| The location for the modular structure is behind the main school

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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 12, 1994 - A3

News In Brief

New road company named

THERE’S A NEW company taking care of road and bridge
maintenance jn the Stewart area leading south along Hwy37 and
then on to the Hazeltons and Smithers.

Actually, Nechako Northcoast Construction Services did the work
beginning in the late 1980s when maintenance was first farmed out
to private companics.

It was unsuccessful in getling the contract when bids were invited
for new contracts. In tum, Nechako Northcoast tock over the Ter-
race areca contract from Northcoast Road Maintenance.

The Stewart-Hazelion-Smithers are contract went to Bulkley Val-
Icy Maintenance. But that company lost the job earlier this ycar
when it couldn't get bonding from an insurance company, Nechako
Northcoast was one of the companies to then submit bids when the
contract was re- “opened,

The two-year deal is worth $21.75 milion,

New home for school

FOUNDATION WORK for the Northcoast Regional Cor-
respondence School’s new home should start this week.

Facilities for the school, administered by School District 88, are.
now spread over three Jocations, making it difficult for staff and
markers lo work,

district administration building on the comer of Hwy16 and Kenney

This structure is expected to arrive in mid-November once the
foundation work and supporting stcel beams are in place, says
school district official Harry Eberts.

The modular unit measures 60 feet by 52 feet and will have
cnough room for staff, markers and storage, he said.

The $250,000 cost of the project is two and half to three times
cheaper than building a structure from the ground up, Eberts added.

‘For what we are getting, this is the cheapest way to go,”’ said

noan hour supervisor until she was told she couldn't bring
Eberts in adding that budget constraints stecred the district toward a

THAT'S CHRISTINE Koehl with son Mitchell outside of Cop-
Nitchell to work because of potentiai liability problems.

per Mountain Elementary School. Koehl worked there as a

Mom queries job loss

ALL CHRISTINE KOEHL
wants is her job back.

“The 18-year-old says she
was fired from her job as a
noon hour supervisor at Cop-
per Mountain Elementary
School because she took her
three-month old son to work.

Koehl says a parent with
children at the school com-
plained because she was per-
ceived to be a bad influence
on the school’s students,

*] was told it was because I
was a young mother. I wasn’t
given any option of finding a
babysilter,”’ said Koehl last
week,

In reality, Koehl said, the. -

students often helped her Jook
after her son, Mitchell.

“TE [ had to do something,
they watched him,”’ she said.

Kochl said she began her
paid job when school started
Sept. 6 following two years of
volunteer work at Copper
Mountain.

“‘T volunteered before I was
pregnant and whea I was
pregnant I was extremely sur-
prised when I got the phone
call,’’ she said.

Copper Mountain principal
Dave Crawley he’s working
ona solution to Kochl’s situa-
tion.

*T hoping that we.can rehire ._.

oe as

her,”’ said Crawley in adding
that one solution is finding
daycare for Mitchell.

He said the school’s concem
is not with Kochi’s young
mother status but with
liability should anything hap-
pen while she is on the job.

“The: boy can’t be at the
school. There’s potentially a
jiability problem. For exam-
ple, a student may get burt, It
would then be a question of
paying attention to the kids or
to the baby,’’ Crawley added.

School superintendent Frank
Hamilton said the district isn't
in a financial position to pro-

wide. fhildcare, for. tKoehl: “or

Br reget Pt rs

for any other employee with
young children and that it is
up to Koch! to make those ar-
rangements,

“Tf we do it for her, we
should do it for everyone and
we simply can’t afford it,”’ he
said,

And he said noon hour su-
pervisors must be in a posi-
tion to pay full attention to
their responsibilities,

‘When they’re out there,
they should be on the task,”
Hamilton added. .

Speaking last week, Kochi
said she can provide child
care and will make that
known to the school in n order
t6 get her Job back. a

modular unit. ;
There'll also be a room set up for video conferencing conncclions
with other correspondence schools across the province.

Learn more about education

LOCAL RESIDENTS who want to find out about higher education
opportunities outside of the area are invited to an information ses-
sion Oct. 19.

It’s being held in Room 2002 at Northwest Community College
and runs from 7 p.m, to 9 p.m.

Alt the session will be representatives from the University of B.C.,
Simon Fraser University, the University of Northem B.C,, BCIT
and the University of Victoria.

Those interested in attending should make an appointment
through the Northwest Community College's admissions and
registration office. The phone number is 635-6511.

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