Comm

mission sc
colaire New Fronttiers
New Fro
ontiers S
School Bo
oard

Ne
ews
Release

Forimme
ediaterelease
e
th
April20 ,2016

Co
ontact:
RobButtars
Directo
orGeneral

MikkeHelm
Assistant
Directo
orGeneral

NewFrontiers
Scho
oolBoard

214McLeod
Chtteauguay
4506911440
1800
04611440

www..nfsb.qc.ca

www.faccebook.com/
NFSch
hoolBoard

Saffetyands
supporta
areourprrimaryco
oncerns
Chateauguay,April20th,2016 .TheChateeauguaycom
mmunityisde
ealing
with a difficult situation
s
thaat is raising q
questions an
nd concerns.. The
New Frontiers School
S
Board
d wishes to
o reassure e
everyone that all
necessary action
n is being ttaken to en
nsure the w
wellbeing off our
stude
ents,familiess,andemplo
oyees.

Overr the weekend, several parents werre approached by a rep

porter
going
g doortodo
oor asking if people kneew that "Karrla Homolka"" was
living
ginthearea.Thisinform
mationwasb
broughttoth
heSchoolBo
oards
atten
ntionMondayymorning.

TheC
CityofChate
eauguayandtheChateauguayPolicew
wereimmed
diately
contaacted by uss. They are taking this situation sseriously and
d are
collaboratingwithus.

Unde
er Quebec an
nd Federal LLaw, all child
dren have the right to prrivacy
anda
anobligation
ntobeinsch
hool.Fortheesereasons,t
theNewFron
ntiers
Scho
ool Board cannot commeent any furtther or provvide any perrsonal
inforrmationabou
utanymemb eroftheschoolcommun
nity.

Weh
haveassuredourfamiliesthattheirch
hildrenaresaafewithus.I
Inthe
morn
ning, there are employeees on dutyy who receiive the stud
dents.
Throughoutthed
day,accessto
otheschooliscontrolled
d.Thestaffkknows
their families we
ell and is vig
gilant when it comes to
o allowing aadults
accessstothesch
hool.Aswelll,theSchoolBoardhasp
policiesinplaaceto
ensurethatadulttswhoworkorvolunteerrdirectlywith
hourstudenttsare
requiredtohavehadcriminalbackgroundchecks.

The New Fronttiers Schooll Board un

nderstands that the school
comm
munitywillre
equiresuppo
ortandhass
setupateam
mofpsycholo
ogists
and counsellors at the schoo
ol. If paren
nts feel they or their chiildren
woulldbenefitfro
omtheseserrvices,theys
shouldcontaacttheschoo
oland
speakwiththescchoolSecretaaryorthePrin
ncipal.

Asalways,itisth
hesafetyand
dsecurityofourschoolc
communitytthatis
ofou
urutmostcon
ncern.

ntiersSchoolB
Board
AbouttheNewFron
TheN
NewFrontiersS
SchoolBoardiislocatedinso
outhwesternQ
Quebecandpro
ovides
educaational servicees to approxim
mately 5,000 sstudents withiin its 10 elemeentary
schoo
ols,twohighscchools,andthrreeadultcareeercentres.

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