Tuesday September 9 2014
The
Leader
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PROVINCE EYES LONGER SCHOOL YEAR ▶ EDUCATION MINISTER WANTS TO ENSURE SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS DON’T LOSE TIME JEFF NAGEL
Education Minister Peter Fassbender says the province may take extraordinary steps to ensure senior secondary students’ school year is not cut short by the teachers’ strike. That could mean adding days to the school calendar later in the year, he said, to ensure Grade 12 students in particular complete their courses and get all the marks they need. “Do you put it on the end of the year? Do you take it out of spring break? Do you take it out of Christmas holidays? My staff are looking at all of the options,” Fassbender said. “It’s going to depend on how long this drags out. Whatever length of time it takes to get this settled, we will do everything we can to make sure the school year is kept whole for those students.”
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TEEN NEEDS A HAND UP ▶ DREW DANIEL IS FUNDRAISING FOR A NEW HIGH-TECH PR0STHETIC ARM 3
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TWO YEARS FOR BUS DRIVER ASSAULT ▶ SEAN TYLER QUAYE ALSO BANNED FROM TAKING TRANSIT SHEILA REYNOLDS
A man who attacked a bus driver in Surrey in March has been sentenced to two years in jail. Sean Tyler Quaye, 25, was arrested and charged in April, about two
weeks after a Coast Mountain bus driver reported being punched in the face while driving his route near 72 Avenue and 132 Street. Quaye was driving a stolen car in Newton at the time of his arrest and police said he was known to them. continued on page 4
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