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Year-round schooling turned down By FRANK BUCHOLTZ Aldergrove Star
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In the spirit of the Peewee International Hockey Tournament, being hosted by Aldergrove this year, American Nolan Wagner (of Wisconsin’s Hudson Raiders) and South Korean H.K. Song (of Gwacheon’s Little Winia) are greeted by Aldergrove Kodiaks’ Junior Hockey mascot Kody at Aldergrove Arena. The 10 visiting teams from six countries are playing a series of games here until March 24, and are also looking forward to viewing games with the Kodiaks and Abbotsford Heat, among other events and sightseeing.
Kodiaks begin championship round on home ice Aldergrove Star
The Richmond Sockeyes have clinched the Tom Shaw conference playoff series to advance to the Pacific Junior Hockey League championship versus the Aldergrove Kodiaks of the Harold Brittain conference.
The Sockeyes took Game 7 against the Delta Ice Hawks, 5-1, Monday night at Minoru Arena. The Kodiaks had defeated Abbotsford Pilots last Tuesday in four out of five games in their series. Game 1 in the best-of-seven championship series between the Aldergrove Kodiaks
and Richmond Sockeyes began Wednesday, March 20, at Aldergrove Arena, with the teams going to Minoru Arena for Game 2 on Thursday, 7:30 p.m., and Game 3 on Sunday, 5:45 p.m. Game 4 is scheduled back in Aldergrove next Wednesday, March 27, 7:15 p.m.
Langley Board of Education voted unanimously not to proceed with a calendar change that would see district schools move towards year-round schooling. The board endorsed superintendent Suzanne Hoffman’s recommendation that the district continue with its current calendar, which sees schooling offered from the day following Labour Day until the end of June, with two-week breaks for Christmas and in the spring. Douglas Park Elementary will continue to operate on a modified calendar, with additional one-week breaks in November and May and school continuing until the second week of July. The current calendar will stay in place until at least the end of the 2015-16 school year. More than 7,400 people took part in the consultations over the proposed change, with many filling out surveys, responding by email or other social media or attending forums. Most of the interaction about the proposal was online, although there were individual meetings within schools, in addition to the two open houses. Students were also invited to engage in the process. Of all those surveyed, 76 per cent favoured continuing with the status quo. A key factor for many, and something acknowledged by the superintendent in her report, was the impact that a change in the school calendar in Langley would have on families’ other activities. “Whilst staff saw this as an opportunity for an educational conversation, it quickly became apparent that education and personal circumstances were inseparable. Considering a calendar change was see as an intrusion into deeply rooted cultural norms and structures,” the report states. The report also acknowledges that “there is a level of distrust of the board and district staff within the community.” Board chair Wendy Johnson was pleased with the report and the unanimous backing from the board. She said it was the first major initiative from superintendent Hoffmann, and “she followed through and did everything she said she would, and then some. “There were all kinds of opportunity to engage,” Johnson said. School district communications manager Sandy Wakeling said Wednesday morning that comments were already coming in from parents, thanking the board for its decision. “Families seem to have appreciated the opportunity to have input. Many were skeptical that there was a pre-determined outcome,” he said. Johnson said the robust amount of communication and the fact that staff and board members listened to the community helped
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