“waiting for. direction,” ‘Cam. Mackay, Secondary ~ principal, -ing- he expects to have the . ‘ruling’s, ‘effects clarified..by ‘the school district and the: “ministry. 3 i \ 1 : A16 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 18,2006” School fees under review since court ruled them illegal. _By DUSTIN QUEZADA ’ THE -COAST Mountains _. School District is reviewing _ . the fees it charges to students _ following a Supreme Court of B.C. ruling: in late Sep- _ tember that found districts are not allowed to. charge fees for musical instruments, woodworking supplies and other items’needed to com- ~ plete courses for graduation. “We’ré reviewing our fee structure to make sure we're . in line with the school board ~ fees order,” said superinten- dent Rob Greenwood last. - week, . That tuling, © which ‘stemmed from a suit filed by... ~ Victoria school trustee John ‘Young, states “school boards — “are entitled .to. charge fees only for materials used that ‘are. surplus to what would ‘be necessary for a student to ‘meet the expected outcomes... ‘in a course tequiring con- -. ‘sumption of materials.” , Following | the judgement, - - » school, districts were asked ‘to review their fee structure ~ : .t0"ensure they are consistent. ° “with ‘the School Act and the | ‘School Board Fees Order. « Secretary treasurer ’ "Ken rs "Mackie said he and Green- ~ “wood would meet this week ‘to review each individual ° ‘fee. oo ‘What the ministry will do ‘upon the district’s review is : ‘!unknown and any change is * ‘not expected to’ affect this :School year. _: \ That’s ‘left the individual , . schools also wondering how “changes will affect students. : “At the moment we're Said Caledonia add- Mackay said the tuling . “needs interpretation to. de- termine just how strict’ and From front Would- be jurors — - dismissed Tait had also given up his right to a jury, said the j jus- — tice. Sheriff Brian Shack said about 200 people were sum- '. moned for.jury duty, result- ing in the potential pool of: ‘61 people who did show up. . The jury pool for the Ter- race court extends out to Kitwanga and Kitimat, he said. Generally - in criminal trials, 12 jurors and two al- -ternates are chosen for jury ‘duty: from those who show S up. Jurors are paid. $20 per © ‘day for the first 10 days of atrial. © — If the trial continues from 11 to 49 days, the amount in-. creases to $60 per day, and’ if the trial continues for 50 or more days, jurors receive _ $100 per day. . - Police .officers, lawyers, some government employ- ees, people convicted of cer-. tain criminal offences within ' the last five years and some ° ‘occupations are disqualified: from jury duty. , Others can also be dis- qualified depending upon _ the situation. ‘Women say to us, “I want people to SEE my diamond!” DONE Complimentary. 1 “988-7 738- 2211... far reaching the ban i is going to be. The fear, he says, is that it will be far reaching and schools won’t be able to of- fer certain-courses.. “ft would be: a. disser- ‘vice to many students and it. would be sad,” Mackay said. “But I don’ t see? “it happen- ing.” being charged at the se- nior secondary schoo! show charges for electives only, ranging | from $15 for ceram- ics to $20 for First Nations - ‘fine art and design. Both these offerings: are electives but could be part of what a student would need A look at fees currently to graduate because they - need a fine arts or applied skill credit. Mackay . said questions such as these need clarifi- cation and the school will maintain the status quo un- til direction from the district and ministry. ' : Board chair. Lorrie. Gow- - en Says regardless of how the . Ministry plans to obey the ruling, the district must meet. its educational mandate. . “It's up to“us to meet the learning. outcomes of each course. without charg- ing fees,” Gowen said. “We need to review if we are do- ing that.” . She also said it is district - policy that school fees. not prevent a student from tak- ing a course if the student’ s circumstances are such that he or she does not have the money to pay the fee. “We don’t want to see students affected. We don’t | want education affected by income,” said Gowen. * Boards may.continue to charge fees for the purchase of paper, writing tools, cal- culators, student’ planners, exercise “books, computer diskettes and other ‘school _ Supplies and equipment for a student’s personal use, - and may require students to «provide appropriate personal « clothing for school activities,» - such as, gym strip, footwear, outerwear and personal safe- y equipment. UNI VERSI TY OF. 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