www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not an alternative,\u201d says Jennifer Maccarone, announcing her candidacy for chair of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. \u201cWe\u2019re actually the right choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maccarone and her EducACTION team launched their bid to lead Laval\u2019s English board at a press conference last Wednesday, where the board\u2019s Central Parents Committee chairperson told supporters and reporters she would not campaign by criticizing the existing council, but rather by presenting a fresh approach. <\/p>\n
\u201cI have no intention of stating platitudes today. I want to state facts.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cIn the past four years, Sir Wilfrid Laurier has been dealt over $5.5 million in budget cuts, with close to $2.3 million this year alone,\u201d she said, adding that the board must continue to build partnerships to bring in more revenue and \u201cwe will not cut services to our students.\u201d <\/p>\n
A parent of two special needs children attending SWL schools, and herself chair of an advisory committee on special education, Maccarone stressed that at-risk children will be a priority for her personally and her team, which is comprised of candidates with children in SWL schools or who graduated as recently as last year, including four incumbents and a sitting Laval city councillor.<\/p>\n
Her slate includes Georges Benoit (Ward 1), Guy Gagnon (Ward 3), Anne McMullon Panet-Raymond (Ward 4), Dean Dugas (Ward 5), Emilio Migliozzi (Ward 6), Vicky Kaliotzakis (Ward 7), Elio Lattanzio (Ward 8) and St. Vincent de Paul city Councillor Paolo Galati (Ward 9), who said that being a member of both a school board and city council can bring practical benefits, but agreed that conflicts could arise: \u201cIt could be a connection when it\u2019s land related\u201d he said. \u201cIf that were ever the case, I would divulge and back away. I would not be a part of it and I would never put myself in a conflict.\u201d Maccarone is not contesting Ward 2, held by Robert Dixon, who she calls \u201ca formidable commissioner that I respect and hope to work with.\u201d <\/p>\n
Amid woeful tales of declining enrolment among Quebec\u2019s English boards, the Chomedey resident told The Suburban<\/i> \u201cWe\u2019ve seen a recent decline, but we are expecting 17,000 students by 2025. That\u2019s huge,\u201d and sets a challenge for the board as it looks to expand its service offering. \u201cOne thing we need to include is an alternative, \u2018240-status\u2019school offering an enriched curriculum,\u201d the kind of school she says parents are increasingly looking for. \u201cThere\u2019s currently an exodus of students to those types of schools.\u201d <\/p>\n
After spending seven years on the parents committee Maccarone says the board \u201cneeds to start leveraging it as a valuable resource. Until now it has been mostly an advisory body but there are so many dedicated and resourceful individuals involved and we are not using them to their full potential.\u201d <\/p>\n
She said her administration would fight for equal taxation across the territory by \u201cworking to convince the government, based on partnerships we have already built, to establish an equal system.\u201d
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