With three-and-half weeks left in the consultation period for Nanaimo District Secondary School's capacity problem, parents say they have a lot of questions and concerns about some of the scenarios Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools is proposing.
NLPS is seeking feedback on five potential scenarios to downsize the student population at the district's largest secondary school: send Gabriola high school students to Cedar Secondary as early as September; move sports 'programs of choice', or academies, from NDSS to John Barsby beginning in September 2024; require students who transfer out of French immersion or an academy to attend their catchment school; add up to five additional portables to NDSS; and expand both NDSS and...
Sending Gabriola students to Cedar “feels like an easy fix for them, which does not take into account some of the realities of Gabriola students,” Straw said, noting the island's high child poverty rate. NDSS is the best place for Gabriola students, McMahon said. “The fact that they can schedule an appointment with a doctor or counsellor, swim at the pool, work out at the fitness centre, all on the NDSS property and then easily get back to the ferry by catching the city bus or walking is imperative to their quality of life.”
“I don't even know what to look for in a high school,” Welsby said. “I'm starting the process from step one - what are the options what would they even be missing” by switching to Cedar.
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