Mourning the Loss of Our School

The school board has issued a press release notifying us that they have a comprehensive set of plans for transitioning to the new proposed school. As each step like this moves us closer to the day that the doors of Blyth Public School will be forever closed, I have another experience of mourning.

It's a personal reaction. Mourning always is. But I am not alone. We are all asking personal questions and mourning.

Who has the right to take away our school? Why are we not represented? We mean,"really" represented! Who stands to gain from this? Why are we gaining nothing? Why are we losing totally?

We are paying the price for school board consolidation, the price of being rural, the price of having too few voices. They took us over, and now they tell us they cannot afford to serve us or represent us. All they can do is collect our taxes.

Brock Vodden