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To Whom it May Concern,
I am writing this letter as a concerned citizen of Owen Sound faced to deal with the final decision made by the Blue Water District School Board to close the OSCVI as a high school and amalgamate the 2 public high schools.
Perhaps I could choose to accept it after hearing at the City Council meeting April 27th that BWDSB has completed their accommodation review process within the stated guidelines. Also stated was that the city does not have jurisdiction to make decisions for its education as there is an elected group of "trustees" that have done what is truly best for us. We were told they have acted doing what the community wanted. I guess I should be satisfied.
As a parent of a current grade 10 student at OSCVI, I could not help but notice a print out left by Holly on
Dear Editor,
A historic health care rally occurred at Queen's Park this Saturday, with hundreds of doctors, patients, and other health care professionals joining together to protest the Liberal Government's gutting of Ontario's health care system.
We've seen the Wynne Liberals cut $815-million from physician services, $50-million from seniors' physiotherapy services, $20-million from the assistive devices program, and 50 medical residency positions. We've also seen the Government cut more than 2,000 children with autism from the Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI) therapy waitlist, the only treatment that is statistically effective at improving the development of autistic children. But this is not the first time this Government has forced Ontarians to pay
We are writing this letter in support of the decision made on April 19th as we feel both sides need to be heard.
Mr. Bill Walker, Honourable Mayor, City Councillors and Community Members,
Heritage before Education! Yes the very thought of this bothers us, both as parents and members of this community. O.S.C.V.I. and its Alumni are proving this time and time again but ultimately if this decision gets overturned then that's what has won out. Our goal as parents is to provide our children with the best education possible and at least with a combined high school and more funding then the expanded programs will provide this for them. Some people think that reports of our ever diminishing population of youth in this
Honourable Trustees and Board Members,
Ryerson, Victoria and Strathcona! These are three schools that contained heritage and memories that are no longer running as schools due to closures for the better good of the community and to utilize the schools better in their time.
As a student of both Ryerson and Strathcona schools (and an alumni of O.S.C.V.I) I can assure you that this impact at the time seemed drastic but life moved on and for me my memories remain strong regardless of whether the schools are closed or not. The students that were moved to further parts of the town at that time moved on
and the voices against accepted and made their new school their home.
A Last Chance Reprieve for OSCVI; An Open Letter to the Bluewater Board of Education Trustees and the Mayor and Councilors of Owen Sound.
Please don't kill OSCVI. I use the word kill because OSCVI is a living thing that is at the heart of the city of Owen Sound and Grey/Bruce counties. To close this school is to destroy 160 years of Owen Sound culture and history. This is not a move to be taken lightly.
Provincial governments, city governments, an education board of directors and trustees come and go but schools with a history should remain. They anchor a community. They say we are here and we matter.
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