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The Heratd, Thursday, June 7, 1978, Page 3

Couple. conéern

by: Linda Purschke °

“They keep telling us say “without becoming. you at ‘this time: or: to’
we ‘don't -have’ all the. ‘specific, we've had ‘an. discuss’ any ‘action we

* Herald he did’ not want to,’
go into: details; but did”

facty,”' ‘says ‘Gene :San-"elementary » special ©

declll of the: Eden eye
feels _ his flildren a
facing. . . Copper,
Mountain - Mt alementary’
School. “But how fan we:
get all the facts if’ they
won't. tell us: anything?”
Gene Sandecki and. his
wife... Claudette -: are
concerned: about what
they’ feel‘is a. lack’ of

pe

genéral discipline and the ~
‘ superintendetit”

learning atmosphere ‘at
Copper Mountain due’ to
disruptive behavibr of

aunt plier ‘child: care..

Hs fie! ‘and other |
ipersbinel ut ‘Etont,: ‘the
um an. Fesources':
department, . and: public:
health’ nurses. in.
Sometimes . we've ‘made

- progress, sometimes: We:
haven 12

ier ad

. Jack Cook; chairman of.
the “school ° ‘board, and: |
Frank” * Hai iiiton;

district, poth: stated: at ;
that time’ that to their

some of the other knowledge there was
children. . Claudette. :nothing unusual going on
Sandecki' said ‘shé* had “at Copper Mountairi ‘or.

first. approached . the
principal. of. Copper

. Mountain School, Bruce -
Phillips, in January. of:

this'year to discuss’ the
situation, “She « ap-
proithed ° the- Herald in
May in ‘an atte to ‘get
the parents..in, the' area .
behind Phillips eis. Rl te
When asked.to reapond:
to the Sandecki’s::.con-

cerns Phillips: told: the: ©

any other school in the ;.

district,

Phillips Ge nally

atated he was prepared to |.

digscugs. the ‘situation at':.

‘Copper, Mountain School
with the: Herild and +{°
Claudette Sandecki: and,‘

at that time, put forward °
the school’s concerns “and *’

‘interest, hut,withdrew his’ [.

‘offer and stated: . : .

‘of the: t

interests to discuss. this,

tler any- further with

may be taking. mee

* He has also informed
“Claudette : Sahdecki that

she will,.not be. mieeting”
“with her: atathe, time:
arranged. and omade no.
-t provision for a future:

meeting. ——
Claudette, : .‘Sandecki

stated that Philips had .

. parental
groups; film showings,

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ed about problem in school

told her. previously .that
he-was planning to act in

‘several ways on her

COncerns, , such ‘as

discussion

and brainstorming with
parents and teachers.
Phillips has refused to
comment on this.

Phillips told the Herald .
_he -was acting on the

of Richard

advice
wha Phillips

‘Parker,

referred to as ‘the
supervisor of special

Services’,

Parker told the Herald
that ‘he advised Phillips
against meeting with us
since he felt the Herald

‘had “a prablem with .
credibility’.

“I think _ somebody
down there, I don't know
if. its somebody at the

‘paper’ or you (reporter

Linda Purschke) has an

axe to- grind.”

Parker stated his main
cause for concern was the
May 23 article, but when
asked, could not make
any specific reference to
parts he disagreed with.

Hamilton, when asked
again if he felt any of the
Sandeckis concern were
justified, repeated that
ihere were no unusual
discipline problems at the
school.

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. TRUSTEE ASSURES ACTION

' Schoo! board trustee Nan Harrisan has.
assured the Herald she js interested in seeing. the.

problems ithe, Sandeckis feel are facing their

children. in Copper Mountain: be discussed and
resolyed as.soon as possible.

Harrison told the Herald no other parents had
discussed problems that:might exist at Copper
Mountain School'with her, but she stated that
there are procedures for concerned parents to
follow ,when they are ‘concerned about. anything
occurring in district schools.’

“She should go right tothe top,” said Harrison
referring to Claudette Sandecki. “Mrs. Sandecki

should make an appointment with Mr, Hamilton
(superintendent of the schoot district) and talk
about her concerns with him.” —
“Hi after that, she is not satisfied with the
response from him, she should write a letter to
~ the trustees outlining her conerns,”’

Harrison explained that a letter could insure

the matter would be put. on the agenda of the
school board meeting and could then be
discussed by the board.

- Harrison told the Herald she would discuss the

matter with the Sandeckis and explain to them .

the procedures.for resolving the problems with
communication that the Sandeckis felt existed.

“It’s ‘not. in ‘ur ; best...

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P m. on Friday, and Saturday.

Wl ‘bined itatbal bool - ‘i ‘his

Skeena Jr. Secondary Theatre ‘Arts Department, .'
.. Will be performed in the R.E.M. Lee Theatre at 8

aot

° The play .centers around overcrowded, un
‘derstaffed, fictional high school with: problems -!: :

that are’ sometimes hilarious, sometimes”, *

heartbreaking; but underneath the insanity, of.

the school there is a real concern:on the, part of ‘

~ the faculty and students to. teach an bo. be. :

taught.

There is a huge cast of 29 people in the play, and
a lot of work has gone ‘on boekstage fo fs prepare
_- for the production. . my .

Denise Kenney plays sylvia narfett; a sent, © ‘
sitive idealistic new teacher. Pail. Seales ‘plays’ '

Paul Barringer, the eligible bachelor. ‘English 1p
- teacher. Jill Harris plays Beatrice Schachter, A.
wise teacher belriender. Wo

‘Mike Cain plays 1. J: McHabe, the icing
force that holds the school together. Karen Ward
plays Sadie Finch, the all business -chief-.:
secretary. Tammy Kennedy’ plays — Charlotte «
. Wolfe; the’ overworked ‘librarian’ who feels that —
_she is fighting: a: losing battle’ ta protect her.

‘library. Mike Vandermeer plays Samuel Bester, ”
a talented -English teacher who has./had the.. i
misfortune of being made an administrator. . . ME

Holly Bartlett plays Ella: Friedenberg, a on
“words ‘over people” guidance’ counsellor. he

Coiette’ ‘Kuemper plays Frances: Eguin, a sym-:" :

_pathetic, yet frustrated school nurse. Shane’
. Isfeld plays Dr. Maxwell Clarke, the lost touch .:
school principal. Leah Reichelt plays,Ellen, the

back home friend of Sylvia. Paul Dozzi plays Joe -

Ferone, the hostile, hurt and intelligent.

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Leah’ Cardinal plays Allee Blake who uses | at

MacKinnon plays Harry .A. Kagan, the class

politician. Sandra Froese plays Helen Arbuzzi, —
. who has to drop out. Shannon Butterfield plays

Katerine and Cheryl Stubbs plays Fran,, the
student office managers; one is impatient and
one is, bored-out-of-her mind.

Darren Champoux plays Charles Arrons, a

_ Student with an unusually blend of mischief and

sensitivity. Corrine Pruner plays Carrie Blaine,
an outspoken girl who is always ready to give
anyone her frank opinion. Jackie Munson: plays
Elizabeth Ellis, the over-serious, creative
writer. Rian Jones plays Rache] Gordon, a
popular, intelligent, semi-rebellious, ‘active girl.

Ritchie Mallett plays Lou Martin, the class

‘- gomedian. Rudy DiGiovanni plays Lennie

Nemark,. the tough guy who likes to horse
around:

Cheryl Dyck plays Jill Norris, another at-

* tractive and bright girl who is editor of the school

hewspaper. Bob Clarkson plays Edward
Williams, a black, sullen and suspicious boy. -
‘Lorena Pereira-plays Carole Blanca, a warm-
hearted affectionate. girl, Lawrence Spencer
plays Joe Rodgriguez, a very shy and lonely
young man. Jo-Anne Black plays Vivian Paine,
who has ai low opinion of herself.

Tickets to the play are.$3 at the door and $2
advance. Advance tickets can be obtained at
Skeena School or by telephoning 635-9136 and the .
person leaving his name, address and phone

*. number 50 that a theatre arts student can deliver

the tickets.

The students say that each audience member
is sure to see some part of himself or herself in

remance to: protect hétsélf. from life. Rigk

“I have been an
elementary school
teacher for years and any
discipline problems, I
have heard of come
within the normal range
of matters that come
before an elementary

school psincipal within

the course of a year.”

Jack Cook, when asked
again to comment fur-
ther, said that any matter
concerning Copper
Mountain School was to
be discussed with
Hamilton.

The: Sandeckis made
reference to several
incidents at the school
that disturbed them.
These included thefts of
items, an allegation that
a language class in the
school had been cancelled

. because of the behavior

of the children and
reports that substitute
teachers refused to
return to the school to

’ teach, Mrs. Sandecki said
- she had witnessed a

general disruption on the
occasions she visited the
school.

“IT was originally all for
supporting the principal
of the school but now I’m
not so sure.” said Mrs.
Sandecki. "I thought.
other parents didn’t care |
what was going on, but
now maybe I think they
don't know."

“I'm not saying my
kids are angels,"” added
Gene Sandecki. Of other
children at the school she
sald, “one at a time,

: they're good kids arid the ©

parents care.” .

“There's just not
enough supervision,”
continued Mrs. Sandecki.
“We were thinking of
trying to get some parent
supervision, we realize
the teachers have a right
to eat their lunch.”

“Tm golng to suffer,
my kids are going to
suffer, and my business Is
going to suffer,” said
Claudette Sandecki.

“If this raises hackles
for nothing and is all
forgotten in two weeks,
its not worth it. If it raises
hackles and gets some ©
positive results, its well
worth it."' she added. “

POLICE NEWS

Terrace RCMP report only
a single vehicle accident on
Tuesday, when a car driven

WEATHER

A ridge of high pressure
will bring mainly sunny
skies today.

The expected high today is
17 degrees Celsius and the
overnight low is 6 degrees.

by Robert Ellis, age 17,
flipped a few times at the
east end of Lakelse Avenue” ;
before coming torest onits -
roof,

Ellis was transported ‘to
Mills Memorial hospital,
where he was kept overnight
for observation before being
released

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