TUESDAY JUNE 5, 2012
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Trustee backs Cowichan Province holding a hammer over boards’ heads says trustee Julie Austin BRENDA GOUGH
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School District 69 (Qualicum) trustee Julie Austin is doing her part to support Cowichan School District trustees who recently passed a restoration budget rather than make the cuts required to balance their budget. On May 16 the majority of trustees with the Cowichan school district voted to restore programs and services for their students, including teacher-librarians, counsellors, learning assistance teachers, custodians, and five additional days to the school calendar. JULIE AUSTIN Although Austin failed to get her board to send a letter of support to the only school board in the province that didn’t submit a balanced budget, she said she will be asking for the board’s support on the issue again. In voting for a deficit, Cowichan trustees put their jobs on the line because the School Act requires boards to pass balanced budgets. Austin said she admires that they have taken such a strong stand in support of education. See LOCAL TRUSTEES, page A6
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PROM ON PARADE: Kwalikum Seconday School grad Kristina Cleaveland and her date Josh Irlem ham it up for the camera during the KSS prom parade on Saturday. For more photos, turn to page A5.
Child poverty on the table Two forums in child poverty in B.C. being held this week in Qualicum Beach NEIL HORNER
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Call BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition and Shannon If British Columbia has the highest rate of child poverty Gregson, the co-ordinator at the Coalition of Child Care in the country, the question should be what to do about it. Advocates, as well as a director of child and family develThat’s an issue organizers hope to opment. Add your COMMENTS at shed at least some light on when they Both forums, will be held on Thurswww.pqbnews.com host a two special forums on child povday, June 7. erty in British Columbia. The first of these is entitled Poor No The forums, said organizer Bill Preston, will include More — There Is a Way out of Child Poverty, will take place Adrienne Montani, the provincial coordinator for the First See SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUPS, page A4
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