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Darlene McDonald of Hanna helps country comedian, Kenny Shaw, during his “Willie and Waylon” duet at the Spondin Community Centre on Sat., Feb. 6. Attendees ate, laughed, won prizes and later danced to the country classic music of Mark Fecho at Spondin Ag Society’s annual fundraiser. ECA Review/D.Clark
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The government’s new ‘Guidelines for Best Practices’ that deals with transgendered students in schools has Clearview School Board trustees debating how to incorporate the guidelines into Clearview policy. At the Feb. 4 board meeting, trustees opted to bring the debate to the public in the form of town hall meetings slated for March 15 in Castor and March 16 in Stettler. The board also requested that administration formulate a survey that can go out to all parents, staff and students for feedback. According to Superintendent Peter Barron, the board can decide how and what to implement from the guidelines. The guideline’s directive to provide a ‘welcoming, caring, respectful and safe learning environment’ for all staff and students is already Clearview policy, declared Trustee Karen Holloway. Holloway took issue with the guidelines assumption that schools are not already meeting these guidelines for every student on an individual basis. A draft copy of Policy 105 – Safe and Caring Schools, which
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