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Author of the article: Randy Vanderveen
Publishing date: Mar 08, 2021 • March 8, 2021 • 3 minute read • The future of Woking School will be in the hands of Peace Wapiti School trustees at their monthly meeting in April. Dwindling enrolment numbers with no improvement forecast in the near future has resulted in a recommendation to close it and bus students to Spirit River and Rycroft. RANDY VANDERVEEN
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Dwindling numbers at Woking School forcing tough decisions.
Bob Stewart, superintendent and CEO of the Peace Wapiti Public School Division stated enrollment and funding are two main reason for the proposed closure of the Woking School.
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Community input for USD 383 redistricting ends Friday
Draft map of USD 383 redistricting
With the new year in full swing, Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 looks towards its redistricting efforts later this year.
The redistricting report will be discussed by the board of education next month. Board Member Katrina Lewison says based on community feedback from previous surveys, new information is now available.
New map options were posted to the USD 383 website and are available for community input. Videos are posted showing maps 4,5, and 6, along with a presentation explaining the new maps. There are also previous maps and presentations available as well.
Community input for the new maps ends Friday, January 21. The survey, along with the presentations, can be found here, and then click on the My Thought Exchange link.
Correction In stating Monday data from the district s COVID 14-day tracker, an earlier version of this article confused positivity standards with case rates.
Pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade students will return to a four-day model of in-person learning Jan. 19 after the Columbia School Board voted Monday evening. This was a revision of the boardâs Nov. 9 vote that would have sent elementary school students back to classrooms a week earlier.
Middle and high school students were already approved to return to in-person learning Jan. 19 under the boardâs Nov. 9 vote.
Following the holiday recess, district students will still begin classes virtually Jan. 5.