The School District has chosen not to advertise this meeting

I had thought by this time – the decision would have been made to cancel the meeting – with all trustees stating: “we have found funding for one more year and will study the complex issue in the next year with a vast program of education and consultation – district wide.”

If declining enrollment is a serious problem the case should be provable that many schools will have to be closed and students integrated and bussed.

If the problem is as serious as stated a closure in the Similkameen, Okanagan Falls, Oliver and Osoyoos would be in order and that plan should be shown to the “tax paying” public.

I will go back to my first comment in January – “the process is flawed, a mistake, and not well thought out.”

The process seemed to be designed to pit one community against another – and human nature being what it is  – the strongest voices might be coming from those that like the attention – not those that want to find a solution for everyone.

As a geographical area – School District #53 is huge – the solution to the problem doesn’t sit in Osoyoos – the “real fix” is region wide.

I hasten to add, I am glad I am NOT an elected trustee faced with this dilemma.

Jack Bennest, Publisher