I want to thank the Goldstream B次元官网网址 Gazette for all of the articles they have done this year on West Shore education.

I appreciated the explanation of how the are not really accurate and why, highlights on specific schools like WestShore Centre for Learning and Training, showing dedicated teachers spending their own money to make the learning engagement and environment a place our children want to be and updates on the new schools.

B次元官网网址淚t takes a village to raise a childB次元官网网址� is an old saying, but it still holds true today. The schools need a community to participate in fundraisers, be guest speakers/presenters and give options for field trips to give our next generation a rounded view of the world they live in.

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Life is a taste test and school is the beginning.

Parent volunteers on all of the school PACs and the Sooke district PAC really see firsthand the importance of schools and the greater community working together to help manage budgets and make decisions that will be the best for their individual schools. But unless you are involved in the PAC meetings, the average person canB次元官网网址檛 begin to realize all that makes a school function.

The articles youB次元官网网址檝e published this year have been a great help to educate our community. I look forward to more articles.

Haleen Roberts, Colwood,

president, WestShore

Centre Advisory Committee