Parents who say their children have thrived while attending the Q’shintul Mill Bay Nature School are appealing the decision to shut down the school’s unique program at the end of the school year.
The district’s plan is to cancel the kindergarten to Grade 7 nature program and use the school as a satellite facility for nearby George Bonner Elementary, which needs more space. District spokesperson Jeff Rowan said the nature program currently has 91 students in a school that can hold up to 220, and there are only 11 more in line to start kindergarten next year.
Evan Jamieson said his son, Oliver, is in Grade 2 at the nature school and is “one of the real success stories.” Now more than ever, Jamieson said, Oliver is greeted by children he knows from the school when he’s out with his parents — the sort of inclusion he hasn’t always experienced.
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