Williams Lake Tribune, October 25, 2013

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October 25, 2013

Volume 24, Issue 43

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District brings back former school names Gaeil Farrar Staff Writer Names of the Lake City Secondary School campuses were changed back to their former secondary school names after considerable debate by school trustees Tuesday evening. The Western Campus name will be changed to Columneetza Campus. The Carson Campus will become the Williams Lake Campus. The school names were

changed in May when the Columneetza and Williams Lake grades 8 to 12 secondary schools were amalgamated into one grades 7 to 12 school on two campuses. The Columneetza campus is primarily for grades 7 to 9 while the W.L. campus is primarily for Grades 10 to 12. The trustees made the decision to revert back to the former names after being lobbied by the public to do so, but it was not a unanimous decision.

Before voting Tuesday the trustees debated Roberts Rules of Order surrounding the original bylaw made in May that established the new names, in particular a point of order which implies that the name bylaw can’t be revisited for a year. Lac La Hache Trustee Tanya Guenther made a resolution to put the question to a parliamentarian but it was defeated. The trustees debated whether to give notice of motion to change the names back at the

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next meeting but decided to do it Tuesday. A two-thirds majority was required. Guenther voted against the motion. Forest Grove Trustee Will Van Osch abstained. 100 Mile Trustee Chris Pettman was absent. 150 Mile Trustee Jackie Austin, Williams Lake fringe Trustee Sheila Boehm, Williams Lake Trustee Doug Neufeld, and Chilcotin Trustee and Chair Joyce Cooper voted in favour of the motion.


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