Some local parents say their children are missing out on a great opportunity due to a lack of spaces in French immersion in Campbell River, and that’s a situation they’d like the school district to rectify.
Aura Haydon, representing the Quadra Island Elementary Parent Advisory Council (PAC), spoke to the Board of Education at last week’s public meeting of the board, saying the current lottery system of assigning seats for the late immersion program at L’École Phoenix Secondary is unfair and leaves far too many families without the ability to have their children educated in French.
Currently,