THURSDAYMAY 2, 2013
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QUALICUM BEACH
Call for a delay
Residents assoc. wants council to hear more input JOHN HARDING editor@pqbnews.com
The Qualicum Beach Residents Association wants to put the brakes on the Clarion development in the village centre and is asking town council to defer the approval process until at least June. In response, Coun. Dave Willie said the association (QBRA) is undemocratic and does the bidding of Mayor Teunis Westbroek and Coun. Scott Tanner. The QBRA sponsored what it dubbed “a public coffee morning” at 10:30 a.m. April 24. In a news release issued April 30, the QDBA said that meeting was attended by 58 residents of Qualicum Beach. QBRA President Bill Adkins said a resolution by those in attendance directed QBRA to ask town council to defer the third reading and public hearing for the proposed five-storey, 53-unit condo project proposed for long-vacant land on First Avenue adjacent to town hall “in order to allow meaningful discussion between local residents and the developers.” “Everything is moving too fast with this project,” Adkins said in the release. “It started with the very short notice by the developers for a public presentation of the project and, in short order, a majority of council approved first and second reading with the final steps of third reading and a public hearing now scheduled for May 6. A public hearing is a requirement of the local government act but it really doesn’t allow for discussion.” See YOUNG PEOPLE, page A4
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SLOW DOWN: Flagger Denise Kerr of Knappett Construction urges motorists to exercise caution on route 19A in Parksville. The $2 million contract with the city calls for Knappett to upgrade and widen 800 metres of the highway. That work will include a turning lane, sidewalks, traffic lights and new sewer, water and storm water mains. The work will be completed by November and the city says it will not disrupt traffic in the July and August peak tourist time.
A HOMESCHOOLING AND CLASSROOM HYBRID
The new face of education? LISSA ALEXANDER
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A blended learning model that combines homeschooling and classroom learning is growing in both scope and popularity in the district, and may prove to be the new face of education. “This is where education is going to go in the future,” said Sarah-Jane Granholm, middle school program coordinator and teacher with the Collaborative Education Alternative Program (CEAP). “It’s already there in a lot of places around the world.” Granholm and teacher Jergus Priboj created CEAP’s
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new middle school program for Grades 7 to 9, which began last September. It’s known as a flipped classroom in educational language, and involves students doing their foundational work in a home setting and their hands-on work at school. Students do about 50 per cent of their work at school or with teachers or mentors. The program is sustainability-based and involves growing food in an organic garden, collecting plant samples from forests and gardens, listening to guest speakers from the community, going on educational field trips and working on projects.
See THURSDAY SPOTLIGHT, page A5
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