French immersion key issue in amalgamation
As the only school forced to close its doors following a formal review, community members of Zenon Park have a right to be upset.
“As you can imagine, it’s pretty devastating for the Zenon Park parents to hear that their children’s school will be closed indefinitely at the end of this school year,” said Pam Wassill, who is a member of the review committee for Zenon Park school.
“I’m speaking on my own behalf, but I think I speak for the parents of Zenon Park too. It’s a devastating loss for our kids, ourselves, and our community.”
Early last fall, it was announced that Zenon Park, Arborfield and Bjorkdale would all be placed on review by the board of education of the North East School Division due to steadily declining enrollments. That forced them to take a long hard look at their three smallest K-12 schools.