GE Fenians

The recent school board
decision to delete one principal
position and operate both schools
with one principal has not been a
popular choice in Cassiar.

High school students demon-
strated and local residents de-

manded answers to some tough
questions.
Spokesman Vic Pirie in an

interview this week stressed the
fact that the decision was not
made as people appear to think,
“at a drop of a hat," but has
been under consideration by the
board members for some time -as
one alternative to cut back on
rising expenditures. Part of the
problem, Pirie explained was the
recent decision from Victoria to
change the method of funding to
the school districts. The
province announced the change at
the beginning of the year, but
have released no further details.
Pirie added that a funding sum-
mary has been received recently
and that it looks’ promising.
Following the receipt of the more
detailed financial funding ac-
knowledgement from Victoria,
school board members will again
consider their decision whether

or not to go with one principal

or to stay with the two principal

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-Mately thirty students

Students
Rally

Submitted by Ellen Artico,
Vicki Kornelsen

A recent School Board de-
cision prompted a protest from
the students of Cassiar Secondary
School. On Thursday, February 8,
1990 at about 11:30 a.m. approxi-
got to-
gether and organized a march to
the School Board office. These
students had spent the morning
making signs and preparing for
this protest.

The students were protesting
the decision that the School
Board had made of having only one
principal to run both the elemen-
tary and secondary schools. When
the students learned that the de-
cision was final they were quite
angered and upset. The students
felt cheated and neglected, not
understanding why no one had ask-
ed their opinion or wondered how
they would feel if they lost a
principal.

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Fit to Reopen

Sr
Company officials are pres-
ently going ahead with plans to
reopen the pit which has been
closed since last summer. Some
of the highest quality ore avail-
able to Cassiar Mining was left
behind when the decision was made
to remove equipment and men from
the floor of the pit. Company
spokesman Eugene Mehr advised
that a contractor has been hired
with a hydraulic ba&khoe to re-
move the ore. The project is ex-
pected to last six to eight weeks
and work will take place during
daylight. hours. The company ex-
pects to remove 60 thousand tons
of ore during this period. ©

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