HALIFAX — African Nova Scotians and other minority communities will have input as the province remodels schools administration under sweeping reforms, the education minister says. Zach Churchill said he wants full community involvement in the selection process for the new education advisory council that is to replace the province’s seven English-language regional school boards. Archy Beals, the African Nova Scotian representative on the Halifax Regional School Board, said Friday his community is concerned about losing its voice to a large bureaucratic body. He said the members of the African Nova Scotian school board caucus have written to Churchill but have received no response. However, he also defended the school boards as they are currently constituted, saying minority representation on the Halifax board has worked to make substantial changes.

Source: National Post March 02, 2018 17:44 UTC