The attempts by many school boards to reorganize, consolidate and close schools under their jurisdictions resulted in legal action being brought by the Pentecostal and Roman Catholic denominations. The Supreme Court of Newfoundland granted an injunction prohibiting school boards from closing Pentecostal or Roman Catholic schools without the consent of the denominations. This, in effect, left the school boards powerless to carry out the mandate for which they were developed and rendered the entire system of organizing education in this province dysfunctional. Almost incredibly, Mr. Justice Leo Barry, in rendering his decision, offered the following as one of his conclusions: Weve accepted a less than optimal standard of education by opting to preserve at least some of the denominational system of education. This statement is made not as a criticism, but as a matter of fact.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 21:03:53 +0000
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