Canadian Parents for French
– Vancouver North Chapter
Hon. Mary
McNeil, MLA
201 – 1168
Hamilton Street
Vancouver, BC
V6B 2S2
February 3, 2010
Dear Minister:
I
am writing on behalf of the Vancouver-North chapter of Canadian Parents for
French, a parent volunteer group, to urge you to reinstate the Annual
Facilities Grant (AFG) that the Ministry of Education cut last August. The full
impact of this $110,000,000 cut is being felt across the Vancouver school
district, with teacher layoffs, deep cuts to special education, multiple school
closures, and reduction in access to programmes of choice such as French
Immersion all real possibilities.
I
understand that the public purse is not bottomless, and that school districts
will have to seek further efficiencies, but this grant is too vital to the
health of our public schools to be eliminated.
I
believe, and I hope you do too, in a strong public school system; please show
your support by working for the immediate reinstatement of the AFG.
Yours sincerely,
Kathryn M. Gregory-Wodzicki, PhD
President, Canadian Parents for French, Vancouver-North Chapter
cc: Hon. Dr. Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Education 104 – 1245 West Broadway Vancouver, BC V6H 1G7 Minister.educ@gov.bc.ca
Canadian Parents for French (CPF) is a non-profit, parent volunteer
organization supporting French language learning in Canada. The Vancouver North
chapter serves families at Kitsilano Secondary and its feeder schools.