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PUBLIC CONSULTATION MEETINGS ON EDUCATION EXPANDED
Released on May 17, 1996
Education Minister Pat Atkinson today announced province-wide consultations on the future of public education will begin on May 27 in Swift Current and continue at 50 scheduled locations throughout the remainder of May and June.
"There has been great interest in this public consultation process and we have responded with a large number of meetings and locations," Atkinson said.
More meetings will be held during July, August, September and October. Communities wishing to schedule meeting are encouraged to call the Regional Office of the Department of Education in their area, or the Minister's Office.
The original schedule of 34 meetings was released on May 7, 1996, when the minister announced the province-wide consultations on structuring options for public education.
The options are presented in a public discussion paper entitled Structuring Public Education for the New Century: Ensuring Quality Education for Saskatchewan Students. The discussion paper will be available at the public meetings, or in advance at the Department of Education and the department's regional offices. The discussion paper is also available at http://www.education.discuss.gov.sk.ca on the Internet.
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For more information, contact: Office of the Minister Ken Horsman, Education Department of Education Regina Phone: (306) 787-6068 Regina Phone: (306) 787-7360
MEDIA BACKGROUNDER
Public Consultation on Education Structure
History
Currently there are 119 school divisions in Saskatchewan: 89 public, 22 separate and 8 conseil scolaire (Francophone school divisions).
Two major reviews of the structure of education recommended restructuring the education system to enable all school divisions to provide a wide range of programs and services.
The School Finance and Governance Review in 1991 suggested that the size of school divisions increase to an average of 7,000 students. The Saskatchewan School Trustees Association Task Force on Educational Governance in 1993 recommended the establishment of about 35 divisions with enrollments of 2,500 to 5,000 students each.
Voluntary pilot projects since suggest that restructuring could achieve administrative savings that may be redirected to the classroom. For example:
A joint planning report from Kinistino, Prince Albert and Prince Albert Rural school divisions estimates that restructuring could free up to $500,000 a year, and The Arcola and Oxbow school divisions estimate that by sharing a director of education and a secretary-treasurer, over $100,000 in administrative savings has been realized.
Purpose
Following the New Century public consultations by the provincial government, which identified education as a priority, the current consultations are taking place to identify the best ways to structure the education system for the future, especially in rural Saskatchewan.
Options
Four options are presented in the public discussion paper and other options and suggestions are invited. The four options for consideration include:
Status Quo - current school division structure to exist but changes would continue to occur and be locally determined.
School Division Restructuring - new boards of education to be elected in larger divisions and local school councils established.
Regional Partnership Approach - restructure school divisions and set up local school councils, with new partnerships between school divisions, post-secondary institutions and other organizations.
Regional Learning Authorities - integrate Kindergarten to Grade 12 education with some post-secondary programs and services.
Public Meetings Schedule
COMMUNITY LOCATION TIME
Monday, May 27 Swift Current Swift Current Comprehensive School7:00 p.m. Outlook Outlook Elementary School 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 28 Weyburn Weyburn Comprehensive School 7:00 p.m. Balgonie Grenall School 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 30 Estevan Estevan Comprehensive School 7:00 p.m. Morse Morse School 7:00 p.m.
Monday, June 3 Melville Melville Comprehensive School 7:00 p.m. Creighton Creighton Community Hall 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 4 Wymark Wymark School 7:00 p.m. North Battleford Lawrence School 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 5 Coronach Coronach School 7:00 p.m. Watrous Watrous Elementary 7:30 p.m. Luseland Luseland School 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 6 Frontier Frontier School 7:00 p.m. Lumsden Lumsden High School 7:30 p.m. Battleford Battleford Junior High 7:00 p.m.
Monday, June 10 Gull Lake Gull Lake School 7:00 p.m. Saskatoon Aden Bowman Collegiate 7:00 p.m. Hudson Bay Hudson Bay Composite High School 7:30 p.m. Spiritwood Hartley Clark Elementary 7:00 p.m. La Ronge Kikinahk Friendship Centre 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 11 Assiniboia 7th Avenue School 7:00 p.m. Lashburn Lashburn Community Hall 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 12 Shaunavon Shaunavon High School 7:00 p.m. Pense Pense School 7:30 p.m. Kelvington Kelvington High School 7:30 p.m. Meadow Lake Jonas Samson Junior High 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 13 Ile-a-la-Crosse Friendship Centre 7:00 p.m. Clavet Clavet School 7:00 p.m. Lloyminster Barr Colony School 7:00 p.m.
Monday, June 17 Gravelbourg Gravelbourg Elementary School 7:00 p.m. Moose Jaw Lindale School 7:30 p.m. Tisdale Tisdale Centennial Junior High School7:30 p.m.
COMMUNITY LOCATION TIME
Tuesday, June 18 Lafleche Lafleche School 7:00 p.m. Davidson Davidson High School 7:30 p.m. Kindersley Norman Ritchie Centre 7:00 p.m. Melfort Melfort Unit & Comprehensive Collegiate7:30 p.m. Biggar Biggar Composite 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 19 Leader Leader School 7:00 p.m. Regina Royal Saskatchewan Museum Auditorium7:30 p.m. Lanigan Lanigan Elementary School 7:00 p.m. Nipawin L.P. Miller Comprehensive School 7:30 p.m. Turtleford Turtleford High 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 20 Maple Creek Sidney Street School 7:00 p.m. Cupar Cupar School 7:30 p.m.
Monday, June 24 Elrose Elrose Composite School 7:00 p.m. Warman Warman Elementary School 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 25 Cudworth Cudworth School 7:00 p.m. Unity Unity Composite 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 26 Debden Debden School 7:30 p.m.
Regional Office Locations
Region 1 Office J. Auburn Pepper Building 110 Souris Avenue Weyburn, SK S4H 2Z9 Phone: (306) 848-2428
Region 2 Office 350 Cheadle Street West Swift Current, SK S9H 4G3 Phone: (306) 778-8247
Region 3 Office Room 312, 3085 Albert St. Regina, SK S4P 3V7 Phone: (306) 787-1195
Region 4 Office 8th Floor, 122-3rd Ave. N. Saskatoon, SK S7K 2H6 Phone: (306) 933-7645
Region 5 Office 107 Crawford Ave. East Melfort, SK S0E 1A0 Phone: (306) 752-6166
Region 6 Office 1146 - 102 Street North Battleford, SK S9A 1E9 Phone: (306) 446-7434
Northern Region Office Box 5000 La Ronge, SK S0J 1L0 Phone: (306) 425-4380
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