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Sunday may have been the last time to see two of the bands perform. After the Joe Hill Extravaganza night, members of Heavy Shtetl (above) and Cattle Annie may be leaving the bands. See story on p.13. Arne Petryshen photo
SD20 hears argument to keep RSS open Neighbourhood of Learning presents school survey results to board ARNE PETRYSHEN Rossland News Editor
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A number of Rossland residents were at the school board meeting Monday night in support of a presentation detailing the benefits of keeping K-12 education in Rossland. The Neighbourhood of Learning (NOL) committee
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gave a presentation detailing some of the results of a recent survey. The survey asked residents to give feedback on the various options for future education in Rossland, such as K-7, K-10 and K-12 and what there feeling were on each. Linda Schultz presented the results which came to the conclusion that making Rossland Secondary into a K-12 school
would be the best outcome, with 85 per cent of Rossland parents in favour of that option. NOL argued that making MacLean a K-7 school, which is another possibility would be cramped, as it’s already pretty full as a K-5 school. There is also no room for portables. RSS on the other hand the survey said, has room for all
students with about double the space. Currently, RSS is one of the most expensive schools in the district to run per full-time student, but NOL said that with the addition of the lower grade students, the cost per student would drop. They also stated that the costs of closing RSS should take into account the added
costs in portables and busses, as there would be an additional 200 RSS students that would have to be bused to Crowe. RSS also has diverse programs, such as the academies programs, which benefit others in the district as well and would be lost in closure, they stated. Leslie Paul, part of the NOL committee, said that in total,
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