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Thursday, November 12, 2015
French immersion belongs at NDSS To the Editor,
Re: Program protest, Nov. 5. It is quite inspiring to see young people taking a public stand about their education. The move of the wellfunctioning French program offered at Nanaimo District Secondary School since 1988, which could happen as early as September 2016, will directly and immediately affect over 400 Francophone and French immersion students, specifically, 330 Grade 8-11 students and 135 Grade 7 students, or 465 students. The much longer commutes that students will face as a result of the move as well as the uncertainties triggered by the uproot-
The News BulleTiN
Zach Giszas, a French Immersion student at Nanaimo District Secondary School, protests possible relocation of the program.
ing of the French program will cause many students and parents to reconsider staying in the program.
It was a sad day when I was asked (albeit politely) to leave a popular Nanaimo mall because I was wearing a festive Halloween costume, one that took months to make from scratch. I was dressed as a skeleton in a coffin, so yes the costume did cover my face, my whole body in fact. The security guard was only doing her job, and so my beef is not with her, she said there had been robberies in the past and so covering one’s face was deemed a security risk. But I ask how would it have been possible to rob a store and make a ‘getaway,’ if that had been my intention, while dressed as a skeleton festively entombed inside a cardboard coffin? Really? Freedom of expression in this case did not apply.
Jocelyne Praud Nanaimo
Re: Mayor talks trade during trip to China, Oct. 29. There seems to be no rhyme, reason nor continuous decision-making philosophy being followed at city hall. Council voted to throw away transparency, again, by going behind closed doors to discuss the mayor’s China trip. It was not an employment matter. It was not selecting a bidder for a city contract. It’s simply sending the mayor off with tax money. And those discussions should have taken place in front of the taxpayers who’ll be footing the bill. Couple this with Coun. Wendy Pratt saying she’s “devastated” with the departures
of two top city managers. But many people believe a fresh start in the management of the city is long overdue. And many taxpayers believe council should be looking for a city manager who has no ties whatsoever to the way things keep getting done, or not, here. But council needs to get its house in order too, and research things beforehand. Know what it’s voting on. Make thorough, and more so, consistent decisions. Council and senior staff need to consistently start watching the spending of our tax dollars. And they could have started impressing us with keeping the mayor at home.
Kevan Shaw Nanaimo
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Many will decide to leave the French program, which will then decrease the federal funds (over $200,000 per year) awarded to the Nanaimo school district for French education. As the protesting NDSS students and the parents and presenters who have participated in the public consultation have made clear, moving the program will result in considerable personal, cultural and financial costs for students, parents and the school district. Last but not least, it is still unclear what the affected students and their parents are to gain from such a move.
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