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BY CRAIG CAMPBELL NEWS STAFF
Two student representatives from the west area high school Accommodation Review Committee will spend a day at each area school to see first-hand how they operate. Allyssa Horning of Barton Secondary School and Judy Shen, of Westmount Secondary School announced their idea at a recent committee meeting, just a few days after members of the larger committee spent a Saturday touring Parkside, Highland, Ancaster and Westdale, the four schools under review. “Yes, we saw the buildings on Saturday, but that’s not what makes a school,� Horning said. She explained to really understand a school and how it works, the committee should learn how students operate within it and hear what thoughts about the accommodation issue students themselves might have. “As student representatives, we believe our job is to accurately represent the students,� Shen said, adding the visit will allow them to experience each school’s learning
and social environment and how the buildings are really used. Shen suggested the visit to Ancaster High would be helpful, after committee members noted on the earlier tour that it had a particularly peculiar design - because it was originally two separate buildings. “We want to see how Ancaster High works in action,� Shen said. The rest of the committee supported the idea, and the girls said they would prepare a presentation for a later meeting to share their findings. Dundas school board trustee Jessica Brennan and Ward 1 Trustee Judith Bishop were both particularly enthusiastic about the idea presented by two student leaders with no direct connection to the west area high schools. Each of the three committees reviewing secondary accommodation across the city include two out-of-area student representatives, but Horning and Shen are the first to take it upon themselves to visit each individual school in the review area to see them in operation during a normal school day and talk to current students.
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