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2- The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday February 16, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com SOUTH EAST OAKVILLE COMMUNITY AT RISK DUE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL CLOSURE On Tuesday, February 19th at 7 pm at Oakville-Trafalgar High School, the PARC committee will be deciding which schools to close in South East Oakville. The Halton District School Board's mandated Program Accommodation Review Committee (PARC) will be voting on scenarios that will involve closing 1 to 3 schools. We urge all South East Oakville residents to attend this meeting to support our existing schools and save our valued community's most precious assets ­ community schools. We support an open and transparent process that leads to a decision the community supports. We agree that some rationalizing of South East Oakville schools is necessary. We support community schools. We agree with the Premier of Ontario, ".... we want our schools to be hubs of the community during the school day and after school hours" (February 5, 2008, source: www.premier.gov.on.ca) p g We agree with the Minister of Education, ""Ontario's schools are the heart of our neighbourhoods..." (February 5, 2008, source: www.premier.gov.on.ca) p g To learn more about the process or to get involved, please visit www.myoakville.org y g or you can visit the school board's website at www.hdsb.ca All South East Oakville residents need to send a message to the PARC committee. Please attend in person on Tuesday February 19th at 7 pm at Oakville Trafalgar High School Sincerely, SOUTH EAST OAKVILLE RESIDENTS FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS This advertisement was paid for by local residents of South East Oakville, who value their existing schools.