supplies.

Budget reductions include:

e $392,000 in various resource materials;

¢ $59,500 in field trip expenses;

© $49,200 in consulting, seminar and curriculum support;

© $89,000 in operations maintenance expenses; * $56,500 in school vices.

The budget calls for increases in tuition fees for continuing educa- tion (vocational, academic, and general interest) as well as French programs.

Increased revenues from these areas are expected to be $142,000 and $35,000 respectively.

Earlier this year, the provincial

and

health ser-

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government cancelled a $2.6 mil- lion special-purpose grant for the upcoming school year.

“What we've been able to ac: complish through a lot of hard wort: and review, is to come in with a budget that met the pro- vincial requirements — money and revenue limitations from the pro- vincial government — but at the same time address the concerns that have been identified by both CUPE (the Canadian Union of Public Employees) and the NVTA (the North Vancouver Teachers’ Association) with respect to minimizing the direct, negative impact on the classroom,’’ board chairman Don Beil said.

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