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Language training abruptly dropped by school board picked up by ISANS

Last month, the Halifax Regional School Board sent layoff notices to instructors of 200 adult immigrant and refugee students studying English as an Additional Language at the Forsyth Centre in Dartmouth. Those students will be picked up by the Immigrant Settlement Association of Nova Scotia, but ISANS is scrambling to find space for them. Meanwhile, no one is sure who will provide language training for 180 other immigrant and refugee students in rural Nova Scotia.

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“We are not happy that our school is closing March 31. We don’t want that to happen. We want our school to stay open. Our school is like a family to us. Please change your decision.” That petition was signed and delivered to federal and provincial politicians last month by 200 adult immigrant and refugee...

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