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Teachers put brakes on program
NorthVan teachers told not to sign up for Chevron funding JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com
A new program linking money spent at gas stations with classroom projects has fuelled outrage among North
Vancouver teachers. Both North and West Vancouver school districts recently signed up for Chevron’s Fuel Your School program. The energy company is slated to contribute $1
to local schools for every 30 litres of gas bought at Chevron stations in North Vancouver and West Vancouver during November. Teachers can apply for that money to support class projects, but many North Vancouver teachers won’t be applying on moral grounds, according to North Vancouver Teachers’
Association vice-president Martin Stuible. Teachers were asked not to sign up for the Fuel Your School program in a recent assembly featuring representatives from each school in the district, according to Stuible. Several teachers cited concerns over Chevron exerting undue influence on students.
“Even the name Fuel Your School, it’s about promoting the idea of an oil product,” Stuible said, adding many teachers would prefer to emphasize environmental stewardship in the classroom. “This is a big corporation which clearly, probably has ulterior motives.” One look at a Fuel Your School promotional video
— in which the company is promoted in the classroom — raised eyebrows among North Vancouver teachers, said Stuible. The program as it exists in B.C. doesn’t include any advertising of Chevron in schools or any promotion through the school system. West Vancouver schools See Over page 9
Police watchdog doesn’t “like” post BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
For the second time in two years, the West Vancouver Police Department has had to discipline an officer after images of a civilian posing with a police issue firearm appeared on social media. According to a recently released report from the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner, the officer took a young man on an approved ridealong on Nov. 22 last year.The next day, department brass became aware of a photo that had been posted to Instagram featuring the youth in what appeared to be the police department parking lot. The photograph was of a young man holding a police issued weapon, according to a report from the police watchdog, and included See Posing page 9
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