Chapter 4

  1. In September, 1999 the Auditor General of Nova Scotia ruled that the first four schools built under the P3 arrangement do in fact add to the provincial debt. An additional thirty-two schools had been approved for P3 construction, and as of December, 1999 the Auditor General hadn't determined whether these schools would similarly add to the provincial debt.
  2. Heather-Jane Robertson, No More Teachers, No More Books, The Commercialization of Canada's Schools, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1998.
  3. Neil Postman, The End of Education, Redefining the Value of School, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1995.
  4. John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down, The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, B.C., 1992.
  5. John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight, Building Communities From the Inside-Out, A Path Towards Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets, Northwestern University, Illinois, ACTA Publications, Chicago, 1993, p. 5.
  6. Ibid, pp. 8-10 & 210-223.
  7. For more detail see Margaree Education Coalition document, History of the Fight for Community-Based Education in Margaree, 1998. (All MEC documents footnoted can be accessed on the New Learning website: www.newlearning.ca.)   Note: url valid at time of publication
  8. Study Committee on the Permanent Closure of Margaree Forks District High document, Presentation to the Inverness District School Board, December 12, 1995.
  9. Margaree Education Coalition document, Kitchen Forum Report, March, 1996.
  10. Margaree Education Coalition documents, Forum II, May & June, 1996.
  11. The Strait Regional School Board, The Future is Now!! (May 1996).
  12. Margaree Education Coalition documents, 1997 Newsletters, 1997.
  13. Margaree Education Coalition document, Draft Proposal Outline, Strategy for Education in Margaree, June 1997.
  14. Margaree Education Coalition document, Summary of Minutes from Forum III Meetings, June 1997.
  15. Moses M. Coady, Masters of Their Own Destiny, Harper & Row, New York, 1939, pup 43-44. Lot, Jim and M.R. Weston, Father Jimmy, Life and Times of Jimmy Tompkins, Breton Books, Cape Breton Island, 1997, P 78.
  16. M.E. Deforest, "Civil Disobedience: Its Nature and Role in the American Legal Landscape" (1998) 33(3) Gonzaga Law .Review, pp.653-668.