A delegation from Pangman returned to the Southeast Cornerstone School Division monthly board meeting on Thursday, as they continued to work on the board on providing information on the school and the community. Currently, Pangman School is under review with the intent of closure or grade discontinuance.
Elwood White, chair of the Pangman School Community Council, addressed procedural concerns from the school review handbook. Quoting from the handbook, White said, The student s most important job is to learn, a responsibility shared by all interested parties to shielding the students from strong emotions that sometimes accompanies a school review.
White said that this wasn t handled well in Pangman. The students were sent home with a notice of a review, to take home to their parents. The students were horrified, and they knew before the parents did.