Gazette The Lake Cowichan
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015
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Boy Scouts: Local group wants to bring the Scouts back to Lake Cowichan PAGE 3
LCS Health Fair: Students invite community back for annual fair PAGE 2
BC Men’s Curling Championship: Team McCrady takes gold at Cowichan Rocks PAGE 3
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Lissa Liboron brought her daughter Zelda to address the school board members with her concerns of having to attend school with older teenagers “The little kids shouldn’t have to go because they might act like the teenagers who don’t know a lot about math and they wear inappropriate clothes,” Zelda said.
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were given the option of which school to send their children to at the beginning of the year. With enrollment dwindling, and Palsson’s grade four class at risk of being cut, parents may not have the same luxury next year, leaving many concerned. Chris Rolls, president of the Lake Cowichan Teachers’ Federation, said that while each student’s situation is unique, e she’s seen many children benefit
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30 local parents gathered at Palsson Elementary School last Thursday (March 5) to express their concerns with the school’s shrinking number of classrooms, which has left grade four students with an uncertain place at Palsson. As both Palsson and Lake Cowichan School (LCS) direct grade four classrooms, parents
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