Contrary to recent newspaper reports, Clarence Michiel school Grade 6 students are: not inyolved in a Year 2000 experimental class, according to school sources, "We have no pilot classes in the Inter- mediate program this year", says _ District Elementary Principals’ representative Paul Axelson. An upset parent responded to her Grade 6 student's grievance regar- ding. group projects -- that is, special. projects worked on by small groups of. students --. by . connecting the complaint with: the new Year. 2000 curriculum. Group activities, or "co-operative learning” as it is referred to in the Year 2000 curriculum outline, has frequently been used as an effec- tive teaching method for more than 30 years. In a paper from 1989, Axelson said, "Co-operative learn- ing experiences promote...greater competencies in working collaboratively with others, greater psychological health...where stu- dents work together to maximize each other's achievement, (they) tend also to promote positive rela- tionships and a process of accept- ance among students, thereby making an important contribution to the solution of the socialization crisis." ‘The complaining student Felt that being graded as a group was not fair, as the students did not all “work on an equal basis on, the THE COMPLAINT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING No experimental classes, - school district states — projects. Somehow, the parents understood that this was part of a pilot project, that the students were in-an "experimental" class as part of the Year 2000 curriculum, and _ that individuat work was not taken into account for their children’s -grades, The parents called other parents of students in the class- room and a dispute over co-oper- ative learning and ungraded classes arose, resulting in. Clarence Michiel principal Dave Crawley calling a parent education meeting at the school March 8th to clarify misconceptions regarding teaching - methods and grading systems. At . the well-attended meeting, co-oper- . ative projects were displayed and Axelson explained current teaching methods and the ideas behind the - Year 2000 Intermediate program. Clarence Michiel Parent. Advisory Council president Bob Audet said, "The teacher in question stated ‘at the meeting that approximately 10 - percent of the total instruction time is graded co-operatively. The balance of classwork is graded individually." As in most class- rooms at present, the class is not an ungraded one. Parents attending the meeting were shown that their child’s classroom was a normal Grade 6 class, the students’ work was satisfactory and most communication problems were resolved. The disgruntled parents were not . parent information meetings regu- Not satisfactory, the principal can satisfied. As a resiilt, the media was contacted, prompting a front page story. =. - Audet'said, "] feel the article was misleading. . Most teachers have f[ been using this method for years -- it’s not a forerunner to the Year 2000. program. The level of con- F cern is excessive." Audet said that the council hosts larly. "I’d like to see more parents come out to our meetings." School District 88 says the proper channels for a parent com- plaint are as follows: 1. Talk to the teacher. Most prob- lems can be easily ironed out — through parent-teacher-siudent discussion. 2. Talk to the, principal, If parent-teacher communication is serve as a liason between. the two. 3. Talk to the school board. Unre- solved complaints can be submitted — in. writing to Superintendent Frank walle ARES te Leg ete Hamilton. Pacific Northern Gas Lid. (“PNG") has been required to file a Rate Dasign Application by July 6, 1990 by Commission Order No. G-20-90. The Order resulted from a complaint by Ocelot Chemicalsine. (“Ocelot”), pursuant to Section 64 of the Utilities Commission Act, alleging that the rates charged by PNG are unjust, unreasonable and unduly discriminatory, THE PUBLIC HEARING The Commission has ordered the public hearing to commence at9:00a.m.local time, Tuesday, August 21, 1990 at the Crest Motor Hotel, 222 ~ ist Avenue West, Prince Rupert, B.C. 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