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Provincial panel recommends restoring ABE SHERI REGNIER Trail Times
Often the perception of college students is they are young thinkers fresh out of high school and still living at home. There’s a fair amount of those students, says the Local 4 Student Union organizer. But she points out that the average student at Selkirk College is an adult, aged 27. “There are those young kids coming out of high school,” said Robin Legere from the Local’s Castlegar office. “But there’s also those with mortages, families and kids. There’s a whole bunch of commitments, so having to find hundreds of dollars to go back to school would be tough.” Selkirk College is one of the few provincial post secondary institutions that made
a conscious decision not to charge students for Adult Basic Education (ABE) after the province cut $6.9 million from the program this year. But the money has to come from somewhere. So news the non-partisan finance committee has recommended reinstatement of ABE funding in 2016 is welcome to Legere, who says basic education is a fundamental that every student deserves. “Some of the students didn’t finish high school or maybe high school wasn’t their thing and they didn’t do well,” she explained. “But this also affect students who were good at school but didn’t take the requirements they need to go on in post secondary. “ Paying to upgrade basics like math, English or science can impede further edu-
cation, says Legere. “For a lot of students it’s being able to pursue what they want to do or not,” she said. “Because it’s not just $25, it can be up to hundreds or thousands of dollars depending on how many courses you need.” Education is a top concern among British Columbians, according to the budget consultation report released Friday by B.C.’s non partisan finance committee. A select standing committee of MLAs host public consultations across B.C. every fall, giving citizens an opportunity to present ideas for next year’s provincial budget. In total, 572 submissions were received before the Oct. 15 deadline, then 63 recommendations compiled based on public CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
A Fruitvale councillor is in shock after jumping on a plane to Madrid and leaving Paris only a couple hours before terror ensued. A series of attacks targeting young concert-goers, soccer fans and Parisians enjoying a Friday night out at popular nightspots killed about 130 people in the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II. “I was in shock,” Coun. Tabatha Webber told the Trail Times Monday over the phone. “I was with my coworkers who are French. One of them has a daughter who lives in Paris, so our first reaction was to contact everybody that we knew near Paris.” This included 18 young Canadians on a French exchange under En Famille International, which Webber works for as the Canadian representative3. The bilingual program matches a Canadian and French child, who switch places for a six-month experience. Three Greater Trail kids are among those who are safe and nowhere near Paris. “Most Canadian kids do go to Paris when they are on a Canadian exchange, so our first reaction was to make sure that everybody we knew and everybody that I was managing were OK,” added Webber. She and her daughter Meadow just finished seeing the sights and sounds of Paris before safely moving onto Madrid Friday. “My heart aches for the Parisians as both of my children have done exchanges to France and we have very close ties to families there, as well as their culture and the city of Paris,” she said. “We are lucky to be able to visit this beautiful city often and look forward to returning in the near future to this resilient city on the Seine. Unfortunately, this is twice in a year that they have had to deal with tragedy.” Contact the Times:
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