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Reduced costs help trustees balance their 2012-2013 budget
More teachers coming to Surrey by Sheila Reynolds THERE WILL be 57 new teachers in the Surrey School District come fall. The Surrey Board of Education passed its preliminary operating budget for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year Thursday night, which included the additional teacher hires, as well as 87 more education assistants. The total budget for 2012-2013 is $582 million, which includes $567.5 million in provincial government grants and $14.6 million in districtgenerated revenue from things such as facility rentals, international student fees and corporate advertising. Eighty-seven per cent of Surrey’s dollars, said Trustee Terry Allen, who chairs the budget committee, is Terry Allen allocated to classrooms and instruction. Two per cent is spent on administration, while the rest goes to maintenance and transportation. The budget shows number of support staff district-wide is slated to rise by seven, while there will be two fewer principals.
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Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary students (from left) Jason Singh, Griffin Steele, Imraj Randhawa and Dwight Lilly are four of eight teens who streaked through the school as part of a graduation prank.
Prank punishment slammed Parents not happy streaking students banned from graduation ceremony by Kevin Diakiw A PARENT of one of eight boys who streaked through Cloverdale’s
Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary says her son is facing punishment that far exceeds his crime. On June 14 during the lunch hour, the senior students dropped their clothes and ran through the school naked. Such shenanigans, according to some parents, have become a traditional graduation prank at the school. But principal Allan Buggie, who has been at the school for two years, is not turning the other cheek. He suspended the students for
three days and told them they were not allowed to attend the capand-gown Grade 12 commencement ceremonies. One of the streakers, Dwight Lilly,17, and his mother Debby are not happy with the punishment meted out by the school principal. “He just said his mind is made up. It’s not changing, and that’s the way it’s going to be,” Debby Lilly said. “He said there are no pranks at his school.” She said the consequences represent a new level of punishment for the offence.
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