record straight.” Alé- “The: Terrace Standerd dl Wedesdoy April 28, 2004 | Four-day week clarification ‘sought by local parent — TANIS ‘PURSSELL- wants on i the school board to. set the .}"- - The Terrace patent sed. the Coast: “Mountains” school district. ‘over the. - controversial four- ‘day school week. © -. =: . Now. she ‘wants. the sus. perintendent: of. ‘schools - to” Co es en ‘over the Supreme - ‘Court _justice’s findings. © _. Iwhis March 3 report lo the board onthe court. findings, ‘Randy: “Small--’ brugge described. the result © of the Feb. , §2- 13. court. case as “win. win” situa- ~ tion for both, sides,“ with © - the court fuling: in. favour’: of both the. Betitioner’ and: the school. district. ; - "~ He said. the” board. was. found to have inadequately consulted the: public: over --: the decision ‘lo-move: to a- four-day: week, and was in-. structed to: pay. Purssell’s s ‘public. ; court costs... |” ae _ But. Smallbrugge" also" said the court ruled going™: to a four-day. instructional week is an ‘operational de- ae cision for school boards... When. .-Purssell- com" ‘plained ‘that™ this. second”. statenient “is inaccurate —. Justice, Ian ‘Pitfield: found: the’ lawsuit.: the board ..didn’t’ follow -* : School ‘Act. regulations. on. . adopting. school: caleridars | she hoped ‘her. written . ‘clarification would be in-- cluded: iti: the ‘agenda’ ‘for the April: 7 7, schoo! board : meeting. ° That - “way, “she ex measures, It's-an. initiative of the provincial gov- ernment and ICBC: and takes, place bet- ween May 5 and May.27- ; The number of toad erashes between Tanis Purssell plained, the: clarification, ‘would hecome part. of the : “>. school. district’s, official’ . “record, for. trustees and the . publi¢ to-see. oe : “If his statements “were. made ‘public: ‘then: my ‘statements. should be made “She thinks. it's s ‘paiticu- : larly important considering ~ ‘the. school. ‘district. has ~ + kicked off a 30-day: public: consultation: period:.over- “the four-day’school week. . in’ ‘preparation: for next: year. = a process | that’s going to’ : srutinized ‘in: the wake: of, “A few. “weeks. ago, she ‘received. aS ‘letter. ‘from. : Smallbrugge~ saying: she. 2 was Correct, but it:-was:nat ‘:¢ inicluded', on® the board.” * 7 meeting agenda, ¢ither. =” -Smallbrugge.explaindd - his. report.to:the. board had been made “Prior to the: fers Fewer road accidents. wanted ‘COMMUNITIES ACROSS: B. Cc are being * asked to reduce vehicle crashes ‘with’ win- nets being: awarded grants, for road safely age dyer the same. time period! of the past, : ‘five years, (0 n> “ing ‘asked to. challenge each other i in. an” ‘effort to promote fewer accidents. . “crash incidents are reported to ICBC. : “Tease of ‘the justice’ 5 writ- : ‘|-. ten reasons for judgment = ‘and before the’ district's ~ lawyer was able , to’ inter- . pret them. : : . But’ Purssell ‘wonders’ ~ why. both» letters : weren't. “included “in the agenda package. _ 7 —“T think it’s “totally un-. acceptable," she. said. "I-- wanted it issued ‘in‘a simi-: - lar manner ‘to, which: it had’ -been issued; ‘which was at. the board: meeting,” Purs- sell said. u The: lawsuit’ ‘cost the - disttict® $46, 000 in legal _ fees. Of that, $6,234 is the amount of money. awarded. . “to Purssell; the peti : for, legal fees... - The. board's four- day ° week: decision -was. de-. - ‘clared unlawful ‘because . the’. school ‘district didn’t ° properly follow regulations - “on public.consultation, ‘> For one thing,’ ‘the actu-*- al ‘decision: to approve ‘the: : ‘concept. .of a. four-day. school’ week. was made be- | hind closed.doors, °° But the: judge “did: not” order. an immediate return “to -the® five: day week be: - cause it would. be too dis. 5 ruptive. ° . “ > Instead,: the district has. “peén ‘told-to provide mean- : ingful:consultation if. it’: wants. the: four-day week to” “continue next year. School: boards ‘are. re quired’ to .pass :a. new.- scheduling. calendar for the coming school | year: before: May 31. 7 these” days will be. compared to. ‘the sien . 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