D-Day in School District #27

At a Special Board Meeting tonight at 6:30pm - the Board of Education for School District #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) will formally decide to close up to 5 schools (Wildwood, Glendale, Kwaleen Elementary in Williams Lake and Buffalo Crk Elementary/100 Mile Jr Secondary in 100 Mile) and decide to launch closure proceedings for Lac La Hache Elementary, all part of the 'Initial Options' report and its' public consultation sessions

SD #27 Staff have outlined the following procedures at tonight's meeting:

1) The Board will consider adopted the following Resolution (Motion):

THAT the Board of Education adopt the Initial Options Report as a comprehensive, long range capital plan

2) The Board consider any amendments to the above Resolution that Trustees see fit to propose

3) Should #1 carry without amendments or with adopted amendments, then the Board would proceed to consider School Closure Bylaws for the closed schools decided by the Board with all readings possibly being done at one meeting as per Section 68(4) of the School Act

4) Once #3 is done, then the Board would proceed to amend Catchment Areas for the closed schools to the new schools

5) Once #4 is done, the Board would proceed to consider a "Notice of Motion" from Zone 5 Trustee Sheila Boehm as follows:

THAT the Board of Education invoke the 90 day school closure consultation process in accordance with Policy 1711 for Lac La Hache Elementary School to be closed effective 30 June 2013

I am expecting a very full house tonight so if you are going to the meeting, show up early like myself.

The Agenda for this meeting can be viewed here