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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-10-14, Page 9Wedne+�tiat . I)rtt)bet I4 191-►, Emote, Times'Autvocltt• Opinion \,Forum LETTERS TO THE f:t)'T:if We have -to fight together Do Monday September 21 at our school council. meeting. wt• received some shocking news. Stephen' Central Public School was all the School +hoard's pro- posed school closure list. Just like .yourselves. it took u, totaily by surpass.. For the past two weeks. Stephen Central council members have ;attended every •meeting available hl their desire for the correct mute U/ fellow. • Meeting withthe! school board gave us same' answers. but still lots of questions. Meeting.wittl our MN"' Helen Johns again gave sono' answers but -stili question-~ rentainel in our minds. It began to teel tis if.parents and definitely children were caught in the muddle' of a power and/or money struggle' Parents and Children wen• the innocent par- . ties; but still the parties with the most .to lose .. As parents student:~ or community representatives. • we need to let the government kuowAhat rural schools are a very important-ntechanisni in the whoti!' ntachini: of education. We neeti to have it fair fund - an ntodel•where rural schools and theu.boards an not penalized anti when larger city schools seen, to get the extras. We must send letters. make: phorie calls to our local School i3oard. Our Mt)t' Helen Johns. our Minister of ' l::auccauon anti our Premier- to ier tiler: know.' our:teet- tngs. We nave 441 stitrt.a: the tot U flake OUr nleSSiigt• heard anti itiet( wort` out: Wit) down -covering all tilt• b Hurolt County ie the biggest agricultural cuncmunity in tlx: area and schools are detinitety ant' of the basic focal points of the community. ht the same breath, .we have to let our government, our own school boartl members anti all the trustees know that 151(;(;litt Jti 1)Ift7Nft'tfl,Y N0' III'! !fah • • (setting hall, to tin' agtic•ultural aspect or our cu.ni suunity we cannot let aur children tie treated like animals - trauuned itito sntal! areas like ltvt-safucr, al! tanners kuov that equates t+ les:. perli)rfu1uJe ' and less production. - Several tarnilif~5 (lav(:'novel: holt 5ieptien Township because they -want their cilildrei: tt. tie educate( •i8) a rural setting ill tin' mann vial hoose tint' ttstitblisne(i •lanttowtter that hove u tot alum' anti ntunt;i 111V)'!t'1- ed in their rural property and do not ptu:l to move in the near future. • We have 'to 'make our slchool.bourd awar(' that .Stephen (ventral is top-notch in academics and it vert' coring and compaautuntut• school tar till attttluutb alike.. We have so man) attrition%'to offer the Mt - dent Ludy and the students blouson' within the eoni- . niunity atntifi;pherl: that tial, %ctulu: (hsptuvb Wt. also have u., *1314 OW wheel board tit gIVI sunt+• auswors to ail Me question!" that lire' immunity around. An you Linty closing rural sellouts to receive fund* W build now achuuii'/ Where are you going to put all of these children'' Howes lung will it take to gut them to their new schuo1Y:How Much wil: it rut t.tico uumirttiy. educaiiouatty enouencalt We don't feel-Hurotl County n+eeth to slut: ml pulle- ing new sctoolh in the new tihurt, • .We also need to talk to out 5CIIUI) 111401 rotate. .ntake• Hod Allan aware trait: wo art root u' o(1' school and. explain to hitt all the woutitr-to that Stephen has to oiler anti now n closure wil. uflt1C our fancily and cuniniuntn Clrelt:. We novo to lot 011' elected oflICtal knew ,that wo- want hunt t(' vote NC, (( C1051114;rural scltui65 anti glut'. tient sawmill 'anteater and informed reasutts who tit' st(uuui listen u. 115 keep the letter' and ))tittle calls rolling.- one latter -equal: ll1 constituents ant uttt• plume call notate- five CunStttUettta We nave to Joni together illi it grout • itgran). wtiere our vuictls will h(• tiearc) am figtt: together. Our most precool: and -important cun1144utitt' 1: l wu(v(tt: our children. ;l;fY '..r.111I' . Stepine, Central ,FY/ - Ul/ Tuesday, .l"1(:1ut/er Z.". S1(r/ther, SChuul' (,'uuucli nus ury(ultzff(: thio 'cue:(+natio++ .!ltiurt'Slc,'tt ill Utientiilt(; 1111 '111411:• lbmu:taunt: S(atrit.' tluur(i meeting en .'i rulhirci 1ltc utl. lull!' tit .ur(t('utc .Sic•/)hc;/. l,t•lltrit( School u: ttppru-a,11tI f it/ t':(I 1 . t(. lar Me mit, p.ni-- nutetttt/; !' eut. 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