Concerns raised about changes to school program for teen mothers yyc
Yet in the face of what seemed like insurmountable odds, and a resounding consensus among her peers that becoming a teen mom would ruin her life, Braet chose to keep her baby.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
But Braet is concerned that trustees with the Calgary Board of Education have agreed to begin the process to consider the closure of the school at its stand-alone site in Kensington to relocate it to Jack James, a regular high school in Forest Lawn. Forest Lawn has already seen several shootings so far this year, including one as recently as Aug. 21 at a restaurant along 17th Avenue S.E., in what police have called an alarming increase in gun violence across the city.
Braet says because teen mothers are already in an extremely vulnerable position, often feeling stigmatized and traumatized, Louise Dean Centre at its original, stand-alone site in Kensington is the best place for them. Kensington, as a community, she said, rallies around the students. But she worries whether Forest Lawn will offer the same supports at Jack James.Article content
CBE says a decision needs to be made quickly so construction can begin on the $5.6-million renovation already planned for LDC students at“This work will include dedicated learning spaces for the LDC program, additional child-minding space to accommodate the children of LDC students and partner office space,” said CBE spokesperson Joanne Anderson, estimating
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