This blog is for all the Peace Arch Elementary School parents
Since the spring of 2010 we have been dealing with asbestos issues and later in the year mould was also discovered.
As a parent I began fact finding to reassure my family that the school was safe.
I initially contacted every level of the school district in order to have my questions answered. I thought this would be a quick and easy process.
In the end, what I discovered was that the school district was great at putting on a good game face and wasn't willing to come forward with the real facts, wasn't willing to return emails, phone calls, messages except for a couple of times.
In my frustrated quest for answers I started feeling that maybe the district was trying to cover up the truth, was refusing to be transparent and was hiding from telling parents the truth in order to protect their bottom line and protect themselves against liability.
What some other parents and I were able to find out from outside sources was pretty upsetting to say the least. What we did is take our new found information back to the district and start demanding transparancy. That is the reason, the only reason, they have posted anything on the school website. (click on the link above to go to the school website).
The strength of pressure from a few parents over the summer and the pressure from Worksafe BC to clean up their act and start cleaning up properly has done some good for sure.
What has also been made clear to many parents following this is that the school district will not do anything they don't have to and unless the parents stay on top of this, we fear further decline in the health of our school.
I am not going to post the documents that are listed on the school website here, they are available.
What has finally led to this blog is an attempt to bring as many parents as we can under one umbrella to push harder for a meeting.
A face to face meeting with the district, WorksafeBC and an environmental group is needed, we want that, so many parents do. To have more questions answered, to find out more information and demand better communication and transparency.
Why are they hiding?
Some parents have requested not being part of the email lists that have tried in pure honesty to simply communicate this serious information that affects our kids. Maybe this can help. And many parents are still unaware.
Please pass along this blog address to any parent you think is interested in what is going on with our school and now we can all leave comments, concerns, thoughts whatever is on your minds, whatever questions you have in one central place. I hope this helps.
One note, please keep language and comments clean and forward moving!
Leanne Arnott
Mom of three daughters at our school
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