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A Chili supper was provided highlighting the Community School’s
kitchen facility: home of SD 52’s free lunch program – and shades of Seal
Cove --- in fact the same 3Bs banner on wall there too |
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Been here before: For a good
overview of this meeting see Shaun Thomas’ Northern View article Much of the ‘feel’ Tuesday evening meeting was similar to the earlier Seal Cove School closure ‘consultation’ back in June 2007 --- and many of the same teachers and parents watched Seal Cove be closed I suggest a sub-text here of class and race being played out
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‘What’s your
name?’ in 5 languages See earlier White on language & teaching |
But there
was also a unique ‘North Coast’ vision too |
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While
Westview emphasizes French immersion and a bilingual French- English view of
what Canada is (see my earlier OCP consultation which took place at Westview and
my then fascination for the ‘container’ (banners on gym wall and their
message--- see end of file) – or vision of what central Canada strives to be
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that ‘colonial vision’ of bi-lingual Canada with the perspective left which
sees both uniqueness BC’s Northwest endemic peoples whose roots here reach
back to the last ice age and their mutual acceptance of that diversity--- the
‘What’s your name?’ translations also show the common origin of
Tsimshian, Gitksan, Nisga’a languages and difference of Haida as language
groups Local
Archaeology on this site: The Dig at
Dodge cove-- Dundas Island Archaeology – Garden Island
site eroding away |
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Again the
meal program, the computer facilities hark back to Seal Cove closure --- as
did the strong 1st nations component |
An over look
at Roosevelt’s attributes – and role played in larger community etc |
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Speaking
form the Heart |
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I will come back to
this later – but here T Hawkins(?) and daughter Sara speak to the importance
of Roosevelt: ‘I don’t want to see my daughter worry’ --- she also saw value
having a Community Garden based at Roosevelt; noted the elevator useful for
people with disabilities and elders, brought out the need to transport
daughter if moved to another school etc |
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Parents
Association spoke too (PAC) |
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Here too was theme of Seal Cove school closure as PAC president (Name?) kids found it hard to transition to Roosevelt and now facing another move Spoke of the
Breakfast Club helping to increase attendance; the district lunch program
based at Roosevelt; and sending 8 kids to Olympics (based upon essay contest
etc) – more later |
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This teacher (name later)
gave an excellent PPT deconstructing the District’s facts --- my next
presentation will give more |
A good
critique of SD 52 ‘facts’ presentation |
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Much
of SD 52 could be debated – a good example is annual operating savings if
closed school --- given that Roosevelt twice size of Westview --- not a fair
point to emphasize etc
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As much of the present ‘deficit’
owing to slary increases --- provincial role comes into question
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As
Bill White said: the discussion should not just be about ‘closing’ schools
(saving $$)--- but more on Education and Community etc ---- Here
are links to my previous pages on schools etc This
year on Westview closure – main District
presentation here –and preliminary
analysis here Seal Cove discussions in 2007 Kanata the same time – prompted by population declines in schools and
overview of that decline And
perhaps debate prompted by Fraser Institute
critique local schools education – and my 2nd page on Fraser report in 2006 |
Created by LG on 3/3/2010
Last updated on Wednesday, March 03, 2010