Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Closing schools

Discussions around the closing of Lorne Middle School and Hazen-St. Francis School are taking place around the city's north end. Some neighbours' concerns and responses form School District 8 were shared last night at a community meeting and are reported in today Telegraph Journal.

School District 8's superintendent acknowledged that the north end nieghbourhoods where the schools current operate educating children from kindergarten to grade 8 will be impacted:
  • "Our intention is not to take a neighbourhood and pound it down. We're aware that, if this goes through, it leaves a gaping hole in this community."
Further consultation will take place.

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