Bowness outreach program

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Learning takes place best within a nurturing and trusting environment that fosters rapport among teachers, students, and the students supports. She said her son moved from the Bowness site to Westbrook this year because it was closer to home. The long bus rides were becoming a huge barrier to her son's ability and desire to stay in school — and she thinks the same could be true for students moving from Bowness next fall.

So when you're dealing with a special needs child or someone who's at risk, the difference of either transit or no transit can actually make a monumental change in direction of their whole schooling day," Yates-Laberge said. Plus, she said some of the students, including her son, have impulsivity issues and long bus rides can pose additional challenges for them. Skarstol said she won't be able to drive her son to school next fall because she must get her other son ready for school in the mornings.

She said she may have to hire a cab to take him to the new location, preferably to Westbrook. But she said ideally the CBE could try to attract more students. She said she wasn't even aware of this program until her son's tutor mentioned it.

And, she said she knows there are many other families who would benefit from attending this school that provides more individualized learning for students who don't do well in traditional classrooms. In the meantime, it's asking families to share their questions or thoughts in an online survey. It said the survey will remain open until May 20, and it will share responses to frequently asked questions by May The survey is posted on the Discovering Choices website.

The CBE also said it will have more information about where it plans to find other cost savings for the school year on its website on May 15, for discussion at the May 19 public meeting of the board of trustees. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses.

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