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Message to Aurora and King Township Residents from your Incumbent Public School Trustee The new school year is upon us and presents us with an opportune moment to reflect on the year gone by, and our hopes and plans for the year ahead. Perhaps the question most often asked is, ‘are we better off now than we were a year ago?’ Within the York Region District School Board, our mission is to unite in our purpose to prepare learners for life in our changing world community. Are we preparing our students better now than we were a year ago? Are graduation rates up? What are we doing to continuously improve our capabilities to prepare our students for a life where learning never ends? On many key educational indicators, we are better off than we were a year ago. Provincial test scores for reading, writing and math are up again this year, in fact, they are up by very impressive levels over the past 10 years here in York Region. High school graduation rates are climbing back up and our plans for continuous improvement guide the many efforts throughout the region to improve our system and individual capabilities to help our students succeed. These results are a tribute to the almost 10,000 talented people working within the York Region District School Board every day helping students succeed. Here in York Region, we have much to be proud of and thankful for, but by no stretch of the imagination do I want to convey that our work is done. Gains have been made in many areas, but there is still more work to do to address both emerging and perennial issues facing our students. And that is my hope for the coming year. I hope that we will find ways for families and schools and communities to work together in new and innovative ways to help our students succeed. As we look forward to the new year, I want to thank you for supporting everyone in our schools, people who work every day helping our students to learn and grow. I look forward to working you to continue to build on the tradition of excellence in York Region and to celebrate the people and programs working in our schools to help our students succeed. Wishing you the very best for the 2010 / 2011 school year. Gord Kerr Incumbent Trustee for Aurora and King Township York Region District School Board
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