Media Releases

Friday, April 17, 2009

SUSTAINABILITY REVIEWS AND SCHOOL CLOSURES

At the public board meeting April 14, the findings and recommendations from the Sustainability Reviews and School Closures Ad Hoc Committee of the Board were shared. These findings of the external consultants are available below.

Click here to view Johnston Research’s PowerPoint presentation and here to view their Research Key Findings. Johnston Research facilitated focus groups they facilitated with parents, community members, teachers, school staff and central staff

Click here to view the results of the discrete choice survey Cambridge Strategies conducted. They asked selected respondents a series of questions regarding the sustainability reviews and school closures.

The Ad Hoc Committee was established by the Board of Trustees to better understand the impact the District’s sustainability review and the province’s school closure process had on parents, community members and staff.