(Parent Dean Secord Who Appeared Before District 8 Schoolboard)
(Photo by Tamara Steele)
A parent came to the District 8 Education Council meeting last night expressing concern about the wait list policy for Grade 9. Each of the four high schools has a cap of 250 students and once a school exceeds the cap, students go on a waiting list.
Dean Secord tells CHSJ News his son, Cameron is number 14 on an 18 student waitlist at St. Malachy's. In the meantime, he is attending Harbourview High.
Superintendent Susan Tipper says the wait list is still long because of the success rate of students passing Grade 8. She is not sure if they will get through the list this year.
Secord is also a member of the Saint John Police Department and ran unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party nomination in Saint John Lancaster.
