In return, the school must consent to a mandatory daily broadcast of 2H minutes of advertising. I'd wager that the vast majority of the population w ould recognize this act as a blatant attempt to target the youth market during school time, on school property, at the expense of public dollars and the public's trust. It has been provided as a result of taxpayer dollars, and its value to students and communities is well beyond that of Athena's equipment.
Schools are no longer the hallowed halls of sacred public trust they used to be.
YNN is a blatant manipulation of our educational system. As schools are increasingly underfunded, they are becoming less resistant to commercial and corporate initiatives, which often involve some donation of equipment or money in return for an exclusive marketing opportunity. Once we open the schoolhouse door and expose classrooms and students to the commercial exploitation of education, standards have been set. The following is adapted for use in all provinces from a memo sent by the B.C. Teachers' Federation to its Local Association Presidents in January 1993. Inform association members about the Youth News Network and about the educational implications of this issue.