Golden Hills School Division is responding to concerns from Carbon residents about rumours indicating the junior high program at Carbon School is in peril.
Superintendent Bevan Daverne is assuring parents the junior high program will remain open.
“We’re very supportive of Junior High programming at Carbon School and hope to see it going long into the future,” said Daverne.
Golden Hills School Division is quelling rumours about a shut down of the junior high program at Carbon School. Golden Hills is working on enhancing programming and, so far, no discussions have occurred regarding closure of the junior high.
“Administration and staff have been working at ways to enhance programming and offer more options. The school is looking forward on ways to make the program stronger.”
Concerns were raised, especially during the recent municipal elections, that given the enrollment at Carbon School the junior high program was in danger of being closed.
Two years ago, the high school program was shut down due to low enrollment.
“We’re not looking at having any discussions about closing the program and haven’t heard any requests from parents either,” said Daverne. “Our student numbers are low there, but we believe we can offer very good programming with those numbers.”