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    Pathway ::  Home arrow News arrow National arrow Manitoba halts school closures

    Manitoba halts school closures PDF Print E-mail
    Written by Trish Elliott   
    Tuesday, 06 May 2008

    Manitoba is moving to halt school closures and provide additional support for community schools, parents from that province report. If passed, Bill 28 will place a moratorium on closures and introduce more stringent decision-making guidelines.

    “We gave a report and presentation to our school division and to the minister's office. Within a month of this, the attached bill came out,” school advocate Victoria Schindle said in an email.

    For the first time, community consensus will now factor into closure decisions. According to the proposed Strengthening Local Schools Act: “A school board can close a school only if it demonstrates that there is a consensus among the affected parents and residents that the school be closed.” As well, schools in low socio-economic areas will be safeguarded and provided additional funds.  

    Schindle said her own school division was “pursuing a school closure policy that had no consideration about our children’s well-being, their education, and the student’s relationship with their community.” Parents were also concerned about increased school fees and long bus ride times. The Bill proposes caps on bus time, to be determined through regulations.

    Parents have been asked to comment on the Bill and are seeking advice from parents in other provinces. “We would like as many people as possible to take a look at the proposed bill, and perhaps point out a few places that we could research a bit further or point out areas that may be of concern,” said Schindle.

    Anyone with advice can send comments through the webmaster of this site.

    Bill 28: http://www.web2.gov.mb.ca/bills/sess/b028e.php

     

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