The Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-02-22
issued: 1994-02-10
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note: r*ra§ip >;*.< .•♦:', SCHOOL CHANGES DEPLORED Ministry gets "F JJ By KURT LANGMANN LANGLEY - Students will be "anecdote deprived" according to a new decree from the education ministry. The school board wasn't sure what to make of the policy documents for the intermediate and graduation program, handed down from Victoria, but they figure that it will cost more money than the board receives. The ministry has proposed replacing the anecdotal reports with what is called "structured written comments." Other changes drafted by the ministry include a greater emphasis on intellectual development over the social and career aspects of schooling, and the elimination of plus and minus on letter grades. The ministry asked the board to respond to the proposals before implementation in September. Trustee Bruce Barnes suggested it was "presumptuous" to ask for changes, "without giving the dollars to deliver... it forces people to become more cynical." He also deplored elimination of letter grade plus and minus marks, adding that, "50 percent for a C mark is too low." He compared that to a sales clerk giving correct change 50 percent of the time, and asked if that would qualify for a C or satisfactory mark. Evidently there are many organizations and individuals in Langley district preparing responses to the ministry's proposals. A County Line player eyes the hoop before another successful shot, during the season's first elementary school basketball tournament, Friday at Aldergrove Secondary and Betty Gilbert Elementary gyms. County Line beat Shortreed in this game, as well as three other local school teams that day. -Kurt Langmann photo They still want desperately to get rid of that soil By IAN CAMERON MURRAYVILLE - A renewed request from the provincial government's environmental department for permission to dump soil from the old Expo86 site at a gravel pit in the north Aldergrove area was regarded with some reluctant skepticism by township councilors here this week. Provincial and …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Rudy Langmann, April 9, 2003.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0440065
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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