Save the little school

I just found out that Teresa Johnson will be presenting tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. in the Manitoba Legislature to the Standing Committee on Education. She is asking that Bill 28 be amended so that the Ashern and Fisher Branch Early years schools be included in the moratorium on school closures. Currently the Bill reads that only school closure decisions made after January 1, 2008 need approval by the Minister before school divisions can proceed and shut down a school. Since the Lakeshore decision was made last year in June, our two schools are not protected by the Bill. She is asking that the January 1, 2008 date be removed from the Bill.

Good luck, Teresa. I know you'll do a great job.