18 PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW _

Wednesday, November 29, 2000

The Brentwood Bay Li-
ons Club is all set to help
welcome Santa Claus, as he
arrives. at the Brentwood
Bay Ferry Dock at 8:30 a.m.
on December 9.

From there the jolly old
elf will jump aboard a Cen-
tral Saanich fire truck and
head off to Bayside middle
school, arriving around 9
a.m., just in time for a ter-
rific pancake breakfast.

You can join Santa for this

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the Lands End Road area.
Those attending ‘Stelly’s.
“secondary are picked up.
and dropped off at the cor-

Saanich roads, about'a half

Our democratic process is fundamental to Pacific Coast Savings

as a financial cooperative that is responsible and accountable to its Members. Bayside middle school are

bused from Deep Cove Ele-
mentary, about a 45-minute
walk from Lands End. Stu-
dents living on: or.. near
Lands End Road would nor-
mally attend Parkland sec-

The Board of Directors has voted unanimously to recommend that
Members support this merger, it is now up to you.

You may vote at any Pacific Coast Savings branch or by mail between a ee afore Frencl
and doesn’t offer a French

November 28th and December 7th, 2000 Immersion program.
ue In early September, halfa
dozen parents sent letters to
the School District, asking
that bus routes be extended
to alleviate their transporta-
tion problems. On October
16, the board carried a mo-
tion to“... advise parents of
students from the Lands
Kend Road area attending
Central Zone specially. pro-
grams that bus runs will not

Vote and have

‘Cove. clementary. school
and North Saanich middle

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tendent of Physical Plant,
explained the District's po-
sition, . :

“The Ministry does not
fund French
transportation,” he. said.
"The government's: argu
ment is that it's a choice
that parents make for.their
ids, and because of that
they're not prepared to

fund it." BEE ay ly

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No buses for French
immersion students

own areas,. but. living. out-

2. from’ school ig a big oro ‘ gide of the walk. limits, are’.

-. Jem for about 20 French Im-..
~<mersion students. living in~

area resident, has a daugh-~

; : ids that li t
ner of ‘Tatlow and West so many kids that live ou

hour walk from Lands End
“Road. Students attending:

ondary in Sidney, but Park- .

‘it's not possible to extend
“minate there [at Deep Cove

‘the next school that's

“that would mean a major re-

be extended beyond Deep -

there's sufficient buses to
school because of funding -
limitations placed by the that it might be possible to

Hans Schneider, Superin«

- solution hay come up." He.
Immersion. § ; Mt |

encouragement, beeause of
all the factors involved.

Pe ee ee Se ee

fun filled morning for only
$1 per person, plus a dona-
tion to the food bank.

This great opportunity to
have breakfast with Santa is
sponsored by Santa’s little
helpers at school district 63,
Brentwood Community As-
sociation, Peninsula Co-op,
Thrifty Foods Saanichton,
Smitty’s Restaurant, Food
Giant, Tru Value Foods,
Rexall Drugs and McDon-
ald’s.

He added that students
attending: schools in their

provided with transporta-
tion, 2°) :
“Jane Slean, a onde End

ter attending. French Im-:
mersion at Stelly’s. “There's '

here that have to make their ~ .
way home,” she said. “It's'‘a’
struggle for all of us.”

In spite of the difficulties,
she isn’t considering with- -
drawing her daughter from
French Immersion. “That
wouldn't be an option.
Stelly’s is a really good
school, and French Immer-
sion has been a very posi-
tive experience for us.”

School District Trustee
Peter. Garnham told the
Peninsula News Review that

the existing bus routes at
this time. “They don’t ter-

schoal],” he said. “They

“arry rolling on through to
clos-
ing. Doing something like

vision, which is all right if
i's before the system is es-
tablished and providing

be able to handle it.”
Garnhan acknowledged

look into route changes for
September 2003, "The
hoard has looked at it, and
is looking at it,” he ‘sald,
“But as-yet no reg asonable

added that he can't give any

“The fact that it's not rec:
ognized by the gove rnment
does make ita challe NRG,
Garnham said,

a