After missing much of the fourth grade, Danny Piri's move to the All Boys Program at Sir James Lougheed School in Calgary was transformative. But the program is in jeopardy.
Parents at an all-boys school in Calgary are fighting a possible closure. The Calgary board of education says enrollment numbers are falling and the program's future is up in the air. As Sarah Offin reports - that has some local students with specialized learning needs -- feeling pushed out.For many families, success in any given school year can feel like a roll of the dice — dependent on teachers, peers and a child’s personal development.
“He was flagged by his teacher due to hyperactivity and lack of focus in Grade 1,” said Piri’s mom, Deborah Mathias. “At one point they took him and his desk and put them in the hallway.” After missing much of the fourth grade, Piri’s move to the All Boys Program at Sir James Lougheed School, part of the Calgary Board of Education, was transformative.“Everything was just built into that school — all of the accommodations that we would have asked for — it was just normalized,” described Mathias.
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