THURSDAYJULY 3, 2014
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Director wants to have more discussion about emotional subject CANDACE WU news@pqbnews.com
Bowser’s representative on the regional district board says he believes seaweed harvesting can be sustainable, but he wants to bring all affected parties together to talk about the issue. At last Tuesday’s Regional District of Nanaimo’s regular board meeting, Bill Veenhof brought forward a motion asking that all agencies involved in the harvest have a chat. “I think there might be room for a sustainable harvest,” said Veenhof. The motion comes after three passionate pleas in February when Deep Bay/Bowser residents urged RDN directors to help them protect the shoreline from a seaweed harvest, which has been operating legally with government-issued licences. See STUDY CRITICIZED HARVEST, page A9
TRUSTEES TALK ABOUT TEACHER EVALUATIONS
Curious timing AUREN RUVINSKY
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HAVE A FLAG: A member of the Parksville Volunteer Fire Department distributed flags to some of the thousands who lined the streets of downtown Parksville for the Canada Day parade on Tuesday morning. For more photos from Canada Day festivities, see inside today’s edition of The NEWS and visit our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/PQBNews.
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As picket lines formed around local schools, trustees decided to weigh in on a wider discussion about how to measure success and evaluate teachers. Trustee Ross Milligan introduced a motion at School District 69’s regular board meeting last week to establish a committee to advise the board on “performance measurements that should be utilized as indicators of academic performance,” considering social/economic factors, establishing targets, a plan of action and reporting system. “When I look at the thousands of person hours that go into a student walking across the stage to graduate, (that) represents a huge amount of standards that have already been set for achievement,” said trustee and former teacher Barry Kurland.
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