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Discrimination ruling makes school districts take notice
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
Alison Bailey Email news tips to alison.bailey@corusent.com
11/9/2012

The Chair of the Vancouver School Board says a Supreme Court of Canada ruling Friday will have implications for school boards--particularly when it comes to budgets.

The court found the North Vancouver school district discriminated against Jeffrey more, who has dyslexia, by not teaching him to read.

Moore had been attending a centre for kids with learning disabilities in the 1990s, when it was shut down to save money.

The court criticized the Board's decision to cut the centre, when they could have cut something else.

"And that's part of the decisions every year that we have to make budget cuts, that's always part of the decision is what do we cut, and how do we prioritize and how do we do that fairly,” said Vancouver Board Chair Patti Bacchus.

Bacchus says boards will have to be aware of the issue when looking at budgets, especially if heading into budgetary shortfalls.


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  1. Garp posted on 11/10/2012 09:47 AM
    This is a prime example of where education is headed in this province.

    The real culprit is the government. The government cuts educational funding unilaterally, and in turn School Boards are forced to cut programs in order to meet its obligation to the majority of its students. Specialty Programs designed to help students at risk are the first to go.
  2. joes_2868 posted on 11/10/2012 01:06 PM
    Garp: I beg your pardon! You are person that bases facts on a person you just met. Now take a deep breath, review the past 3 years of the B.C. education budget, then go on the internet and look up the education budgets of the other 9 provinces and then and only then make a comment. Facts and figures only please, no more propaganda. Your NDP government in Manitoba and Nova Scotia do this, but your Liberal government in B.C does not,.
    1. Garp posted on 11/10/2012 03:34 PM
      @joes_2868 My concern is with BC, not elsewhere. Education budgets have been cut consistently, stop lying to people. Re-read my post, I did not attribute my comment to any particular political party, but if the shoe fit, - wear it! The only person making propaganda here is you, Joes_2868.
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