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    Pathway ::  Home arrow News arrow Local arrow Congratulations - You've been renewed!

    Congratulations - You've been renewed! PDF Print E-mail
    Written by Trish Elliott   
    Friday, 30 November 2007

    Under the title ‘Renewing Regina Public Schools,’ the Regina Public School Board has come forward with a plan to close 12 elementary schools and two highschools over the next 10 years. In case you should think that’s a bad thing, here are a few bon mots from their report:

    “The Renewal Plan emphasizes a commitment to choice.”

    “Choice within the Plan includes…opportunities for all younger siblings to benefit from the choice a family makes following a school merger, subject to two-year reviews.”

    “The renewal process is designed to maintain and enhance the quality indicators that support continuous improvement."

    “The weight of evidence provided by these studies clearly favor smaller schools. But ‘smaller’ is a relative term.”

    On the closure list:

    Next year -

    Herchmer

    Stewart Russell

    Usher (highschool)

    Subsequent years -

    Athabasca or Argyle

    Jenkins

    Dieppe

    Haultain or Glen Elm

    Connaught or Davin

    McDonald or Coronation Park

    Martin (highschool)

    Coldwell

    Rosemont or Walker

    Kitchener

    Two School Board members voted against the plan: John Conway and Rhonda Parisien.

    Please continue watching this site for a detailed critique by dissenting school board member John Conway, to be posted later today.

    The full text of the report and calendar of community feedback meetings is available at http://www.rbe.sk.ca Click on the Nov. 29 posting on the right hand column titled 'Read more about Renewing Regina's Schools.'

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