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Mom questions board's reasoning

Dear Editor:

] am writing as the mother of a
kindergarten student at Ridgeview
School to express my opposition to
the proposal which calls for the
move of current Ridgeview School
kindergarten students as well as
prospective P-1 students to
Hollyburn School.

The ‘‘new’’ Hollyburn English
stream students would be children
who reside within newly devised
boundaries (school board policy
has dictated that no boundaries
should exist within the school
district), Exceptions to the move
would be students who have one or
more older siblings enrolled at
Ridgeview.

The students who would be ask-
ed to move from Ridgeview to
Hollyburn (currently a French
Immersion school) will comprise a
small isolated group, primarily
firstborns who are not in need of
such special programs as ESL and
SLD.

The classroom setting suggested
will not provide the diversity of

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abilities, backgrounds and cultures
that is vital to a child's well-
rounded education.

Facilities such as the library and
computer room for such a small
group of English stream students
are unlikely to offer the variety
found in larger schools.

i have concerns about how well
the upcoming ungraded primary
system will function in a school
that consists of only two or three
English stream classrooms.

In addition, it is unknown at this
point whether the move to
Hollyburn would be temporary or
permanent. This is a crucial issue
to resolve as it affects the attitude
of school board staff, the students,
and their parents.

fam prepared to accept the fact
that some students must move.
However, I can only support a
move to a ‘‘complete’’ school
rather than to the two to three
room phasing-in situation, with all
of its limitations, which would ex-
ist at Hollyburn under the current
proposal.

The proposal also calls for the
sale of schools in West Vancouver
to raise funds for renovations. If
the school population of West Van
increased, thereby necessitating
another school, what position
would the schoo! board be in to
purchase a site, let alone build a
school?

Constance E. McCormick
West Vancouver

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