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In 1996, a small group of eight worked hard to provide a Rural Community School for regional District A, with a population of around 7,000. Woodbank, North Cedar & Cedar Secondary schools were designated as a Family of Community Schools in the year 2000.We earnestly request the Cedar Community Secondary School and Woodbank School continue to be schools of choice for our students in Area A.
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To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Jamie Brennan; Donna Allen; Bill Bard; Nancy Curley; Kim Howland; Dot Neary; Bill Robinson; [email protected]; Sharon Welch; David Hutchinson; John Blain; Bob Esliger; Francine Frisson; Scott Saywell; Chris Southwick; Patricia Trick; Phil Turin; District PAC; Cathy Kelt Subject: Save Cedar Honourable Peter Fassbender, Minister of Education PO Box 9161 STN PROV GOVT Victoria, B.C. V8W 9H3 August 9th, 2013, Dear Mr. Fassbender, A small group of 8 (parents, community, and educators) has worked since 1996 to provide a Rural Community School for regional District "A" south of Nanaimo which has a population of approximately 7,000. We were assisted in our endeavour by "the Vancouver Foundation" helping us with a "needs study". Woodbank, North Cedar, and Cedar Secondary Schools, were then designated as a Family of Community Schools in the Year 2000 with letter of support from Graham Ramsay the District Supervisor in the Ministry for Children and Families (letter June 20, 1997) We are very fortunate to have wonderful Coordinators who provide many extra-curricular activities for all the students and for the community. If our schools are closed in our area extra-curricular programs will no longer be available to either the high school students, or the elementary children, due to the requirements of bus transportation to both the Cedar School and John Barsby. This is a step backward in time as Cedar is currently developing a "Village Plan". Educating students in their own community is part of the plan. In the "Review of Empirical Evidence About School Size Effects" by Kenneth Leithwood and Doris Jantzi , O.I.S.E., University of Toronto, 2007' "it is suggested that a longstanding trend towards larger schools is NOT in the best interests of the students". To combine Cedar and John Barsby would result in over 1000 students when the optimal size of high schools is 300 to 600 students and an Elementary School is 200. Cedar Community Secondary School has developed into an excellent facility with a higher rating by the Fraser Institute than John Barsby, the high school which would be forced upon Cedar students by the SD 68 Trustees. We earnestly request that Cedar Community Secondary School and Woodbank School continue to be the schools of choice for our students in Regional District "A." Yours sincerely, Shelagh W. Gourlay
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