SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 44 (NORTH VANCOUVER) 721 NORTH VANCOUVER . B . C . CHESTERFIELD AVE . • OFFI C E OF THE SECRETARY -TREASURER P HONE YU 7-8141 November 17, 1967. This letter sent to all members of the N. S, R. C. C. C. plus Mrs , Radcliffe , Dr. Boothroyd , and Mr. H. H. Bailey. I am pleased to enclose the Minutes of the last meeting of the North Shore Regional College Coordinating Committee, held on November 15th, 1967. As indicated in the Minutes, the next meeting of the Committee will be held at Capilano Gardens, 657 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, on Wednesday, November 22nd, at 6:15 p.m. Yours very truly, Leslie D.G. Brooks, Secretary, North Shore Regional College Coordinating Committee. LDGB/nc Enclosure NORTH SHOrtE pr,;raol!AL COLLEr,r,: COOP.DHlATJw; COH>rITTf•: r'.: Moeting - November 15th, 1967, 6:15 p,m, Capilano Ga rdens West Vancouver, B,C. A G E N D A 1. Minutes of meeting of August 10, 1967 - as circulated, 2, Progress Report - Lower Hainland College Co-ordinating Committee - Nr. Jones . J, Report on dual use of existing facilities - Mr, Brooks. 4. Presentation and discussion - Hr. Arden Smith and Mr. Sam Buchanan (representing Davis-HacConnell-Ralston & Associates - Palo Alto). 'l> 5. Other business, 6, Next meetin£, .•. NORTH SHORE REGIONAL COLI.EGE COORDINATING COMMITI'EE MINUTES OF A MEETING of the North Shore regiuna1 Col...ege Coordinst.ing Coll'JU1tt '!'1 0 held on November 15th0 196? 11 at 6:15 p.m<>1 at the C~pilano Gardene West Vancouver. PRESENT: Mro A.o Smith Mro Sa Buchanan Mra Ro Bo Spray Davis-MacConnell-Ralston, Inco - . Palo Alto, Calif\ Chairman, West Vancouver Parks and Recreation COM111ission J. Mac.D@nald Mro ToBoM o Feugberg Mro Po Co Wils4?n Mro Wo Po Malcolm Mr .. Ho Co Fergus10n Mr.,, Wo J.., Wallace Mrs~ Ao Radcliffe Dr., L.. S.Ao Boothroyd Mro w.. Eo wcaa Oro G., Bo Wilson Hove S©UJ'ld Mr. To Mr .. Lo Brooks (Secretary) Mro c.. Po Jones (Chairman) " Sechelt " "n West Vancouver " North Vancouver " " " Mro Jones opened the meeting by welcoming Mrs0 Radcliffe~ Dro Bo,othroyd, and Messrso Smith and Buchanan of Palo Altc" MOVED by Mr,. Wallace; seconded by Mro Ferguson: rhat the mirmtes of the meeting or August 10th, 196? be adopted &s circulated~ CARRIED Mr. Jones :repcrted on the ~ r Mainland College Co-ordinating Councilo He rsrtewed the set-up of the Council and mentioned that tha Nol"th Shore has been ApprOYed as a logical place for a conmnmity collegeo It has been suggested to the Cwncil th~t any co-ordinating committee interested 1n establishing a coll ege might consider using existing school facilities t\ilS temporary accommodation o This would Mean that a referei'kl.lll!l would not hawe to be held for capital funds &t this time <> Mro Jones mentioned that .if we got permission for• plebiscite now, it would be 19?0 before we cOlllld start operating a college on its own campuso It vas therefore worthwhile for us to look into the use of existing facilities which could conceivably make a start possible by September, 196?0 Mro Jmes asked Mra Brocks to report on his Yiait t@ Bellewe C(§.IIIMWlity C@llege~ Bellevue, Washington, which hss been using the exieting facilities of Newport High School in which to operate its college since January~ 1966. Mro Brooks presented his report~ which VAS lat~r distributed to the Committee. He _add&d the following points: (a) ve will have to hold a plebiscite and if this is passed 9 obtain approval of the Departlllent or Public Instl"'Uction to proceed; (b) the ~oe or existing facilities wul.d ... - 2 - give the college ~ chance to solve .administrative and curricula problems ; (c) the mutter has been discussed with Mr., Luc.is and Mro Ferguson~ :.i.rld although they feel i t woul d be imposs i ble on a day- time basis 11 it could be possibl e on an after-school basis; {d ) it would be a me~s of developing public support prior to presenting a r e.ferendum; and {s) niost impor t ant.I,). it would make college education available t o graduating students as much as three years sooner t han if we wait to establish a permanent campus. Possible disadvantages of the plan would be~ (a) that, it would limit and cramp one of our high schools; {b ) that it would not help us in obtaining and holding a site for the collegeo MOVED by Mr. Wallace; seconded by Mr& MacDonald: That this question be t~bled and that we hold A special meeting at a later date to discuss ito CARRIED It wa~ agreed to hold a meeting next Wednesday, November 22nd. A notice will be sent to all members G The meeting was then turned over to ·1essrso Smith and Buchanano Mro Smith showed some very interesting slides of new colleges in the United Statsso They presented their Progress Reportp a copy of which was distributed to the members 0 together with tables of .capital costs. Mro Smith stressed the importance or appointing a Principal at the earliest possible time 9 to facilitate more detailed planning of the collegeo The Committee asked Messrs~ BUchftnan and Sm.1th if it would be possible for them to send copies of their final report t& the members about a week before they plan to present it• in order that they could read the report and formulate any questions they may haveo Respectfully sutwitted~ D.. G. Brooks, Secretary, North Shore Regional College Coordinating CommitteeQ LDGl/nc MEMORANDUM RE JOI NT USE OF EXISTING FACILITIES -~ At a recent meeting of the Lower Mainland College Co-ordinating Council, Mr. W. D. Reid, Head of the Department of Univers ities and Coll eges, suggest ed that co-ordinating committee s anxious to establish community colleges should consider starting them in existing buildings. He pointed out some of the administrative advantages of such a course . At the suggestion of Mr. Jones, I discussed with Mr. Lucas and Mr. Ferguson the f easibility of such a proposal for our o;m college. They agreed that such a plan was impossible for day operation, from lack of space; but they were interested in exploring the possibilities of an after-school program. I accordingly visited Bellevue Community College in Bellevue, Washington , which has been followi ng such a plan for almost two years. Bellevue Community College Bellevue opened in January, 1966, after a p~eparatory period of seven months. Its opening enrolment was J09 F.T.E. students. In September, 1966, enrolment rose to 540 F.T.E.; in September, 1967, to 1156 F.T.E. In addition, some ,2000 people participate in an Adult Education Pro gram which is centered in another school building but which forms part of the college operation. When the college opened in 1966, 91h of the local graduating students went on to some college education; now 25i do. This is expected to rise to 40% when the college is established on its own campus. Of this year 's student body, 52~ are full-tim e students, 48~ part-time ; 65';{, male, 35:lb female. The greatest number are in the 21 to 24 year age bracket, a situation that will chan ge when the draft is terminated. The college o~fers an instructional progr am of 219 courses , wit h a heavy commitmen t in the fields of horticulture and nur sing . In addition, it has oc cupat ional education programs which include accounting clerk, junior accountant, clerk typist, professional s ecretary, early childhood education , fo od service superv ision, industrial technolo gy , l aw enfo rcement , lic onced practical nurse, r adiologic t echnology , ornamental horticulture , r ocrea tion technicians, and p1·ofessional ski - 2 - instructor. As mentioned above, it also offers a continuine education program, and a pre-professional curriculum (medical, legal, etc. ) from which students transfer at the end of one year. About 251, of its siiudent body are non-academic. The college operates on the quarter system. Its fees are $50 .00 per term plus $20 .00 activity fee, fixed by the state authority. Joint Use of Exist in~ Facilities Place - The college shares the facilities of the Newport High School, selected in 1966 because at that time it had a small amount of free space. rt · is a large high school building designed to house 1200 to 1500 students. Independence - The college has its own administrative staff, ' teaching staff, and student body. It has its own administrative offices, book store, audio-visual facilities, a portion of the library, accounting and Registrar's offices, and purchas i ng department. Space for thes e was provided by subdividing four classrooms, with the addition of five portable units (two triple and three double) to give a total of about 5600 additional square feet. The President's office, administrative offices, book store, and the audio-visual services are located in the portables; the Registrar's .... office, accounting department, purchasing department, counselling services, student association offices, student newspaper, student common room, and the library occupy the four divided classrooms. The library section is an adjunct to the high school library providing about 400 square fee t for shelving plus JOO square feet for library offices and workroom . books which cannot be housed are at pres ent in stor a ge . College The total college library is about 14,000 volumes, Oper atin g Arrangements The college operates from 4:15 to 10:15, four days a week, Monday through Thursday. hour and 25 minutes. Each day is divided into four periods of one All high school students must be out of the bui lding and grounds by 4 :00; no college students may appear before that time . Fridays and Saturdays the gymnasium and other faciliti es are avai labl e to either in stitution as needed for sporting and social events. The library i s open to student s of both in stitution s on Sunday aft ernoon, - 3 As indicated above , openin g enrolment was 309 F.T . E. stude nts . Opening The aclministrative staff consisted of a President and a Dean of Instruction. The faculty, equivalent to 15 full-tim e instructors, were all hired on a ., part-time basis on quarterly contracts only. The counselling staff was sufficient to provide two counsellors each night. The opening curriculum was predom.inantly academic, freshman year only, with some vocation al offerings in practical nursing and business . Today there are 1156 F. T.E. students ; an administrative staff of eight, and a teaching staff of about JO. Staff salaries range from about $6, 800 to $15,000 for three quarters of work. There -is a staff-student ratio of 1 to 24, courses with low registrations being cancelled. The college is not convinced that instruc- tion by the combination of large groups and seminars has proved itself as yet, and prefers to remain with the standard class size. class at present is 42. Their largest It is their opinion that should they go into large group instruction, they would do so by means of video tape, for which they have the necessary equipment. General Comment The annual cost per student is $989. Students have complete transferability to the universities in the State. They have had one small graduating class of 10 students. The college, despite its cramped quarters, seems reasonably ., satisfied with the existing arrangemen ts, and reports no major clash between either student bodies or faculties since they seldom meet. They did make it clear, however, that if independent r ented s pace were available , this was a preferable college arrangement. I felt, however , that some problems could exist, and would advis e that if such an arrangement is s eriously con s idered , a joint interview should be held with John Brubecker , Bellevue Superintendent, Joe Watson, Principal of Newport, and Arnold Torgersen, Principal of Samamish High School, to s ee the matter from their point of view. LDGB/n c Nov. lh/67