i Community rs are taken rederation by your ideas - local Assoc. e extent that nd the pur and how re achieved m prosper. WHITE ROCK SUN THURSDAY, Fé heme of Education Week f 7 , of accomplishment and some D Progress of School District 36 scone ones of rag mat ut the only question 6 outlined by Board Trustee mot importance ‘oft 10 the| by L. A. Shepherd local Boards is the sotting of | teachers’ salaries. In this matter the Depart! ont of Education leaves the A three or four year term as{ In order to correct. this the a school trustee does not con-/trusteos formulated a bold plan stitute any sort of record in|— so bold that many people — ep terms of service, but I venture |including some de) to crease in salaries over an un- realistic scale must be paid by . | the local similar period of time prev:) The plan called for the pur-|bt months of reyotiation te ok fously. chasing of sites, building some] {« in Four years ago classroom ac-}200 clissrooms and equipping Slices bares maaan, ee District ‘No Board of | ict No. 36 can be comodation Pad failed to kesp|them, the all-inclusive program pace with the rapidly increas-|to cost over five million dol:|,,b<*ides having to make scores both rewarding: and frustrating up yachoollipopulatan aeeauenties of minor decisions on transpur-|— bul never dull, if an extent that over one hund:| oy red classes were on shift to the |by a referendum and paid for annoyance of parents and to 'fifty percent by the Department the detriment of the children)jof Education and fifty percont themselves. by the focal taxpayer over a J. T, (Jock) SMITH period of years. The plan was Director of Summer Schools overwhelmingly endorsed and in due course sites were pur- Local educator advocates use of chased and buildings erected province wide summer schools as quickly as possible. Today while the program is not en. tirely completed - the shift Rhring the fs have been submitted Royal Commission on £ i of the past 1 advoc more uti direction of Mr. R. T. Cubborn | on of our ed |BCS.T.A, research assistant, | [7 ities. Parents seom to feel that/has recommended such a pro-| | funds were to be raised =. past year many;mattér of fact a recent survey conducted by the B.C. School Trustees Association under the en place is the introduc the Junior High Schoo!s, ational our schools and teachers are|gram rather t a 12 month making a three step system in only being utilized 80% of the |school operation | place of the former elementary time. | If you desire such a school and high school system. Sur rey's 14,000 youngsters now have accomodation and facilit ies comparable to most other) practical ea R ; districts in the province. ACTICAL knowledge, as well as technical, is emphasized in to- School trustees, like most day’s system of education. This Queen Elizabeth High School other people in public office, |Student is busy in the woodwork department of Industrial Arts have some satisfying feelings | class. In view of this criticism, ®|in your district - Why not con well known Whalley educator, |tact your school board chairman’ J. T. Smith, has submitted a brief to the Royal Commission commending immediate adop- 1 of province wide summer|the number of repeaters and is - For those students Who failures in our public school: irc remedial teaching and advanced schooling during the mer months. These schools would be spor sored by the school boards ir d i in which they are One school strategical ed could accommodate this week. Immediate adoption of such a plan would curtail udents from is for stmister w location to accommod. students from Langley, New Westminster. Coq and Burnaby. Cost of und is Everybody's Business Visit your local schools during Education Week, March 1-7 to see how you can help the cause of education n schoo! 1 lasses would accommodate 5 who are the summer dents who have failed one or two s will ha 1p during period. Private ha complish s too cost Summer schools provide a ns of pool ing resources. Also in the sum mer months teacher supply is quite adequate whereas in the normal school term are not available in su numbers. Results of summ chool tendance have proven this type of instruction to be yer: while and fulfilling a great need in a community As 2 School District No. 36 (Surrey) is the fourth largest school dist- rict in British Columbia. For some years it has been one of the fastest growing. In 15 years it has increased from 2,700 pupils with a staff of 87 teachers to 13,800 pupils with a staff of 469 teachers. Education Is Big Business Last year the budget of the School Board was just over $3,000. 000. This year the budget is for $3,908,000. . . This advertisement is sponsored by the following merchants who all carry a complete selection of school supplies to Bars: the needs of every student in every grade. } 4 ke -~ HodWon’s Variety scription Pharmacy 5509 edger WI. 8-9200 145 Washington Wi. 8-9710 ~ Salk £ ariety | ‘ooke’s Variety Z_ QUEEN ELIZABETH’s senior girls basketball team won the West Zone Fraser Valley Cham pionship Saturday with a 24-24 win over North Surrey. Jt was QE"s 18th consecutive victory Jane Chase, nigh scorer of the game with 13 points, holds tro phy, emblematic of league supremacy, with Miss Brenda Small, coach of the team. 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