Liberal sounds alarm over highwa LIBERAL HIGHWAYS critic Bill Batisoff says northerners can look for- ward to deteriorating high- ways over the next five years, Barisoff, who represents the southern B.C, nding of Okanagan-Boundary, was in Terrace last week ta take part in the public hearings on the tentative Nisga’a land claims treaty, But he took advantage of his visit here to talk about the state of highways in the province. “‘A lot of roads are now at the 13-year-stage,” said Barisoff. ‘‘They need to be repaired and maintained now.’? If money isn’t put into that work now, Barisoff says that in five years time the province will be left with a huge bill to improve its - highways. The NDP government has cut $100 million out.of the highways budget over the last five years, he said, and that’s money that used to be spent on repair and maintenance. He’s also angry that half of the province’s highways Special needs grow THE NUMBER of special needs children in the Ter- Tace school district is grow- ing, Special needs students are divided into two categories by the district: low incident, meaning children with more severe disabilities who may need significant’ help in the schools; and high incident — children with low to moderate disabilities. There are fewer ‘low inci- dent’ students, but they re- quire more of the school district's resources. And the numbers of these students are growing quickly, -In- the 94/95 school year .there were 99 low incident students. For this upcoming school year, 96/97, approxi- mately 122 low incident stu- dents are expected to attend Classes in the school district. _ There are a number of rea- sons for the increase, says Andrew Scruton, head of Student support services for the district. Increased medical knowl- edge means more premature babies are surviving, and more children are surviving severe accidents. For example, over the 15 years Scruton bas worked with the district he has seen the number of visually im- paired children climb from two to 18. Provincially, there has been an incrcase in the num- bers of these students, says Scruton. “Terrace is also becoming a centre for service,”’ adds Scruton, “People naturally come here if they have a speclat needs child," he says, because of the Terrace Child Development Centre and the pediatrician. The numbers of high inci- dent children, although they have grown steadily, bave temained the same over the last few years. All this means some changes to the schoo! dis- trict’s budget for special needs children, = which Scruton estimates at $1.5 million. The budget has increased, to take into account the higher numbers of students, but the amount per child has actually decreased slightly, due to changes in the way the province hands ont Money, and an increase in wages for special needs teachers and assistants. However, Scruton ‘says that parents shouldn’t notice any changes in the amount of services a special needs child receives. The school district is writ- ing the education ministry, expressing concer over the lack of money available to teach these children, Bill Barlsoff budget is being spent on the massive project to build a super highway up Van- " we €, " e ee a wildfire this ce is committed to long term relationships. 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