The South Shore Regional School Board's plea for another SchoolsPlus site has been answered. The province has expanded the program to 12 additional schools following an announcement Tuesday morning in Liverpool. Student Services coordinator, Jeff DeWolfe, says the program should go a long way to helping schools.
"We know some of those struggles, you know, in those schools communities' and some of the families that need our support and the students that need our support, so this allows us to give a different level of support coordinated with other agencies that will hopefully make a big difference."
Over 100 services and activities will be introduced into schools like anger management, employment support and art and sport programs. The board will receive $125,000 from the province to provide leadership and community outreach. In total, the province is investing $2.5-million in SchoolsPlus province-wide, bringing together teachers, students, families and community volunteers to design and deliver programs that meet the specific needs of the community. The program will be introduced into the following 12 schools, beginning in 2012-13:
- Liverpool Regional High School
- North Queens Community School
- Greenfield Elementary School
- Dr. John C. Wickwire Academy
- South Queens Junior High School
- Milton Centennial School
- Mill Village Consolidated School
- New Germany Rural High School
- New Germany Elementary School
- West Northfield Elementary School
- Bridgewater Elementary School
- Bridgewater Junior/Senior High School
