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Progress resumes on new Public School in Morinville

Sep 26, 2016 1

by Jennifer Lavallee Morinville News Correspondent Despite experiencing a five-month delay, the new Public School project in Morinville is once […]

Town and School Division meet with government on school project

Mar 9, 2016 Comments Off

Town of Morinville staff met Monday with representatives of Sturgeon School Division and the provincial government to push forward the new public 5-9 school project.

Council was briefed Tuesday evening on the discussions about the proposed site for a new public school in Morinville, which involved staff from the Alberta Transportation, Education, and Infrastructure departments. […]

Town frustrated with Province, School Division, as public school delay tensions rise

Feb 10, 2016 Comments Off

The new Junior High school is also slated to have an adjacent high school built later and was expected to be built using a combination of Sturgeon School Division land, as well as Town Municipal Reserve land. This followed Sturgeon School Division’s requesting the site (behind the current Ray McDonald Sports Center), approved by Town Council last June. […]

Letter: Children need public Junior high school

Oct 30, 2014 13

To whom it may concern,

We are the parents of two children who currently attend the Morinville Public School. The creation of this school came as a huge relief to us and our family but we are now anxious as our oldest daughter is in Grade 5 and it won’t be long before she’s in junior high with nowhere to go… […]

Editorial: So here we are – now what?

Mar 21, 2012 2

“I’m sorry; Johnny cannot come out to play with you because your mom took away his school.”

Although not exactly the verbiage used, it is not far off what we are hearing and feeling in the streets of Morinville post town hall meeting with Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk Mar. 15… […]

Morinville parents take schooling complaints to human rights commission

Jan 3, 2012 9

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Displeased with what they see as buck passing from the provincial government, three Morinville and two former Morinville residents have filed complaints against Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division No. 29 (GSACRD) with the Alberta Human Rights Commission, a quasi-judicial body that hears complaints of discrimination.
Morinville resident Marjorie Kirsop and former Morinville resident Donna Hunter filed separate complaints in November under section 11.1 of the Alberta Human Rights Act, and Hunter filed a separate Section 4 complaint in December. Three other parents also filed Section 4 complaints with the Alberta Human Rights Commission in November and December… […]

Secular school plans moving ahead, GSACRD and province say

Jul 26, 2011 12

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Modular school units for a secular program will be in place no later than this December, Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division (GSACRD) Superintendent David Keohane said Tuesday morning. The superintendent refuted the notion a delay in their placement has anything to do with a dispute between his division and the province…. […]

GSACRD survey results to be revealed Thursday

May 31, 2011 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – After contracting Pivotal Research Inc. to conduct a survey of Morinville parents on the desire for a secular program in Morinville, the results are about to be revealed. The Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division (GSACRD) will be holding an info session at the Morinville Community High School Thursday night at 7 p.m. to discuss future education options in the community… […]

Sturgeon School Division board chair says board ready to help on secular issue

Apr 28, 2011 9

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – While the Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional School Division (GSACRD) board is shopping around for potential education partners to deliver secular education to those Morinville families who want it, Sturgeon School Division’s (SSD) board says they are ready and willing to lend a hand… […]

Letter: Open letter to Minister of Education

Apr 28, 2011 10

Mr. Hancock:

I received this public notice in the Morinville Free Press today for the GSACRD contracted Pivotal Survey. I attached it to this email. I am upset, but not surprised. I am one of the parents who attended the April 11th meeting with GSACRD concerning the Morinville census, now downsized to a survey, and wanted to be a part of the discussion with an agreed upon, impartial count of residents. We, the parents who attended, were… […]

Editorial: Closed door meetings and door knocking censuses

Mar 27, 2011 1

Two days after Education Minister Dave Hancock met with board members from Greater St. Albert Regional Catholic Division No. 29 (GSACRD), it came out that one of the commitments made to the minister was GSACRD would conduct an impartial survey of Morinville parents as to the extent of interest in secular education. .. […]

Letter: Satisfied parents respond to Morinville school issue

Mar 22, 2011 11

Dear Editor:

The debate over secular education in Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division (GSACRD) has caused many to take a closer look at how education is delivered in the communities of Morinville and Legal. Emotion aside, the facts need to be paramount to this discussion. Many people have made a conscious decision to choose Morinville and Legal as their home. In order to accommodate such a diverse group of people, our Public/Catholic system clearly “Welcomes students… […]

Letter to the Editor: Electoral confusion about school division designation

Oct 18, 2010 Comments Off

Dear Mr. Editor,

I find it very enlightening on Election Day that our volunteers at Parish Hall and, more importantly, the person charged with running the voting process did not know that our Morinville Catholic School Division was Public. They had assumed it was Separate.

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