oh Page A12 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 24, 1980 School board notes Trustees reject sex offender Offender ban rejected 4-3 “TERRACE — A motion calling for tougher action against ’ teachers convicted of sexual of- ‘fences was narrowly defeated at _the: school . board’s Jan. 9 meeting. Trustees voted 4-3 to reject a Richmond school board resolu- __.tion recommending the College of Teachers cancel the teaching certificates of all teachers con- . victed of sexual offences. Trustees Wayne Braid, Eva _ Daniels, Duncan Etches and Val Napoleon combined to defeat the motion, which was sup- ported by trustees Kris Chap- man, Laverne Hislop © and Delbert Morgan. “This is one of the cases in which we should speak out, so I support the motion," Morgan said during debate, Etches and Napoleon called the motion a blanket statement that could be more destructive than helpful. Sexual offence cases are not always black and white, Etches said, and each case should be looked at individually on its own merits, Trustees slain ministry letter Trustees were angered by a letter the education minister sent to the district rejecting its request for extra inservice to prepare teachers for the Year 2000 changes. The school board had asked the ministry to add five days of inservice - outside the regular school year for the next three years. The ministry letter in . response tells the district it can arrange extra inservice days if it wants, but the government has no plans to pay for them. ‘Administrators and trustees said the cryptically worded let- ter shirked the need for more days of workshops to help teachers cope with the dramatic changes coming to the school Delbert Morgan system. Superintendent Frank Hamilton told trustees the letter “sidesteps the issue nicely in the last four paragraphs.”’ Hazeltons trustee Val Napoleon said the board should demand the ministry explain what its doing with a $1.4-million fund promised to help school district adapt to the education system changes. Trustees — who initially toyed with the idea of jointly is- suing a statement with the Ter- race District Teachers’ Associa- tion — decided to send their own more strongly worded let- ter back to the ministry setting out the board’s pasition. Work-study money sought A four-year federal program to help students get work ex- perience won the nod of local trustees after they learned the board can opt out once the federal government pays most of its share. Trustees voted to apply for federal money for a cooperative education program to help ex- pand the district's existing work-study programs, In the first year the federal government would pay 85 per cent of the $80,000-a-year pro- gram, declining to 75 per cent in. the second year, Federal monéy would fall to 55 per cent in the third year and 35 per cent in the fourth before the district takes over the full cost. Andrew Scruton, director of instruction (special services) told trustee Wayne Braid the board should be able to opt out in year three, - © The program could handle more than 50 additional students, Scruton said, Trustees also decided ‘to see if the district's proposed locally ” ‘developed teaching assistant course could be used as the job to employ students in the work- study program. The teaching assistant course is designed to give Grade 12 students interested in going into teaching one-on-one experience working under a local teacher. Both the work-study program and the Teaching Assistant course were unanimously ap- proved. Improve Your Outlook Choose from 4 huge selection af frames! Distribution of bibles okayed. Trustees approved the distribution of Gideon bibles to - students whose parents fill out consent cards. The cards will be distributed to students at school, who will be given the bibles when they bring back the signed cards,: ~ One trustee said the bibles were once directly distributed - with no consent cards. The con- sent card system was also used last year. The Gideons are a ‘society known for their free distriby- tion of bibles. Trustees go to seminar. The school board approved a trip to a seminar in Vancouver Jan. 27 to help train trustees for contract negotiations. Trustees John Pousette, Kris Chapman, Edna Cooper, and secretary-treasurer Barry Piersdorff will attend Bargain- ing and Beyond. ros.” Optical P 4608" Lakelse Ave. Benson Optical Loboratories Ito wo 838-0341 - a r a via roghl kek 1989 TOYOTA TERCEL stx. no. 2223 *1.5L. 4 cyl. *Manual transmission *Rear window defroster "3 door hatchback “Power steering "Rear wiper & washer *Cloth interior , A "4S miles per gal. , ; WINDFALL SPECIAL $4 0 gy 3 8 | 0 0 *SLV6 _ *Tinted windows “custom striping — * Tit steering *Tachometer *5S spd. transmission *Chrome package *Forwerd facing rear seats - 1989 TOYOTA XTRACAB st«. no. 2207 wornseon * 14, 777°. Backed by Toyota’ S$ 5 yr. 100. 000 km. warranty, nates ON 4012 Hwy. 16 West. 5 TERRACE MOTORS . TOYOTA — DLRNGO. 6957 TOYOTA QUALITY SERVICE: - 635-6558 TOSHIBA You won't have to. wait for business with a Toshiba’ TF 251 fax. It’s the desktop fax: that's great for any office...big or small. Sophisticated features, a sleek silhouette and easy to use. Call us today for the deal of the century. TOSHIBA FACSIMILE, TF251 | Available At.... TOLSEC CANADA INC. 3238 Kalum Street _ Terrace, B.C. _ TERRACE CO: OP - BUILDING SUPPY CENTRE MOVING We will be closed Saturday, January 27 and RE-OPENING IN OUR NEW LOCATION ON MONDAY, JANUARY 29 291 2 Molitor Street 635-9595. HOURS: BRS Monday - Saturday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. CLOSED SUNDAYS We appologize for any inconvenience during our relocation. WATCH FOR OUR OFFICIAL GRAND RE-OPENING! ft q re tras te wn pl Sm ee Re So ee ore, - 7 eee . ‘ a . pe ee i a a Ne Ban I i A PR BG EP ie \ r i EE Be ey ye Beh ted