Blyth is about to lose its public school - a devastating loss to the community.

To add insult to injury, the children of this community are going to
sent off to three different areas adding to the disintegration of
community. Against the community's expressed wishes, the grade seven
and eight students will be taking their classes in the F.E. Madill
High School in Wingham.
 
This week's Citizen is replete with articles, letters to the editor,
and a very pointed editorial on this deplorable situation. It points
out not only what is wrong with the Avon Maitland District School
Board's actions, but the duplicity they used to achieve them.
 
It is without a doubt the worst example of control being wrested out
of the hands of our community - worse than the municipal amalgamation,
and perhaps even worse than the creation of the south west LHIN in
provincial health care.
 
I have added a piece to my blog titled What the Avon Maitland School
Board has taught us, putting the crisis into its historical context.
 
Brock Vodden
PO Box 492
Blyth, Ontario, Canada  N0M 1H0
 
Phone 519-523-9393
hbvodden@ezlink.on.ca
 
Check out my blog titled "All About Blyth"
http://allaboutblyth.blogspot.com
 
It includes:
 
Information about our Repository of Blyth History
Opinion pieces about Blyth and small towns in general
A place for your comments and questions
 
Reprints of Huron Historical Notes 2007: Repository of Blyth History
are available at the Citizen Office in Blyth and the Huron County
Museum in Goderich, Ontario.   Only $8.00

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