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ROTARY CLUBS’ WORK APPLAUDED
Municipalities across B.C. recognized Rotary Week
THURSDAY, MAR. 14, 2013
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Pre-reg starts for new program First parents in line arrived just after 3 a.m. Tuesday to ensure their children’s spot in proposed school
CELLS WON’T BE SEIZED
BY JASON ROESSLE Mission Record
Pre-registration started Tuesday morning for Mission’s proposed public traditional school, and some parents sacrificed hours of sleep to ensure their children would be included if the academy gets approved. Mission parent Kelly Dalzell was the first in line at the school board administration office on Fourth Avenue, and said she arrived shortly after 3 a.m. “I wanted to make sure my kids get into a traditional school,” she said, citing the emphasis on academics and structure were what drew her to the idea. As of The Record’s press deadline, Mission Public Schools’ website said 69 students have been registered for the kindergarten to Grade 4 academy, but that out of those, there are only three new registrations. The board of trustees has said a minimum of 75 new students — those who aren’t already registered in the school district — must be signed up to make the program financially feasible. Pre-registrations are ongoing until April 1. If that minimum is reached, board chair Edie Heinrichs said there is already a sufficient number of students for the 2014 kindergarten class. A public information meeting held March 11 at Fraserview Elementary School drew about 150 people, reported superintendent Bill Fletcher at Tuesday night’s regular board of trustees’ meeting, which happened at Silverdale Elementary School. The Monday meeting was held after a previous one Feb. 26 where at its conclusion a group of parents gathered and offered to help the board spread the word about the traditional academy to aid in drumming up new registrants. See HUNDREDS Page 3
Attorney General Shirley Bond has rejected raising fines or confiscating mobile phones. PAGE 8
HABITAT PROTECTED Some prime old-growth forest east of Mission has been protected. PAGE 16
LOCKED UP Whitney Dzamka was 24th in line to register two of her three children, slated to start in kindergarten in 2014 and 2016. JASON ROESSLE PHOTO
The Mission Elks Club locked up a number of prominent local residents last weekend as part of a fundraiser. PAGE 23
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