Proud to receive Our Ottawa's Endorsement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday October 19th, 2010



OUR OTTAWA ANNOUNCES PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE ENDORSEMENTS



Today Our Ottawa announced its choice of candidates in the upcoming OCDSB Public School Board Trustees election:



Zone 2 (Kanata South / Kanata North) Christine Boothby

Zone 3 (Barrhaven / Knoxdale) Donna Blackburn

Zone 4 (Bay) Theresa Kavanaugh

Zone 5 (College) Pam Fitzgerald

Zone 6 (Rideau-Rockcliffe / Alta Vista) Bronwyn Funiciello

Zone 8 (Orleans / Cumberland) Lale Eskicioglu

Zone 9 (Rideau-Vanier / Capital) Rob Campbell

Zone 10 (Somerset / Kitchissippi) Jennifer McKenzie

Zone 11 (River) Shirley Seward (acclaimed)

Zone 12 (Innes / Beacon Hill-Cyrville) Chris Ellis



Our Ottawa has endorsed OCDSB Trustee candidates who have specific concerns with childeren encountering barriers to success. These candidates are known to do the extensive research needed to ensure that well-thought out choices are made. They will value and honour community input, rather than paying lip-service to it.



Our Ottawa advocates::

· Building communities through schools

· Engaging with community members and parents as an essential element of the decision-making process.

Tracking the achievement levels of disadvantaged students to identify needs and provide adequate, well-targeted resources



· Understanding and encouraging a diversity of opinion, with open and direct communication and dialogue, while discouraging decision- making in camera



· Teaching the whole child, rather than focusing on the EQAO (Education Quality and Accountability Office) exam, which leads to concentration on literacy and numeracy at the expense of science, social studies, the arts, and physical education.



· Addressing the issue of over-crowding.


Working to ensure better student/teacher ratios.



Our Ottawa is a 200 member-strong group of community volunteers and leaders who have articulated a vision for the future of the City and want to unite their efforts to help elect strong City Councillors and School Board Trustees in the October Election.



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