TERRACE: = “Opposition to”
the changes coming to the

school system is to be expected,
according to. the school board's
chairman, . ;

“We're in the process : ‘of
Change =- we're in between the

old ways-and the new ways,”
Edna Cooper said last week.

‘‘And that’s always, disturbing

to people.”

“Cooper was. responding to:
comments from some local,
; about-
learning’?
methods being uied in .some-

parents angry
‘cooperative. .

area classes. The techniques are
being introduced as forerunners
to the province's Year 2000 pro-
gram; which will begin bringing
nt major ‘changes Starting this
The techniques used primari-
ly involve. children working
together in small groups.
Parents in one class at Clarence
Michiel Elementary say the
technique is hurting over-
achieving students, who are be-
ing forced to carry the weaker
ones.
‘This method says that
mediocre is areal good aim.
. They’re taking the future
shakers and movers of this
world and trying to make pro-
ductive factory workers of them
all,” parent William Porter
said, adding his daughter has
lost interest, “What do you do

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- Church gets approval
~on vehicle parking lot —

TERRACE — The Pentecostal
Assembly will be able to retain
some green areas at its Eby St.
property following a council
decision to relax parking re-
quirements. .

‘The problem had arisen when
the assistant fire commissioner
assigned. a.. maximum. seating:
capacity of... 01E,, to, the.
church’s ' building including
its ‘new sanctuary’ addition.
Under city regulations, that
figure required the church to
provide at least 127 off-street
parking spots.

_ However, Rev, John Caplin
said, providing that amount of
space would require demolition
of asmall house on the property
atid paving almost all the grass-
ed areas. With half the expand-
ed building being used for
educational purposes and the
remainder for services, he also
suggested it was unlikely the en-
tire sealing capacity would be'in
use at any one time.
. Although council decided on-
. ly99 spots are now required, the
church has signed an agreement
to increase the number to 127
should the city feel it is
. Necessary.

Meanwhile, the church’s pro-
posal to set up 2 youth centre on
its premises has prompted the’
city to undertake a review of
zoning regulations for charches;
The review will establish a
policy on what qualify as an-
cilliary uses for such institu-
tions. Caplin explained the
church regarded the centre as
part of its regular ministry.-

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FOUR CHILDREN worked Together in a group to draw and write: this storybook, Teachers and school
board officials say it's an example of the benefits of cooperative learning,

a teaching method being us-

with a kid who has always been
gung-ho ‘about school, who's
now fed up and not interested in
going to school? How do I
motivate her when she feels
she’s wasting her time?”

District elementary ‘principal

Paul Axelson sald the methads
are not new but more attention
is being. paid now that they’ve
been given a new name and can-
nected to the Year 2000 plans,

“We always knew the
changes would upset people, ”
Cooper added, “And we're go-
ing to continue to have very ner-
vous parents.’”

Axelson said the Year 2000
changes came from a royal com-
mission on education that con-
cluded the public: ‘wanted .
change.

Council has turned down a
request by Munthe Ave.
residents to relax set-back
regulations on their property to
allow construction of a garage.

Explaining they wanted to
build the garage in front of their”
house, Chuck and Sheila Love

: said that would. ieave only: a
-.10ft. between the structure. and:

their | property ling, compared to
the 25ft. clearance required
under the current by-law.

. Although there was room to
construct as garage at the side
of their home, they said it
would mean putting in a second
driveway {resulting in 70 per
cent of the front yard being pav-
ed) and mar the appearance of

_ “Out of that came the design

for an ungraded primary cur-
riculum, and the design for an
intermediate program that
replaces the current grades 4 to
10,”* he said. “And within that
is the direction for us to use
small group instruction,
cooperative groups, more in-
dividual programming, and to
do away with the kind of lock-
step pass-fail system we've been
using. Inherent in that is the get-
ting rid of letter grades in report
cards, and focussing on what
children can do, and not what
they can’t do.”

He said the Year- 2000 pro-
gram also gives value to social
and emotional development —
not just. intellectual develop-
ment, ;

the house,

Council accepted a committee
recommendation to decline the
request on the. grounds there
was sufficient space available to
build a garage without relaxing
the regulations.

Aldermen have, however,
agreed to relax the. regulations.
in the case of an application 0.
the 4500 block of Soucie Ave.
In making ‘the request, Rod
Toovey explained he wished to
split the property into two
parcels each 72ft. deep and 84it.
wide.

Pointing out the depth of the
lots was too shallow to bath ac-

Cooperative icarning hepsi in
these areas by showing children

- how to work together, he add-

ed. ‘It's a method that's been
proven by research'to be very

' beneficial and very valuable."

Cooper said it is still unclear
whether the education ministry
will eliminate. letter grade
evaluations this fall,

“But evaluation and
assessments are going to change
— it’s mandated by the govern-
ment. We ail have to get used to

it.”’ .

She said the school district
has been unable to fully inform
parents about the coming
changes because ‘much of the
new system is still on the draw-
ing board and being changed by
education ministry officials. .

rent restrictions, he asked the
back yard. set-back re-
quirements to be reduced by
eight feet. -

He also suggested the width
of the lots meant the size of the
side yards would compensate
for the area lost at the back.

Council agreed to the propos-
ed’ ‘reduction. fo, the. back: yard .

set-back but’ ‘also increased. the

side yard requirement on one
side of each property by a
similar eight feet.

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