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Parents made passionate pleas to keep their schools open last night at a public meeting for people to share feedback on the school board’s proposed 10-year facilities plan for Halifax and Dartmouth. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” said Peter Lavell, about the proposal to replace Joseph Howe Elementary with a bigger school also [...]
Thu, March 27 2008 » News » 111 Comments
March 19, 2008 Halifax Regional School Board Presentation Imagine Our Schools Maureen MacDonald, MLA Halifax Needham (North and central Halifax Peninsula, Citadel Family of Schools) Given the tight time limits for verbal presentations I have brought a written presentation for your consideration. I will speak briefly to summarize the main points. Introduction Having received the [...]
Wed, March 26 2008 » Presentations » 45 Comments
My name is Michael Kilfoil and I am a SAC representative from LeMarchant St. Thomas Elementary in Halifax. It has been well over a year since I first started speaking to the importance of meaningful public consultation to discuss the future of our schools and our children’s education. In that time we have gone through [...]
Wed, March 26 2008 » Presentations » 77 Comments
By JOHN GILLIS Staff Reporter Thu. Mar 20 – 5:26 AM If the Halifax regional school board wants its schools to be community hubs that produce successful students, it should scrap an idea to combine three Halifax elementary schools, a public meeting heard Wednesday. Howard Windsor, the region’s one-man school board, was hosting the second [...]
Thu, March 20 2008 » News » 37 Comments
My comments tonight will be limited to the public consultation process itself. I am a member of the SAC for Sir Charles Tupper School and I have attended every meeting of the Imagine Our Schools process, including the so-called SAC focus groups. This was my first experience being involved in a public consultation. After sitting [...]
Thu, March 20 2008 » News » 6 Comments