Education Advisory

Mario Dumont, ADQ Opposition Leader in Quebec, had pledged to abolish school boards and reinvest the savings in students and schools, or so he said in the last provincial election (Mar ‘07) in Quebec. Now, Chris Eustace,a grandfather of 4 school-aged children writes an open letter to Mario to do his best to promote this idea:

The English school boards in Montreal are costly, autocratic, educational bureaucracies, accountable to no one…It’s time to give schools back to the community - parents, teachers, school principals, caretakers and support personnel. They are the people who know what is in the best interest of the students. (Opponents) must realize that times have changed. School boards are being revamped all over the world because they are proving to be unnecessary, expensive intermediaries. Look at New Zealand and the Netherlands, with their "money follows the child" approach. Chicago, New York, Detroit and New Brunswick are some other examples. Take a look at what’s happening in Alberta. As you are now opposition leader, I am looking forward to you … abolishing school boards and adopting a more family-oriented approach in the managing of our public schools.

Please see the complete article of May 03/07 here.

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