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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGoderich Signal Star, 2011-12-21, Page 9nal Star • Wednesday, December 21, 201 n Maitland District School Board posal says close Colborne and bus students to rural schools ykes eh Signal -Star .eft option presented to the Avon ind District School Board last esday night calls for the closure borne Public. School with stu- to be bussed to either Brookside School or Holmesville Public 1. i esenting a modified option to cernber meeting of the Holmes- t:olborne Accommodation w Committee (tC) meeting, esville School representative a Peterson outlined an option. Auld have students living south h Road bussed to .Holmesville 1 and those living north would Brookside Public School. The option eliminates sending any Colborne students to either Goderich Public School or GDCI Elementary, options that were part of earlier pro- posals and discussions. A prepared statement presented to the meeting says that the option would elevate school capacity to the 90-95 per cent level and meet parents' expec- tations for a rural school option. "(It) provides a sustainable rural option making efficient use of existing capacities at Brookside Public School and Holmesville Public School: the report said. 'It sustains the smaller school atmosphere that has proven to increase student success by discourag- ing bullying and increasing student participation- in extra curricular activities." ,end liarrj \rJ Wishing you a bundle of glad tidings this Christmas! ..from Joan, Gerry & Amy maw 'Jinni OUR THANKS :OR YOUR PATRONAGE At IIII ist111(1St1U if' 1)11(3 the 011(11 Oiit chi y► ►+ } -5C(•111cl yOti ft1! i<<, with (11( Fol ti i e S 110,3)1.1( e we (3 (111111) 1)1 Th 111 tie VIII() c.c►i►►r►►t WITH BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY HOLIDAY FROM ALL OUR STAFF AL.. Hwy. 21 ,South Godericli 519 524-1500 VJvWW.hy►►►M(I.iI()f(l1)(h:P 101 We would like to get public input so if you could post the option early, people can review it and can be a delegation at the meeting:' -- ARC Representatives of Colborne School told the meeting that the rural option was simply a start- ing point in the process and Darlene Hewitt added that " families would like to'keep Col- borne students together and we need to start there! A recent survey conducted with families of Colborne School students showed that over 75 per cent would prefer to keep the Colborne students together. in one school. Nearly 30,per cent of the families said they would prefer to send their children to Goderich Public School while 17 families indi- cated that Holmesville School was a desired option. Eleven families opted for GDCI Ele- mentary School and three fatui- ties indicated Brookside School would be a preferred option. Twenty families indicated that none of the options, other than Colborne School, were preferred. ARC has been meeting monthly and will be challenged in the next two. months to pre- pare its final option -for presen- tation at its Feb. 15 meeting at Colborne Public School. Com- mittee members were advised to have the option available before the meeting to give the publican opportunity to review and to present as a delegation at the Feb. 15 meeting, "You will present to the pub- lic at the Feb. 15 meeting,* Mike Ash, Superintendent of Educa- tion - School Operations for the Avon Maitland School Board said. "We would like to get pub- lic input so if you could post the option early, people can review it and can be a delegation at the meeting." The school board staff will present its optlo :. to the school board on March 27 and during the first week of May the board will host a special meeting to entertain delegations from the public, which may include members of the ARC which will be disbanded in March. In response to a question for- warded by Colborne parents about how the mold issue went undetected at the .school, Superintendent of Business Operations, Janet Baird Jackson told the meeting that formal inspections of facilities are con- ducted every four of five years. "By the time we were notified of a problem there were issues of water penetration through the roof into a classroom. The. classroom was sealed off and we had an investigation of the facility through June and July7 she said. "The results indicted a more substantial water pene- tration problem and mold issues"' She told the meeting there is a 10 -year warranty on the roof but that it was past its expira- tion date. When asked about a 1.0 -year vision for the elementary schools in the county and whether or not school closures would come under scrutiny again, Ash said that the board's enrolment projections suggest that another Arc will not be needed within the mut 18 yam, Meriy Christmas �ri & Anne at Hair An=ted You ThankYou for your patronage for so many years. We welcome you all back for 2012 along with new clients to start another A, great year! • I. I .T.'S MAKE CANCER HISTORY c.,.im ren for rEorm.l N, anter. o, * m ": eonaijon 14118114194333 • .ea — r—raw