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Page A10 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, JUNE 5, 1981

Dual entry abandoned

TERRACE —The dual-entry
kindergarten system is.dead.

But parents. of nearly 100
local Kindergarten students who
started’ school in January, want
to know what will now -happen
to their children.”

The ‘system. — designed to
allow children’ born, early in the:
year. to start’ in January — was
axed by the education ministry,
last. Thursday. It had been
criticized’ by - parents . and
teachers.

‘Under the dual-entry system,

five: year-old children .born

from May until the end of Oc- -

tober. would enter kindergarten
— now-called first-year primary
—~ in September, Children born
between November and the end
of. April could start in January.
Last week’s move by Victoria
returns the school system to the

old method in which all children
start school in September in the
-year they turn fives °°

don’ t. know what’s going
on;”* said ‘Terrace resident Patsy

son: Tyler: ‘started school in
January:““They don’t know for
-sureif lie’s going to continue on

. in kindergarten , for. the: whole

next year or if he’s going to start
Grade 1 ins September. So’ 1
don't.‘ even, “know, what? 5 going
on, 2]

. Tyler could end up being a
“fall year behind other students
‘his. age because of the govern-
“ment’s flip-flop on dual- “entry.

- Since his birthday. is in
“December, he would have
started kindergarten last
‘September under the old
‘system. Under dual- -entry,
however, he started school in

Women’s survey
ready to. start

TERRACE — You may receive
a telephone call or printed ques-
tionnaire this month as part of a
women’s needs survey being
conducted by three local
groups. .

“Bea Richards, the survey co-

_ ordinator, said she plans to con-

duct a random phone survey
and hand out confidential ques-
tionnaires starting June 10 and
continuing for three or four
weeks,

The survey, run by. the Ter-
race Women’s Resource Centre,
the Ksan House Society and the
Kermode Friendship. Centre,.
will determine what services
(such as daycare and resource
centres) are needed that don’t
exist, which services people are
aware of, what barriers prevent
some women from using such
services and whal people feel
are the most important issues
facing women.

Richards ‘already - has infor:
mation from 60 local social ser-
vided-qrganizations, |

‘“Theneeds.qf,women.i in, jt

ofpthahity are varied; although “
common themes have.emerged
that are clearly shared

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concerns,’’ she said, ‘I don’t
think it would be fair for me to
make a statement on that before
‘]’ve interpreted the data. I don't
think there’s much room for in-
dividual opinions.”

As the needs of women are
universal, she said, the same
problems exist everywhere.

‘Different communities that
are doing the study I’m sure are
going to find that what Burns
Lake (determines as problems)
are already being addressed in
Terrace,’”

Richards will have a final
‘report ready by July 1, and her
findings will be used to decide
upon further grant requests.

While Richards was warned
to expect some resistance to her
survey, she has faced none yet.

“I have found the service
praviders in our community to
be really receptive and suppor-
tive,’’ she said. “So far so
good,”

' The $10,000 for the, six-week. AF
iS divey comes. fromthe. provine# if

‘cialygovernment.
For further information con-
tact Bea Richards at 638-0994.

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January.

If he remains in kindergarten
next year, he will end up a year
behind where he would be had
he started last fall...

Schools superintendent Frank
Hamilton says the school

district doesn’t have! any
answers to the parents’ ques-
tions yet.

#7 don't know,” Hamilton
said; “We're going to wait and
have a look at the legislation
then we're going to sit down,
study the question and make
some decisions.”

School board chairman Edna
Cooper is demanding Victoria
agree 10 pravide money to the

“school board next year for the

126 January students as if they
were full-time students.

If the province anly provides
money for them as half-time
students, the district will either
lose more than $200,000 or be
forced to make the students do
another full year of
kindergarten.

“The children that started in
January must be considered as
September children,”’? Cooper
said, “The: government must

recognize them as full-time

children and fund the districts
as such.’” ‘ ;

“That's very important,
otherwise we could be forced to
keep them back, and I definitely
don’t think that would be
right,” she said. -

Frank Hamilton

“They shouldn’t be -held -

back. The January kids have for
the most part fit in well with the

older kids and they should move

on now as one class."”

Education minister. Stan
Hagen said the move came after
the B.C. School Trusteés
Association, the B.C. Teachers’
Federation and numerous ad-
ministrators said the dual-entry
system was hindering the star-
tup of the primary program
phase of the Year 2000 educa-
tional reforms.

He maintains the government
has not reduced its commitment —

to school system reform.

—

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Minister of State tor Youth

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Let it be known that 1,.

JACK TALSTRA

Mayor of the City of Terrace,

by the powers vested i in me do hereby. declare that:

WHEREAS theae are mani) secondahy and poat Secondary students Ae
seebing employment during the Summer months; nfteg

AND WHEREAS it has been e

oppoatunity and taaining to develop
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benegét the City of Terrace;

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aentres atagked by students which, encoukage students to obtain

Summer employment to develop

theta shéléa retated fo the woatd of ;

work and provide atudents with. (imancdat assistance goa their

conténuatcon of education;

AND WHEREAS at this time,

and who need our hetpe

NOW THEREFORE 1, JACK TALSTRA, Mayor ob. the Clty o§ Tenhaces
DO HERESY PROCLAIM the week of

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Students are aeeking the support of che public, both enptoyens and
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TERRACE — The Reform
Party's Skeena’ constituency

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general « meeting here: this
Saturday, —

- The meeting gets. under
way at 2 p.m. at the Happy
Gang Centre and will feature
guest speaker-.Dick Harris,
chairnian of the party’s na-
tional finance © administra-
tion. —

it will also include -the
local organization's annual
report, election of officers
and videos of the party’s re-
cent convention. in Saska-
toon. A picnic and games for
children will follow.

Executive member Jolene
Seidlitz said the local associa-
tion was formed 18 months

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