According to the ad-
ministration of School
District 88, the cost of
additional teachers re-
quested by the Terrace
and District Teachers
Association (TDTA) to
eliminate oversized
classrooms would cost
either $967,500 or
$1,107,500 depending
upon which options were
followed.

Superintendent Frank
Hamilton wrote the
school board saying solv-
ing TDTA concerns
would mean either 11 ad-
ditional elementary
teachers, seven addi-

. tional secondary teach-

ers, one additional
library staff member
plus other changes
amounting to $967,500.

The option is 11 ad-
ditional elementary
teachers, 11 additional
secondary teachers, four
additional library aides
plus other changes
amounting to
B1,107,500.

In Terrace-area
schools the TDTA has
requested, according to’
administration, two
more teachers at
Uplands, one more full-

time teacher plus a half-

time kindergarten
teacher at E.T. Kenney,
one additional teacher at
Copper Mountain and
Thornhill Elementary,
plus a_ half-time
kindergarten teacher at
Thornhill Primary.

At Caledonia, Hamil-
ton wrote, the teachers’
requests would mean one
new teacher plus a few
students would have to
be reassigned. At Thorn-
hill Junior Secondary,
TDTA wants would
result in another new
teacher plus 30 to 40
students being reassign-

TDTA desires could
be arrived at in two dif-
ferent ways at Skeena
Junior Secondary, wrote
Hamilton. The first way
would be to hire approx-
imately four new teach-

Organizations valued

. by Elaine Parmenter
Recreation Program Co-ordinator

TERRACE — Community groups and organizations
play a very important role in the provision of social
cultural, and sporting activities in all communities.

In Terrace, there are approximately [50 organiza-
tions, providing a variety of services to the people of
this community. The quantity of service these
organizations offer is beyond the scope of services
that any parks and recreation department could ever
deliver.

The local parks and recreation department
recognizes the value of these community organiza-
tions and is prepared to assist with the resources
available to the department. The parks and recrea-
tion department would like to encourage the involve-
ment of community organizations in all stages of
planning and development of parks and recreation
services. If the club you are involved with has ideas
or suggestions for provision of services, please
telephone the parks and recreation department.

Leadership skills

The department places high priority on the
development of leadership skills and the provision of
leadership training to community organizations. An
example of the type of leadership training that the
recreation department has been responsible for
delivering is: the theory portion of the National
Coaching Certification program, and now the skills
program.

The skills program has several parts to it such
as: marketing and fund-raising, time management,
financial management and short and long range plan-
ning. These one-day courses are designed to provide
a volunteer person with the necessary skills to operate
a community organization. The parks and recreation
department will also provide organizational
assistance, advertising, etc., to assist interested per-
sons in starting a new club or assist with the promo-
tion of an existing club.

Other general services the department can offer
community organizations are: ideas and resource
material on fund-raising, registering as a non-profit
society running tournaments, advertising and promo-
tion, The parks and recreation department works co-
operatively with all community organizations and
will assist these organizations in any way possible,

If you are looking for assistance of any kind, con-
tact the parks and recreation department, they may

be able to help.

If your pockets are empty or cash is low
Sell it here and watch money grow
Inquire about Advertising “8

ers and changing the
class assignments of
nearly every student.
The second way would
be to hire approximately
eight new teachers with
many reassignments but
the overall timetable
would remain the same.

To meet the TDTA
library goals, Hamilton
wrote, would require

four additional aides
plus two new half-time
teachers at a total cost of
$110,000.

Assistant superinten-
dent of schools Siip

Terrace Review —- Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1986 11

Extra teachers could cost $1 million

Bergsma has informed
the board if a TDTA
proposed clause was in-
cluded in the personal
practices contract, it
would mean 6.5 teachers
would have to be hired

for the next academic.

year at a cost of about

$227,000. The clause
reads, ‘‘Industrial
Education, Home Econ-
omics, Science, Drama
and other laboratory
classes shall not exceed
24 pupils per class, All
other classes shall not ex-
ceed 30 pupils per class.'’

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