A2- The Terrace Stondard, Wednesday, March 31, 2004 ‘A ‘do-nothing’ option surfaces ' ’ ' ’ . i , ‘ , ‘ + ‘ MARCH 2004 ff ‘D Max = Min Total © or Mountainview school | Ao tene Tepe Peep ‘ ; : Y °C. mm. ‘A NEW OPTION surfaced cat several . public’ meetings and insteail. ‘have schools ©: 19. 68 oS 0 9) held: last week to-gauge public apinion’on the future of - teaching” ‘kindergarten ” to: oe ta ‘the brand new but never-opened $3.2 million ‘Mountain- — Grade 7... = 20 82 : “18 - ‘view. Elementary: ‘school. on the bench. And that's to do Projected . ‘elirolment: . 21. 9.6 3.2 © ce a ‘nothing, ° : ‘least’ at \the’ beginning. 22 150 21>. fT arose dg parents’ “and. téachérs began ‘considering would ‘fall short: of Moun- 23-101 1.9 0. ~ ‘selling or, ‘teasing’ the : ‘school tio the: private, Mountain tainview’s 250-student: Ca: , 124 FBO BE View: Christian Academy. or. ‘opening it up asa public.” pacity.) a “35: 13,7 ey 08. ‘school. The latter’ would.set off a chain reaction which. The fourth: otoposal, by the” Ne _. ec ~ +wauld - result in. either the: closure ‘of - ‘an "Oxisting: sehdol -school district’s First ‘Na‘.: . [¢peessseresrencommcceneccismecmmmenocen: a sand grade shuffling. - tions Education Centre ‘and... NECHAKO |. NORTHCOAST. - CONSTRUCTION reminds everyone ‘te use ‘caution while driviggon” P the raads this springs Remenyber cthat’ wiht thes changing toad conditions, comes the threat ofblack, ice, salt peavel- secdans unt new potholes, whieh. can ‘easily throw your.velicl’ i acdirection’ that you dee | ‘not expecting. With the: warmer weather: road crews ‘will be out doing: surfuee repitrs, ‘so7 please ‘slaw down: watel for then: ancFobey all-teilfi¢ Control, Bas -aware and gnsure- your, Salery ancl the safety: oF the. croads crews. 1: This mess i Is brought: ta “You. by" your. Aoail * Highway: ane! Farle Contactar, Nechia ka Nonheoust. ‘Constniction. + > Some | parents: ‘and’ ‘yeachers:’ ‘at ‘the: March: 24 Kiti re Shan school: meeting suggested the school ‘board! Wait : “ifor 4 year Orso; 2s ; + They said the: board would then: k ea «better idea of tthe” economic future of. Terrace: ‘Waiting: ‘ati the eco-~ ‘nomic stabilizes, they. said; would: give the board a. oelearer, indication ‘of. how. Mountainview ‘and, ‘existing ‘schools could be used. ae 7 + Future. population prowth in n Teitace’ will be ‘entered . parents, would emphasize’ “native. cultural ‘and Jan-. 2 “guage. “within - ‘a istandard.* school curriculum: Tt would accept native as well. as *. other: students‘: ‘ona ‘first 2 “come, first. served’ basis: . Native educators. and, par- rae “ents say-this:school’ would . Construction, Terrace ; . ; Your Local i ighway & Bridge Maintenance Contato Ph; (250) 638- 1381 | . Diana Penner. | FLCLECEELEELERERE LL ELE ELEY ‘on the bench, they ‘said,: which was the r reason ‘the school : hwas, built in the area‘in the. first: “place,” " Should the population i increase again, then be needed, ‘they: ‘said... ‘And they said: a: “decision “ ‘on what to: ‘do with Moun-: ae ‘tainview. ‘comes to clagé.on “the heels. of last’ year's, $: eon-. {troversial Tove to clesé schools’ on Friday. 2 The “do-nothing” ‘option’ stritck a chord. i t trustee ‘Diana Penner: who chaired the’ Kitt ‘A’Shan meet: ” ‘ing. | en | heard tonight they. don” t want’ the’ school “opened, " isaid Penner: of comments. made” over’ the ‘three-hour meeting.” ae “It's what. LT said two: years: ago ‘when ‘Mountainview. - - was finished. ‘It’s: not ‘worth thé _pain and. heartache. the. -/= community is suffering, would suffer, just-fo open.a new. ‘school, a. ‘pretty’: ‘school; fram: my. perspective,” she: said, - + } “The board is’ holding: public: meetings | to Aiscuss: four ‘Mountainview options. © of ; iclasses, ‘last fall. <« The second, from trustee ‘Hal: Stedhain, comes ‘closest’ “ . ‘to. the. original: intent-of- Mountainview. “Under his propo-" sal, Mountainyiew. would open as a. kindgarten : to.Grade* ‘5. school drawing. ‘students: from. Uplands, ' which -would. . ‘then be closed. Grade’ 6: bench ‘students : would. BO" “to” - ‘Clarence. Michiél in the horseshoe. Grade :7 bench ‘stud-. ~ rents would: join other. Grade. Ts. al. a. ‘revamped _ Skeena ‘>< ¢ tha soho will . .prades. 2)" and closet 50 per-éent, at both ET: ‘Kenney: Primary and Clarence, Michiel Elementary’: ‘schools:. ~ She's: “also ‘worried: ‘about the: ‘éducation centre ‘propo-' : sal in that it may not: allow for the closure ‘of an existing me “school: . oe STE. you have, for instance; 20° students: each from: ‘an. address educational shortcomings, among: native - stud-. “- ents, increasing: “their, chances: ‘of staying | in school. and. graduating as. they. work. their. way. up. to the Senior. » The education: centre’ estimates. there are now. approx- _ imately, 630 native: students 1 ‘in Kindergarten: to: Grade 7 oe cheres meaning - “Mountainview could: take in just under “+ half of the existing. native. student population. ° oe: _AS:ir stands now, native Students make up. 45 per: cent ” coe ‘Kiti K’Shan’ §: enrolment, 39 per cent of Cassie’ Hall’s : Native: ‘student population at: Uplands is. the, lowest i in i 7 “the: city at 8 per cent; - - The centre's ‘proposal, by calling for a kindetgarten: to S. ~ Grade: 7 school; would fit. the school district's: overall.’ - “goalvin that: direction. but it does’ not specifi ically address: “the: future of: existing ‘schools, should stud : to ‘attend. Mountainview, - The first-is ‘to sell:or: lease. the facility, to: ‘the: ‘private pret : ‘Mountain View Christian Academy which- ‘began. holding he Flom: front. : Bo Delay school decision . leave, them ~ ‘Junior: Secondary teaching” Grade. 7. to-9.:Skeena’s Grade. ‘9 students..would shift to Caledonia, making it a Grade, 9.“ close one: of those schools,” ‘said Gowen. ; to. Grade 12 school... vo =o. “It-doesn’t let us:close a school, If. we’ open a school, _ A third: option, ‘from’ the iscal ‘Canadian ‘Parenls. for: Something: has to. gives "She. said. : . ‘French chapter,’ would’ ‘turn: Mountainview: inte ‘a Frerich ve . ‘immersion. kindergarten to Grade 7 ‘school, taking: stud-:° Sent to jail for 18 months ents from the: kindergarten. to Grade 3 Kini K’Shan and ; 7 os Grade 4. to Grade. 7. Cassié: ‘Hall schools... A-TERRACE. WOMAN who tried to-rob thé ‘Chop’ Stiey oo ~ Garden’ Restaurant Nov, ‘10, 2003, has, been s sent to Jail . efor 18 months.- a "’;, Nicole Charlene Law, 24, ‘entered a + plea of + puilty in _ Terrace. provincial” court.March 26. She -was. arrested ~ 4K’ Shan’ and. transferring its remaining studepts. to; frassic - Now. 26, 2003 and: ctiarged. with a. Single, count, of Tob, ‘Hall, ‘creating: a kindergarten to. Grade 7. facility.“ 2 bery, , This’ ‘proposal,’ the: chapter’ ‘argues, Would: ‘sltehthen a fetivale” ‘iployés at the Feiaandtt wa a | the French immersion program: as. well as ‘draw in 'berich “and 3 a cash- register. damaged‘) when’ Law- entered’ ‘the: res: ; ‘students. it also comes close to. another: school district’ taurant and:demanded money. No cash was" taken ‘during . , ‘initiative and that is. to. do- away: with primary ‘schools -. the atempt. Law fled. the's ‘scene. ; existing school going to Mountainview: that: won't. let. 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