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The School District 20 board of education has eliminated the option for K-7 at MacLean Elementary School, choosing only to pursue K-9 at Rossland Secondary School. Arne Petryshen photo
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public school in Rossland. Board members had a special meeting at RSS Tuesday night to have the second reading of two bylaws pertaining to the closure of either RSS or MacLean Elementary School. The options up for discussion were K-9 education at RSS, while closing MacLean, or K-7 at MacLean , while closing RSS. The option for K-12 at RSS, an option that has been favoured by residents as evidenced by a recent public fo-
rum and written submissions to the district, was dropped from the bylaw options last week. Tuesday, the options were down to two and as the meeting began, there was a sense of apprehension at what might have been the closing remarks on Rossland Secondary as a school. Closing RSS would also mean that two more grades would have to be crammed into the already overpopulated MacLean, and grades 8-12
would have to be bussed down to J. Lloyd Crowe in Trail. Trustees took the middle ground, voting unanimously for K-9 at RSS, while leaving the K-7 option at MacLean on the cutting room floor. Rossland trustee, Gordon Smith, noted that there has been tremendous support for RSS in Rossland. “I want to be clear that I’m not here to placate you, nor am I here to apologize for the board’s action,” Smith said, to
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the approximate 200 strong crowd, touching on the recent defeat of the K-12 option. “But I’m asking you all to dig deep, to get below the turbulent surface, to a place of inner calm and resolve, to regroup and continue to advocate for the best possible outcomes that will help build this community.” Smith then highlighted some of the benefits of the option, saying that the savings to See School on P. 4
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