Time has run out for school divisions to make submissions to the K-12 education review, but Hanover and Seine River are confident in their contributions.

Hanover School Division office building

“The commission wanted specific areas referred to in the submission and they wanted some recommendations so we submitted what I would suggest is a very nice document,” states Hanover Board Chair Ron Falk.

Hanover’s submission stresses the importance of providing all students access to innovative learning strategies, maintaining a structure of locally based governance, and developing a new curriculum that reflects the changing world. Falk also put an emphasis on equitable funding, as he feels this year’s income is not sustainable.

Seine River Chair Wendy Bloomfield says her board shared similar priorities. Their submission highlighted several practices within Seine River that they felt would be good templates for other schools to follow. Bloomfield indicates that they were recently invited to present some of these items to the commission itself.

“We had a very good discussion supporting our notion of making decisions around what is best for kids and finding out how we can support teachers in order to support kids,” comments Bloomfield.

Both boards also emphasized the education of children with special needs, feeling that there are many students provincially who tend to fall through the cracks.

The commission is scheduling a special public hearing to further discuss these matters later this month.

Hanover School Division's submission can be viewed here.