TERRACE — After more than
half an hour of discussion and
the defeat of at least five prd-
posed amendments, the board of
School District 88 ratified a
facilities-use policy that none of
the trustees appeared entirely
happy with.
_” The policy, prepared by an ad
- hoc committee, came up for a
vote at the board’s monthly
meeting in Terrace April 14. The
major effect of the 15-point
policy will be a clamp-down on
community uses such as dances
and banquets that are con-
- sidered incompatible with the
primary purpose of-school gym-
nasiums: student athletic ac-
tivities, © .
Since the beginning of the
year, the board has already turn-
ed down several requests for use
of the Skeena School gym, in-

cluding one from the Terrace
RCMP for their annual Regi-
mental Ball, The Skeena gym is
in heavy demand for large
groups because it’s the only
facility within Terrace big
enough to handle events with
more than 300 people, and the
school’s. kitchen is adjacent to
gym.

School district maintenance ©

personnel have indicated that
the hardwood floor in the aging
school’s gym is nearly worn out
-one more resurfacing is the
limit. After that, the nailheads

will be coming through and the-
entire floor will have to be.
replaced. In view of the school —

district’s capital proposal to

replace the building with a new
‘school, there’s little enthusiasm

for making major investments in
the old building.

The committee report also
noted that the smell of liquor
and cigarette smoke lingers for
days after an event, hard-soled
shoes carve up the floor and
spilled booze eats holes in the
varnish on the hardwood in all
schools, not just Skeena.

Trustees’ dissatisfaction with
the policy centered mainly on
recommendation 14, which al-

lows exceptions to the rest of the
policy for ‘‘traditional users’’,

defined as the Big Band Parents
Association: in Terrace and the
Lions Club and Winter Club in

‘Stewart. Trustee Francis Sabine

said the board would stand to be
accused of discrimination, Edna
Cooper said the section was not
fair enough, and. Barbara
Johnson (formerly Barbara
Ross) said the board can’t
discriminate against other users.

Terrace Review - — Wednesday, April 20, +1988 MW

_ Board restricts school use after lengthy debate

A motion to delete the section,
however, was defeated, ,

Johnson and Sabine subse-
quently moved to amend the
policy by banning smoking and
drinking altogether at any event
held in schools, but that motion
was also defeated.

Cooper moved to rewrite a
section of the policy in order to
give the board greater discre-
tionary powers.: No dice.

Sabine and Johnson moved to
establish a standing committee
to deal with community users
until a suitable facility is built
in Terrace (a reference to recent
reports that there is public sup-
port for a city-run community
center), Shot down again.

After a further spate of
discussion Val Napoleon invok-
ed the privilege of the chair and
called for a vote on the first mo-

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adopt the policy as originally. |

presented. To the apparent sur-
prise of most board members it
passed by a narrow margin and
the policy was adopted unchang-
ed.

Napoleon noted that the

ratification does not mean that
the policy can’t be modified at
some point in the future.

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