VIDEO: Residents Concerned About School Review Process

Tears were shed and voices were heard as around 100 community members gathered at the Western Shore Fire Hall for an information session on the school review process. Parents and concerned citizens spoke out on many issues including longer bus times, class sizes and the lack of an after-school program if students from Gold River-Western Shore Elementary were moved to Chester District Elementary. Members from Deloitte along with members of the school's study committee gathered at the head of the room to answer questions and collect information. Anil Chakraborty has one child at the school. He says people are willing to stand up to keep their school alive.



Information gathered by the study committee last night will be put into a report and released in early February. A public hearing which will include members of the South Shore Regional School Board will be held next month. For a full schedule of all the public hearings for each of the schools under review, click here . Meanwhile, in the video below, Municipality of Chester councillor Robert Myra and the former manager of capital construction and energy conservation with the South Shore Regional School Board, Wellesley Eisnor, make public comment during the meeting.