This is the statement preceding the NS target in our charter…

STATEMENT OF DURESS

Under duress, the Board of Trustees has reluctantly agreed to comply with Ministry of Education direction to include a student achievement target in reference to the “national standards”.

While we have been unanimous, consistent and open in our ethical opposition to National Standards: having literally run out of alternatives, our Board of Trustees has now been forced to include the National Standards requirements in our charter: the law is the law.

Despite the well-founded reluctance of our trustees and leadership team - signalled in the relevant section of the charter (indicated above): we will nevertheless strive to make this work as well as it can for our kids and their families. While we may have lost the legal battle, it is our collective view that we have a moral and ethical obligation to continue to do the best for the Waverley Park community: please rest assured that we will.

To this end, we will continue to provide families of Waverley Park with assessment information that is valid, reliable and constructive.