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A school, a community and a philosophy
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Process by which a decision was made to relocate the Windsor House Program from the Lucas Centre to the Maplewood Site in September 2009

- April 9 by Steve Galiford, WHS PAC co-chair

For the past five years, the Windsor House Parent Advisory Council has consulted with many people and been involved in numerous meetings to discuss concerns about the program operating out of an adult learning facility (Lucas Centre). The list of problems over the five years Windsor House has been at the Lucas Centre is extensive and has resulted in lost educational opportunities for many students.

WINDSOR HOUSE SCHOOL


Windsor House School is an amazing community of learning. It has a 34-year history and has become a collection of the best aspects of many schools - yet it is absolutely unique in all of Canada with:

• Kindergarten to Grade 12
• multi-age groupings
• a democratic system of governance
• non-coercive academics
• parent-participation
• portfolio-based reporting
• public funding

S.A.N.E.


(S)ociety for the (A)dvancement of (N)on-coercive (E)ducation

Begun in 1992, SANE evolved from being a parent support group for Windsor House Alternative School to being an umbrella group dedicated to advancing non-coercive education in a wider venue.

NEIGHBOURHOODS OF LEARNING

On the heels of the B.C. Provincial government's announcement of the $30-million Neighbourhoods of Learning pilot project in September 2008, The NVSD put out a call for proposals for Neighbourhoods of Learning project within the school district.