a4 Wi 27, 1901. Referendum continued from front page “We want to answer every possible question citizens may have,” Chernoff said. “We want to put everything up front so the electorate can decide.” Advanced polling for the referendum will be nee one day later, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at city Asked whether he feared the referendum be- ing rejected by Castlegar voters, Chernoff said “I can't see why it would be. Year 1 4th Avenue 29th Street to 34th Street 4th Street Columbia Avenue to 11th Avenue 5th Avenue EOP (end of pavement) North of 24th Street south to 4th Street 23rd Street 10th A to lithA a eeemneittlle ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM 1992 TO 1997 “We want to take this to the electorate,” he said, “and let them decide whether they want to stay with what we have now, or if they want to have roads repaired.” Chernoff and Comin shared one concern as the referendum approaches. The two are won- dering whether apathy will play a role with vot- ers. “The common complaint when we talk to people is the roads,” Chernoff said. “It’s clear- ly in the hands of the citizens now.” CASTLEGAR FOODS Silverwood Crescent First Street 4th Avenue to 3rd Avenue 32nd Street 4th Avenue to 5th Avenue 7th Street (Alley) Columbia Avenue to 11th Avenue «Merry Creek Road 18th Street Edgewood Road to EOP 3rd Street 13th Avenue to 11th Avenue 8th Street Columbia Avenue to 9th Av- enue 6th Street Columbia Avenue to 8th Av- enue 15th Street Columbia Avenue to Selkirk Avenue 4th Street 9th Avenue to 2nd Avenue 38rd Street 3rd Avenue to 5th Avenue 34th Street 4th Avenue to 5th Avenue 11th Avenue 2nd Street to 4th Street 9th Avenue 24th Street to 25th Street Selkirk Avenue Columbia A south leg Crescent to 6th Street 8th Avenue Ist Street to EOP (south of 6th Street) 27th Street Columbia Avenue to 6th Av- enue 3rd Street 9th Avenue to mid 3rd/4th Avenue Prince Avenue Lakeview Street to EOP Year 4 22nd Street Columbia Avenue 14th Street to 6th Street Columbia Avenue 17th Street to 14th Pricing Error (last issue) Bulk Blanched BBQ Peanuts 100g 49¢ is now 29¢ Sorry for any inconvenience JIM GOUK Castlegar REALTY tp. Welcomes Jim Gouk Castlegar Realty is pleased to welcome Jim Gouk to their sales staff. Jim has been a resident of Castlegar since 1976 and has actively participated in the community serving two terms as alderman as well as being extensively involved in many service club functions. Jim has owned and operated one of the busiest residential construction companies in town having built over 70 homes in Castlegar and area. "gi Wedneaday) NoVeriber 27,1991 Records ruckus forces policy change @ Mother's request prompts review of student record access__ Donna Bertrand NEWS REPORTER A policy drafted by the Castlegar school board's policy committee dealing with stu- dent records has sparked con- siderable interest, trustee Bonnie Horswill said. “We've had the largest re- sponse on a request for input than we've ever had before that I'm aware of,” she said. ‘The district’s existing policy came under review after an in- cident where a parent was de- nied access to her son’s The incident began when Sherry Blackwell, the mother of a Stanley Humphries sec- ondary student, went to the school to get the results of an education evaluation taken on her son, Scott, when was in Grade 4. At the time, Scott, 14, was at the Children’s Hospital in Vancouver recovering from surgery. He was scheduled to undergo tests the next day and getting the evaluation to the hospital would determine what kinds and how many tests Scott. would have to take. Scott had already been in the hospital a week and without the evaluation, the doctors would have had to start testing from interpret and make sense out of some of these things.” The records did finally reach the hospital in time, but given the time factor involved and the circumstances around the request, the confusion was scratch. H , when Blackwell asked to take her son's records, she was told by principal David Hogg she couldn't. It wasn’t clear until later that Hogg was acting under the direction of the district’s policy that prevents parents from r rds from a burden that the Blackwell's didn’t need. Wayling agreed. “It’s a tough one, a parent puts forth what she thinks is - a reasonable request, it’s turned down, and then she hears that some bureaucratic 1 school property in order to pro- tect confidentiality and to en- could approve the release to a third party, superintendent of schools Terry Wayling and as- sistant superintendent Lach Farrell, were both out of town at a conference and, once reached, could only release the records directly to the hospital upon receipt of a written re- quest from Scott’s doctor. “It's nothing on our part to be devious or in anyway secre- tive,” Wayling explains. “It’s just to be sure the data is han- dled properly and by appropri- ate officials who know how to rej ions produced by some- body somewhere doesn't allow her access to her child’s records — I think I would have reacted in a similar fashion,” he said. “It did get out of hand — an accident of time and place,” he said. So now, the policy commit- tee is rewriting the rules in the hopes of avoiding similar inci- dents in the future. However, the task at hand is a difficult one because anew policy must still meet School Act regulations. The committee recently “hashed out” a new draft poli- cy and circulated it within the district for input. Since then, at least six re- sponses have been received. Anything more than three is an overwhelming number of responses, Horswill sai “The problem with the wording is that it involves judgement calls and this is the part the parents are objecting to, who makes the call. They want access period,” Horswill said. “We have ar ibility as “So we think maybe there’s a different way of do- ing it, maybe a video,” Bak- er said, “We're looking at all different things but in the meantime we don’t like what (the ministry) is telling us that has to be in it.” a board to respect confiden- tiality but. what the parents are saying is ‘that although that’s true, and I want my kids protected, I want them pro- tected from the outside.’ They're considering them- selves the inside — they don’t want to be considered a third party,” she said. “Another suggestion is that there be an appeal process so if a parent feels the judgement was unfair, they then have an opportunity to appeal that.” The policy committee meets again Dec. 11 to redraft the cy. “If we feel we haven’t come close to answering all of the concerns, and this one’s a pret- ty hot one, we may circulate it again,” Horswill said. “We'll some things, there’s no doubt about that, but whether we'll change them to the ex- tent everybody wants is some- Mi hile, the trustees say that communicating in general is a problem and agreed to put $1,500 on next year’s budget agenda for a communications work- shop. “That way if $1,500 is available next year, we'll get it,” Baker said. She said the more in- formed people are, the less likely they are to “jump” on issues as they arise. “It seems it’s been qui- eter the last couple years when the parents have re- ally been involved. Like people didn't really react when we did the budget be- cause they understood where everything was.” However, 75 per cent of the taxpayers in Castlegar don’t have children in school — a majority the dis- trict still hasn't found a way to reach. Baker said a work- shop could change that. Jim naw brings all of his construction and development experience as well as a great deal of fresh, new enthusiasm to the real estate industry in Castlegar and is ready, willing and able to help you with all of your real estate needs. 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