Many families joined to participate in a meeting held at Father Leo J. Austin on October 18th, 2016. At this time I think many believed they would have the opportunity to ask questions and present ideas, however this was not the case. They were presenting to us, and it was clear they were favoring moving our grade 7 and 8 students from our Elementary Schools to High School, as soon as the next school year (September 2017).
Signing this petition will specifically demonstrate to the board the concerns of the Community and Catholic parents that do not agree nor support this change.
Some of the concerns that families arose are:
- The Drug culture within the high school is present and our children are not developmentally prepared for this. (I’d love to see statistics on drug apprehensions and suspensions for this! We can ask the board for this.)
- Age is a large concern, and despite them reporting there will be a separation in the school premises, it is inevitable there will be interaction and socialization between them.
- In our society as Canadians and Ontarian’s, it is not generally within our culture to integrate our children with older more autonomous Youth, due to the amount of differences in the way they socialize and interact with one another. During these more formative years of 12-14 we hope to develop a stronger sense of good decision making and keep them young for as long as possible to enjoy. Maturity wise, I bet many can agree, our children will not be ready nor will be able to tolerate such a significant change. Adjustment is one of the major and foremost mental health difficulties for our children and youth.
- This may cause many families to find themselves having a separation or divide within their households; including the change of times that may not work for you or your daycare. Or your older child may take care of your younger child and the later start times will make it difficult or impossible. This also includes Bussing may take effect and they will have to ride the bus with the older youth, which we know are not supervised during this time. Very problematic.
- I am sure there are other concerns that arise for families and teachers that I have not addressed here. Please feel free to leave more in the comments section.
*** Please comment if you are also considering if this change occurs will you choose to transfer your children and your taxes to the Public Board. ***
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
October 26, 2016
October 25, 2016
We are approaching the two hundred fifty signature milestone which is the threshold required to trigger a formal response from the board. Please distribute the link through your community networks immediately so we can finalize this submission before the next planning meeting.
Reached 100 supporters
October 24, 2016
147 Comments
Absolutely not acceptable. I drive my children to grade school and in doing so witness and smell the high school students we pass smoking marijuana on the street. I am formulating an email to the principal as we speak.
Living in Brooklin my child would have to be bused every day to and from school as opposed to walking half a km. Why would I do this when there is a public school he can walk to? The DCDSB is going to hurt, not help enrollment!!
I also have the concern for the catholic school board because in my discussions with other parents they will just move their kids to the public school system. This will impact the student enrolment overall and a hit to the catholic community.
I'm a big believer in Catholic Education and am very concerned about what the outcome will be if you follow through with sending our Intermediate grades to the high school. Please listen to the pleas of these parents. I know many will certainly switch their children and taxes to the public system.
Stop trying to force children to grow up sooner than they have to. Let them enjoy their last 2 years of elementary school as the leaders of the school, they grow and learn so much during this time. Others look to them for guidance as they are the oldest in the school, don't take this away from them.
Outrageous!
It's not about the kids-it's about filling a school.
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Many families joined to participate in a meeting held at Father Leo J. Austin on October 18th, 2016. At this time I think many believed they would have the opportunity to ask questions and present ideas, however this was not the case. They were presenting to us, and it was clear they were favoring moving our grade 7 and 8 students from our Elementary Schools to High School, as soon as the next school year (September 2017).
Signing this petition will specifically demonstrate to the board the concerns of the Community and Catholic parents that do not agree nor support this change.
Some of the concerns that families arose are:
- The Drug culture within the high school is present and our children are not developmentally prepared for this. (I’d love to see statistics on drug apprehensions and suspensions for this! We can ask the board for this.)
- Age is a large concern, and despite them reporting there will be a separation in the school premises, it is inevitable there will be interaction and socialization between them.
- In our society as Canadians and Ontarian’s, it is not generally within our culture to integrate our children with older more autonomous Youth, due to the amount of differences in the way they socialize and interact with one another. During these more formative years of 12-14 we hope to develop a stronger sense of good decision making and keep them young for as long as possible to enjoy. Maturity wise, I bet many can agree, our children will not be ready nor will be able to tolerate such a significant change. Adjustment is one of the major and foremost mental health difficulties for our children and youth.
- This may cause many families to find themselves having a separation or divide within their households; including the change of times that may not work for you or your daycare. Or your older child may take care of your younger child and the later start times will make it difficult or impossible. This also includes Bussing may take effect and they will have to ride the bus with the older youth, which we know are not supervised during this time. Very problematic.
- I am sure there are other concerns that arise for families and teachers that I have not addressed here. Please feel free to leave more in the comments section.
*** Please comment if you are also considering if this change occurs will you choose to transfer your children and your taxes to the Public Board. ***
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
October 26, 2016
October 25, 2016
We are approaching the two hundred fifty signature milestone which is the threshold required to trigger a formal response from the board. Please distribute the link through your community networks immediately so we can finalize this submission before the next planning meeting.
Reached 100 supporters
October 24, 2016
147 Comments
I do not support this move at all. Interaction WILL take place between older and younger youth. My daughter would be 11 yrs old if she transferred next year. The DDCSB (a Catholic, yes Catholic board) wants her to go to school with 17 yr old boys..... How is this even an option?
Absolutely not acceptable. I drive my children to grade school and in doing so witness and smell the high school students we pass smoking marijuana on the street. I am formulating an email to the principal as we speak.
Living in Brooklin my child would have to be bused every day to and from school as opposed to walking half a km. Why would I do this when there is a public school he can walk to? The DCDSB is going to hurt, not help enrollment!!
I also have the concern for the catholic school board because in my discussions with other parents they will just move their kids to the public school system. This will impact the student enrolment overall and a hit to the catholic community.
I'm a big believer in Catholic Education and am very concerned about what the outcome will be if you follow through with sending our Intermediate grades to the high school. Please listen to the pleas of these parents. I know many will certainly switch their children and taxes to the public system.
Stop trying to force children to grow up sooner than they have to. Let them enjoy their last 2 years of elementary school as the leaders of the school, they grow and learn so much during this time. Others look to them for guidance as they are the oldest in the school, don't take this away from them.
Outrageous!
It's not about the kids-it's about filling a school.
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I do not support this move at all. Interaction WILL take place between older and younger youth. My daughter would be 11 yrs old if she transferred next year. The DDCSB (a Catholic, yes Catholic board) wants her to go to school with 17 yr old boys..... How is this even an option?