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An Easter resolution

Public school

system

should not subsidize an independent school

Dear Editor:

There has been a great deal of discussion and indeed con- fusion about the recent pro- posal by the North Shore In- dependent School Society to lease space from the West Vancouver School Board. Please allow me to clarify some of the facts:

1. The Independent School has indicated its desire to gperate a K-12 school with approximately 600 students. Nane of the recently closed schools in West Vancouver would be suitable for this purpose. It is therefore ob- vious that the Society ts look- ing to use one of our schools as a short term measure while a suitable facility is either leased or constructed. The long term problem of surplus space would thus remain.

2. None of the closed facilities are standing idle and none have been ruled out for future use by the District. They are currently being used by hundreds of pre-school children and both aduh and youth community groups, most of whom pay rentals.

The Independent School Society have requested ex- clusive use of a school.

3. The Independent Schoo! Society have proposed a ren- tal figure of some $60,000. Under current Provincial regulations, the School Board would be allowed to keep only a small percentage of this. However, we would lose a conservative $150,000 in grants and incur substan- tial additional costs to cut

this amount from = our budget.

We, on the West Van- couver School Board, are

public school trustees. By definition, we can only do that which is in the best in- terest of the 5,000 children in the public school system. Very clearly, the proposal by the Independent School Socety does not meet this criteria.Any subsidy provided to that group should come from sources other than the local pubhc school system.

Michael R. Smith

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Dear Editor .

Your readers might be in- terested in an idea that would make Easter '84 a real land- mark in their lives.

We all know about New Year’s resolutions. I’m sug- gesting that we make Easter resolutions.

Because Easter speaks to us of renewed life and a se- cond chance, it just seems that this is an excellent time to take stock of ourselves and possibly set a new course for our lives. In our mind’s eye when we visit that empty tomb and come away certain of a life beyond this one, then we are released from self- concern and free to make unselfish, life-giving resolu- tions ... resolutions that will change other people’s lives.

May | suggest that your readers consider the phght of the destitute blind in the developing world. These helpless ones are forced to hive out their lives in darkness

and under the most deplorable conditions because they simply can’t af- ford the $25 that it costs for a

would like to make an Easter resolution to restore so- meone's life by restoring their sight then | suggest that they make a tax deductible donation to Operation Eyesight Universal, P.O. Box

123, Calgary, Alberta, F2P 2H6.

Operation Eyesight

is a small Canadian charity, Started twenty years ago when Dr. Ben Gullison, a

medical missionary to India was moved by the plight of the destitute, curable blind. Dr. Ben inspired a_ small group of Canadian business- men to form an organization that would give sight and new life to these helpless ones.

lf any of your readers do make a resolution to give so- meone their sight as a way of celebrating Easter they would be interested in knowing that this $25 as well as covering surgical costs also pays for medicine, injections, hospital care, food, follow-up ex- amination and glasses. | never realized that a few dollars could do so much good, work so hard and go so far.

Canadians who served or worked in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam Era.

To date, | have confirmed several hundred Canadians who served with US., Australian and New Zealand Armed Forces in Vietnam as

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