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Students gained first-hand insight fo employment

Too often, students go through
the school system questioning the
usefulness of the education they
have received.

“Tl never need to know math in
the real world,” they might say. Or,
“What does chemistry have to do
with getting a job?”

AS a means of providing some
answers and insight into the pro-
fessional world, Parkland secon-
dary school held a Careers Day for
its students April 28.

“Its a chance where students
get real information from people
in the field,” said Madeleine Mor-
Tis, a parent coordinator for the

event.

The event was structured on a
workshop basis, where speakers
from nearly 100 career fields
would tell the students what they
needed to get into the industry and
what the-career was like.

Moris said students signed up
to listen to speakers in the careers
they were interested in and, hope-
fully, were able to formulate a
better idea of what they wanted to
do in the future.

“Tt works in sort of a positive/
negative way,” she said. “Some
Students may have felt a little
disappointed in what a certain

N. Saanich mill rate up five per cent

but overall tax increase almost nil

The municipal tax rate in North
Saanich is up five per cent, but
because of a reduction in the
school district’s rate of taxation,
the overall tax rate for residents is
only .58 per cent.

Ald. Ross Imrie, chairman of the
budget committee, said the most
significant areas of extra expendi-
tures were: police protection, with
an increase of one officer for 1992
effective March 31; addition of
one maintenance man (which will
actually cut costs by a reduction in
contract services); an increase of
$43,700 in the road maintenance
budget (council is about to receive

a road maintenance study to deter- .

mine where it will be spent); and
reduction of the province’s reve-
nue sharing grant.
Total revenue is up over
$100,000 from 1991, Immie said.
“A five per cent increase on a

low taxation base like-ours is not a=-

lot of money,’? Imrie said.

With a reduction of 1.7 per cent
in the school tax collection, there
is virtually no increase in taxes.

Municipal treasurer Ralph Gillis
reports that a homeowner with an
average assessed value of
$230,000 will pay $10.09 more

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this year than last.

However, because of the cancel-
lation of the province’s supple-
mentary homeowner's grant, the
average North Saanich homeowner
will actually pay 33.27 per cent
more in bottom-line taxes.

Using the $230,000 average
assessed value, the homeowner
will pay $1,339.56 this year, com-
pared to $1,005.17 last year, after
the basic homeowners’s grant cal-
culation, including gross water
taxes. The grant does not come
automatically — homeowners
must apply for it.

All taxes except school district
taxes collected by the municipality
increased this year. Following are
the percentage increases with the
mill rate in brackets.

The CRD requisition was
increased 2.21 per cent (8687),
hospital is up 1.67 per cent

(42582) and the B.C. Assessment -
_ Authority is-up 19.58 per cent

(.1806). The school district reduc-
tion is so significant in terms of
dollars because its mill rate is
4.6263, down from 4.707 last year.
The general municipal mill rate is
set at 1.4529 for 1992, up from
1.3837 last year.

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career was like and others had —

their goals reaffirmed.’

Speakers came from the Univer-
sity of Victoria, Camosun College,
Institute of Ocean Sciences, B.C.
Ferries, Armed Forces, Coastguard
and the local business community,
all of whom volunteered their time
for the event.

Dr. Martin Collis, professor of
physical education at UVic and
keynote speaker for the fair,
summed up the need for higher
learning by telling students that
“In today’s world, paper qualifica-
tions (degrees and diplomas) and
Grade 12 education are going to be
the minimum requirements for
many jobs.”

Collis said his years as a student
were not all enjoyable, but he is
grateful for the education now.

Moms agreed, “It’s a fact of life
today that you need more academ-
ics than in the past. There were far
more Opportunities to find
employment 10 years ago with
minimal education, but not any-

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