4 PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW

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' GREAT GRADS! -

_ Kindergarten and nurs-.
ery school students of
Lau Welnew Tribal
School in Brentwood Bay.
were decked out in their
cardboard mortar-boards
and colorful robes Thurs-

‘The Central Saanich Police Board will hold a a ? ae peduction’ ve an
public meeting to discuss the process to replace .

monies. A large number
retiring Chief Constable George Lawson. — of parents of the First.

Nations’ students

Place: Ceniral Saanich Council Chamber packed the school’s
1903 Mount Newton Cross Road gymnasium for the
Saanichton, British Columbia event, which saw about -
i : 50 pupils attend the
Date/Time: June 25, 1998, 7:30pm. . convocation ceremonies.
PAUL WYKE PHOTO

- Skateboard committee to meet tonight

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“Then there’s the constant clacking of the ~ Toward the end of the meeting, SWAT mem- ©

skateboards. It’ sounds like it’s in my front“ ber Sean Glickman reminded some of the peo-

roam said One woman: “I don’t know how long: . ple at the meeting that he had already put outa

-Ican put up with that” means to find solutions earlier in the process,
Several youth, members of the skateboard © and he reiterated it for all in attendance...

park committee, YEES and the Sidney Wheels. “We should select representatives from all the

Athletic Team (SWAT) were at the meeting. One groups affected, plus people from the neighbor- |.

_ young man expressed his frustration with the _ hood and put everyone under one umbrella -

_ problems. “Skaters were getting frustrated at © ‘group. ‘Then we can work on solutions,” he said. =

_ getting their boards confiscated: because they: . . Concerns about use of the gravel road lead-.
‘were ‘skating ¢ down Beacon. And a lot of the older. ing to the park (beside Dairy Queen) ‘could be’ eee

: people \ were concerned about their safety be- . solved by putting in diagonal parking andy paving
- cause of the skaters on the-street. We thought the road; he said. es

S {building the park] ‘would solve that,” he said... - Coun. ‘Tim Chad, who attended the: aang ve

- Other. committee ‘embers said: they: woulc said Sidney council will. ‘work immediately. on =

be on the scene. appealing to, the. wrong-doers ome: ‘ways ‘to slow down traffic. ‘They will de-

- They suggested working alongside police to try: velop anoise barrier of trees and shrubbery be-

o deter the destructive behavior. - tween the park and the nearby homes."
- One: neighbor, calling the park ' “a great eift, 4 like the idea of setting up a committee with: Shed

[for the kids] ‘that they must take care of,” said” ‘the’ residents,” Glickman said Saturday. “I'm’

_ peer pressue could work to keep those who are looking forward to working with them, and. ca

“not the real troublemakers on the right path, » putting smiles on their faces. oy. believe this eo

_ leaving police to look after “the fringe group.” can be solved... .

_ Parks Manager Jonathan Kelly said there are “Thisisa ‘great park. We can put on events, by

oS ~ concrete blocks being installed along the street |. ourselves or as youth events, to go along with

ar near the skateboard park to deter traffic, and the: ones put on by the Memorial Park Society. Given

op “a aki 50, stop sign has been moved to make it more visi- the right mission, this could help bring skaters

ee fA. _ ble. But they agreed with neighbors that those __ and their parents to Sidney, And it could help
‘s id n ey Da ays Ss idewa | k S Qa le @, Sg U Sunday fur ne 9 3 ‘ Fy . tactics were nowhere near enough; the purpose bridge the gap b between youth and seniors in this

of calling everyone together was to find out what’ town.”
the neighbors want.:> To move forward with the ideas cerca at

: Hi uge savings on all ‘old & discontir 1ued stock : 1... Both sides agreed that finding a solution did - the first meeting, another meeting will be held at
e ee eh ey Ra is he od nS foe ge gee not mean they simply moved the problem to an- the Town Hall tonight (une 17) at 7 p.m, a

_ Trustees say agreement restricts boards —

_ CONTINUED F FROM FRONTPAGE enough resources at this level, which is where
‘Under terms of the agreement, teachers’ the funding comes in,” he said.

salaries would remain the same in the first year: As for Chow’s contention that other parts of

and first nine months of the second year then in- ‘the agreement could force the district into a

crease two per cent April 1, 2000; $75 million’ deficit or drastic cuts, Babcock disagreed,

~ would be spent over the next three years exclu: “J: would like to know what other part of the
sively for hiring 500 additional teachers, teacher agreement trustees think might do that. 1am fa-

librarians, counsellors, learning assistance, ESL miliar with the agreement in detail and I don't

and special education teachers; lower provincial. - know what other section they could be referring

maximum class sizes for Kindergarten to Grade. to,” he said.

3 and an additional $75 million would be invested . But trustees stand by their decision, saying

to hire 700 additional teachers to reduce K-3_. the deal only looks good on paper.

George Lawson,
. Chief Constable

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* class sizes in the next three years; and salary. . “The agreement does not address employee
and benefit improvements for adult educators ~ objectives and it restricts how to best organize
and teachers on-call, : our schools to mect the needs of students,” sald

» Babcock contends the reali jasuie for trustees _, trustee Donna Bate, '
is that the $150 million being pumped Inte ~~ But the bottom line, said Babcock, is that. 7
~ provincial education cof fers ion't going toward trustees, teachers and parents have always com:
administrative costs...) i plained of under-funding in the education sys.
“In spite of the trustees’ contention that the “tem and now that it’s there, trustees can't spend o

agreement removes flexibility, It docan't,” he © itthe way they want. :

sald, “The problem here is that distribution of “Nobody expected the government to gay not
~~ {hat funding has not been left to the discretion of .° only here's funding, but here's even more fund.
“the boards. Rather, the government has said ing, but this is where. tt ‘goes, Therein lles the.

“here's the funds, and here's what it's for”. problem,” he sald,
as "9399 Beacon Avenue 7. ce, °° \) As for the issucs of students being fore ed out. “To date, Victoria School District tr ustees are.
wT yo s dri ey, BC V8L Iwo I yl of neighborhood schools to comply with “rigid | one of only three in the province thathave voted,

ont i: 1 got 1 von class alze provisions,” Babcock said itwus a“red. An favor of the agreement.
Mi tata ntti 656- 001! ° fax [250] 656-4866 sn ith re herring.” ~~ Approximately 20 others have voted ngminst if.

“The only place th that the’ agreement restricis. “We will have to wait and see what happend!
“toll free |-800- -656- 5575 that is in the K-3 level —- (wo years from now— after trustees release province-wide results on
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