2 Terrace Review — Weilnesdhy, May 20, 1987 ‘TERRACE - — After a six- month’ withdrawal from élected: office, Danny Sheridan’ recently -an- nounced his candidacy in the May 23 by-election for trustee of School District 88. Sheridan, who previ- ously served for two terms .on’ the board of School -District 88, said he de- cided not.to run in the -November, 1986 election ‘in order to get out of the ‘ . system for a while and get “a different perspective on _ education issues. His in- tention to seek office ‘again this coming . November, he said, was put forward in time by the " opportunity presented in the by-election. “It just - seems to make sense, ” he . said, _, Although the strained “Sheridan relationship between teachers and the provin-- ‘cial government. in: B.C: | _ has captured public atten- ‘tion recently, Sheridan said events of the past few weeks. are symptomatic of a. larger problem — the public. perception of education. ‘‘There is a mistrust of people who are in the system, and it’s dif- ficult for the public to know whose position is - the correct one,’’ he said, ‘‘All parties involved need- to rebuild confidence in the public education system, and that can: only be done with cooperation | between teachers and the. board, There are great things going on in the classroom, but attention hasn’t been focused on them.” Sheridan said he: has _ Teachers shrug at ~ Royal Commission ' TERRACE — The B.C, . Royal Commission on ' . Education will be in Ter- . + face June 2 to hear sub- ‘ missions directed at the -’-future:ofpublic education in B.C.; but -it appears unlikely ‘that any,.of those - submissions will come _ from teachers. When asked if teachers _ will participate in the hearing. process, Terrace. District Teachers’ .Association president John Eades replied, “Probably not. It’s dif- ficult to participate when ‘the government : has already drawn it’s conclu- ~ sions,’?. Eades suggested ‘the commission has been _ shown to. be a whitewash ‘by the fact that the government drafted the Teaching Profession Act before the commission process began. | _ “It's not going to: do much good,”’ Eades:com- mented. ‘It’s a ::one- person commission,;.and he hasn’t. been | major undertaking.” - .. . The Royal Commission, consisting of commis-. ‘sioner. Barry -- secretary John Walsh, coordinator Pam Glass and assistant commis- sioner Art -Kratzmann, will spend one day in Ter- race meeting with trustees, . school staff, students and parents. A public hearing has been scheduled to start June 2 at 7 p.m: in the ec- . ture theater at Caledonia Senior Secondary School. You don’t have to iven. enough time for such a. Sullivan, : been . closely observing debate in the B.C. legis-— “lature .over Bill 20, the ‘controversial Teaching © Profession Act that trig- gered a provirce-wide -intruction-only campaign — ‘by teachers; through copiés of the Hansard record, “‘It’s an excellent debate, with good points being made on. both sides,”” he said. - One provision of Bill 20 with which Sheridan eX.” - pressed agreement is the transfer of principals and vice-principals to manage-.. ment status. ‘They’re now administrators, part of the management team. Before,- it was difficult ~ and illogical because they. weren't a real part of the decision-making pro-. - cess,’?. he said. Concern has been expressed that - principals will be reluctant to oppose boards because their tenure will be through individual con- tracts instead of a.collec - DUE Sheridan indicated. that: tive agreement, position is a weak argu- ment, "A good administrator has nothing to fear, ever,’’ he stated. been times of disagree- _Ment, people have the right to disagree. I ~ gouldn’t fathom any sort _of retribution as a result of that.” an awkward position as a _result of Bill 20.-“‘I don’t think the board will be caught in the middle,’’ he said. “The trustees’ job i is to say,‘Here is the Act, and these are the rules.’ " -The District 88 board, he . predicted, will be very busy interpreting the act and negotiating with ad- ministrators ° ‘in the" near future. “It’s a whole new scope of things. It’s in- teresting,” -he-said. ~- ~ - During his‘four years as trustee, Sheridan spent a period’ as chairman but ff voluntarily resigned the . chair, “I’m more of a guts and grits.type of person,”’ he remarked and ‘explain- ed that-he had difficulty coping with the neutrality of. the chair, particularly when it required defend- ing and enacting. a board decision . with which he disagreed. in that position,’’ he‘said. * Sheridan has also served. ~on the executive of the | B.C. School Trustees’ Association and the Ministry of Education teacher certification — ‘board. He is a resident of ‘Terrace and operates an | 7 independent consulting. Sheridan Con- 7 service, . sulting. The bycelection to fill - the board seat left vacant by the resignation. of Dave Parker -will - take place . May 23. ‘There have — “Mrs. Hislop — .has done.a very good job i> Oo< Dn On behalf of the Terrace Rotary Club, President Alan McAlpine (right) recently accapted a plaque from local RCMP. to com- memorate Terrace Rotarlans’ efforts in crime prevention. The plaque was presented by Insp. Lairy Yeake, officer- in-charge of the Terrace detachment. For his ski! and presence of mind in saving a Terracewoman’s life last year, local resident Carl Boudreault recently received a commendation.and pin from the St, John Ambulance Soctsty of Ottawa. Boudreault was presented with the items of recog: | nition at a meeting of the Terrace Rotary Club. Larry Yeake, tation to Boudreault. .Officer-in-charge of the Terrace detachment, made the presen Rally kicks off continued from page 1 " protest the B.C, - Sheridan said he doesn’t ; P ww. BOvern: 7 expect: trustees to be put in -ment’s proposal for sweeping changes to. pro- vincial labor law. Results of a province- wide vote by the Fed’s 250,000 members will also _ be announced today. The ballot was taken to deter- mine the level of rank- and-file support for op- ‘ position to the legislation. Lamb said the specific form of action taken will be determined by’ in.. dividual job descriptions, but in general employees will do only what is ex- pected of them with io ex- tra effort’ or - voluntary overtime." The campaign will be designed in a man- ner that will present no _ danger to public health or welfare. The intent of the action is to put pressure on employers who may in turn pressure the govern- ment to alter or withdraw: the legislation, Lamb said. ‘In: addition to Fed member unions, teachers . and’ nurses are also eX- ‘Nurses’ pected to participate in 1 the rally and subsequent job | action, The. 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