Louise Dean families plead with CBE to keep standalone school open yyc cbe
The Calgary Board of Education wants to move the program for pregnant girls and teen mothers from its existing standalone site in Kensington to Jack James High School in Forest Lawn, creating fears that young mothers will be bullied and ostracized in a regular school setting.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“A move to Jack James would be difficult for our daughter. She says she will not attend a high school that has a regular student body that includes non-mothers. There is a real potential for abuse.” “A school within a school does not work … a lot of these moms are coming from abusive situations and this school is the only place they can go to feel safe,” said Catherine Landry, a Louise Dean alumni who graduated as valedictorian.Article content
Terry Chiasson, a parent of a Jack James High School student said that while her son has felt supported in the school, the community has become more dangerous in recent years.Article content
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