Scotstown, La Patrie, Bury, schools of ranks, from 1923 to 2024 of recruiting of teachers too often forgotten non-valorization Quebec of the French speakers in the opposite for the English speaking CAPITAL
In 1945, a two-classroom wing was added to the east side of the building. The nuns' residence, more than modest in appearance at the beginning, received appreciable modifications in 1925.
In addition, our city has four schools: the oldest is that of "Ballalen" (corner of Milan and Franceville roads).
Then came the school of Mcnamee,that of Chemin de Lingwick and that of Rang 4 Milles which opened its doors in 1948.
Miss Agathe Blanchette taught at the McManamy school from 1928 to 1931 and at that of Ballalen from 1931
McManamy
In 1955, the school board built a new residence adjacent to the school, more spacious and more functional than the previous one.
Always faithful to the task received in 1916, the nuns added secondary education around 1935.
In 1950, the Scotstown School Board acquired a college for boys in grades 3 to 9, the future Saint-Jean-Baptiste college administered by the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
The nuns then work with primary and secondary school girls as well as first year boys.
In addition, our city has four schools: the oldest is the school of Ballalen, in1923 Scotstown intersection of Milan Road and Franceville.
Then came the school ofMacNamee, that of Lingwick Road and that of Rang 4 Miles which opened its doors in1948.
Miss Agathe Blanchette taught at the school McNamee from 1928 to 1931 and that of Ballalen from 1931
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Posted February 22, 2021 at 7:56 p.m. EDT
L'école Saint-Paul, of Scotstown, 35% of replacements have been assumed by unqualified people since the start of the school year. A situation that management recognizes as being “not ideal”.
Among the 45.5 days of teacher absence, 16 replacement days were taken on by an unqualified person, explains David Morin, director of the establishment in an email addressed to parents, of which Radio-Canada Estrie obtained a copy.
The latter says he understands that the situation is not at all ideal. On the other hand, for each of these absences, we tried to find a qualified teacher.
The shortage of staff and the distance of our school from “large centers” like Lac-Mégantic-Sherbrooke make this sometimes impossible, he says.
We had two interns who came to the school this year. These are people who have an interest in teaching, who know the school, but who do not have a [diploma] in teaching. We had to call on these people a few times.
A quote from David Morin, director of Saint-Paul school
As Mr. Morin explains, all qualified teachers on the list of the Cantons School Service Center have a contract or are on leave.
There are therefore few people available to do replacement work, he admits. The primary school is trying to replace teachers with qualified staff. However, this is not always possible, he regrets.
When you start the year with a dry bank, you can understand that normally things won't go well.
A quote from Martial Gaudreau, general director of the Hauts-Cantons School Service Center
Critical situation in the MRCs of Haut-Saint-François and Granit
The problem of replacements is particularly critical in the east of the MRC of Haut-Saint-François and throughout that of Granit, recognizes Martial Gaudreau, general director of the Hauts-Cantons School Service Center.
The situation that is experienced by Saint-Paul is a situation that is experienced by several of our small schools in small villages, especially in the MRC du Granit, but also in Haut-Saint-François, he says. .
The people who are generally available for daily replacement work are students at the University of Sherbrooke. It starts to take a long time to do substitute work when we go to Scotstown and even further afield.
A quote from Martial Gaudreau, general director of the Hauts-Cantons School Service Center
Mr. Gaudreau assures that there is, for the moment, no correlation between the strong presence of unqualified teachers and a higher rate of academic failure in the establishment.
In environments like Scotstown or other environments which [have] students who have difficulties or specific needs, we need to bring people together. And once again, we are faced with empty lists.
We have the money to hire, but we don't necessarily have the staff, he nevertheless laments.
Schools in Scotstown and La Patrie lack teachers in 2024
At Saint-Paul school in Scotstown, children accompanied by one or both parents arrive little by little. It's the start of the school year, an important day for children, after the long summer vacations which are already a thing of the past.
École Saint-Paul de Scotstown
More than 90 students were expected at Scotstown, but ultimately 87 showed up for the start of the school year.
The director of the institution, Francis Larochelle, was delighted with “a great start to the school year with a good participation rate.
We saw parents arrive with their child or even two often, grandmothers too, and students happy to meet their friends at school.
The staff also gave very good comments and, unusually, none of the new kindergarten students cried! », said Mr. Larochelle.
In terms of the number of students, he recalled that in 2016, there were only 23 in total and that the school had almost closed.
“We expected 98 for this year, but the drop is temporary.
The school expansion project was refused by the ministry, that's fine, we're doing well.
But within three years, it is expected that the number of students will increase beyond 100, we will resubmit a request for an expansion which will be necessary, because there is no place for 4-year-old kindergarten , and the gymnasium is not adequate,” he concluded.
Nancy, a mother of Scotstownmet while accompanying her son Emryck, was not very talkative.
“We had a great summer, but with lots of rain. This is a return to normal, it’s okay,” she summarized. Her young son seemed ambivalent, hesitant to declare himself happy.
Notre-Dame de Lorette School, in La Patrie
In the absence of the director, Matthew Maclure, held at Notre-Dame-du-Paradis school, in Dudswell, it was Isabelle Martin, the kindergarten teacher, who took care of welcoming the parents and children . “Things are going very well, we have beautiful children with beautiful parents! “, she mentioned, smiling.
Mr. Maclure, later during the day, continued: “We were lucky, for the good weather, the young people were happy and ready to start again.
At home, we have space at the school, because in the past it was a primary school and, in addition, secondary 1 and 2, which is no longer here.
The 87 students are well served,” he assured.
HAS Dudswell, we have 125 students, with a slightly larger population base, on theMarbleton and Bishopton, and even part of the path d'East Angus. The start of the school year went well there too,” he concluded.
Without an incident to report, in all three places, we couldn't ask for a good start to the school year.
Versatile Louis-Saint-Laurent
The start of the school year also went very well at the Cité-école Louis-Saint-Laurent in East Angus, where the team of teachers and support staff was dynamic and proactive, according to the general director of the school. Hauts-Cantons school service center, Martial Gaudreau.
Growth continues for our versatile East Angus. Five years ago, there were only 550 students attending.
Today, 715 students participated in this return, overall a good increase of 165 students.
Last year, there were 658, again there are around sixty more now. There is an interesting factor to explain this: the popularity of the Global Health program, which parents had asked us for.
They were attracted to some private schools that they believe offer this advantage. We have 203 students enrolled there.
This is the first year that all five secondary school levels have access to it.
The students are stimulated, make more effort and thus have a good success rate,” summarized Mr. Gaudreau.
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