Two schools were placed under review by the Southeast Cornerstone Public School Division, during their board meeting on Oct. 14.
The Cornerstone board passed a motion of intent to review the potential discontinuance of one or more grades and/or potential closure of both Pangman School and Wapella School in accordance with the review criteria contained in Board Policy 14.
Under the current legislation a School Review Committee must be established for each school under review.
Each school committee will be comprised of up to four members of the current School Community Council, two members of the town/village council and two representatives of the council of municipalities in the school division.
Each committee will be responsible to acquaint itself with the board of education’s school review process, including the criteria being used for the school review and the data that will be used to evaluate the school against the review criteria.
They must also be able to describe the impact that all potential outcomes of the school review process will have on the students and the broader community. Also, they must share the information provided by the board of education with the community and ask for written feedback from the community.
Any written feedback received from the community and the school review committee’s recommendations must be shared with the board.
The provisions regarding a motion of intent to review a school and the process are laid out very clearly in The Education Act, 1995 and in Board Policy 14.
These documents can be found at www.cornerstonesd.ca on the front page under the heading of School Review Process.
