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Sarsfield emphasizes the basics

“We cannot allow the schools to become in- struments for ‘social change’ as demanded by political extremists and half-trained ‘psychologists’. The purpose of the schools is to educate the children to a standard where they can be usefully employed in business and industry ...”

That's the creed of in- cumbent North Vancouver school trustee Ernie Sar- sfield who is seeking re-

Sarsfield was first elected in 1978 on a _ platform condemning waste, ex- travagance and inefficiency in the North Van School District which — during the previous five years — had had the highest increase in education costs in BC.

During the past two years the cost increase has been almost the lowest in the province, says Sarsfield, although no teachers have been fired and no programs

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doesn't claim all is perfect in the North Van_ school system. “Many problems exist in the classrooms where disruptive pupils make it difficult for teachers to teach or for students to learn,” he says.

“The teachers and those pupils wishing to learn must be protected from a small undisciplined minority.”

Sarsfield, who has lived in North Van for the past 14

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Gregory aims for communication

Bringing West Vancouver school board and its ac- tivities into the mainstream of community life is one of the key objectives of John Gregory who is seeking election for the first ime to one of the three vacant trustee seats on November 15.

His aim, he says, will be to “improve communication between all segments of the community and the school board (and) to actively

JOHN GREGORY

maintain Communication with all participants in the education process.”

Other pledges by Gregory are

*To work responsibly to improve the quality of education in West Van.

*To press for business-hke operaton of school board affairs

*To continue improving careers education in secondary school

*To continue monitonng class sizes in order to censure efficient use of school facalhues

The 4) year-old broadcast sales cxecutive is past president of the West Van Parents Association and the West Van Secondary School Advisory Group. He _ has been active on school board advisory committees, 1s presdent of the West Van unit oof the BC Hearn Foundation and 6 director of the Gordon Sturtndge North Shore Football League

He has one son attending

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