Buildings don't make great 'schools', great programming makes a great Middle School. For the families who have come to Woodhaven over the past five years I have made this point repeatedly as we have toured them through a facility that was constructed in 1973. I have great respect for our Grade 5 and 6 staff who have worked in our oldest portable classrooms that were placed on the site in 1977. They know the value of a good sweater in January and how to MacGyver temporary air conditioning in June.
With great thanks to the hard work of our superintendent Mr. Tim Monds and Board Chair Richard Gilchrist, Woodhaven is getting eight new classrooms to replace our Grade 5/6 rooms. What a change that will be for our students and staff....for next year. It is likely that the old portables will be demolished at the end of the year and the new classrooms installed for the start of 2012-13.
Thanks again for all those at Division office to make this happen!
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