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EDUCATION/CULTURE--CONSEIL SCOLAIRE ACADIEN BOARD ANNOUNCED ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Standing Committee on Human Resources has approved the 11 members of Le Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial. Acadian and Francophone governance policy advisor Allister Surette said the appointments will be forwarded to Lieutenant Governor James Kinley for final approval next week. "We have been working hard to develop a plan to support excellence for Acadian and Francophone students and to preserve our culture," said Mr. Surette. "Once le conseil is officially in place, we can now move forward and implement our plans." Along with newly appointed superintendent Rejean Sirois, board members will direct the activities of Nova Scotia's first province-wide Acadian and Francophone school board. Like regional school boards, le conseil will be responsible for staffing, operations and ensuring Acadian and Francophone students across Nova Scotia receive quality French-first language programming. To ensure representation from Acadian and Francophones across the province, the department identified eight regions. The composition of le conseil reflects the interests of these regions and brings together a mix of parents, educators and experienced school board members. Ten of the 11 members took part on the amalgamation committee to establish le conseil and six of the 10 members are currently elected school board representatives. "Le conseil will benefit from the experience and representation of its members," said Mr. Surette. "These individuals have been committed to le conseil from the beginning and will now have an opportunity to represent their communities and their culture." The following individuals will make up the first Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial: Delina Comeau and Louise Doull, members of the Conseil Scolaire-Clare Argyle, representing Clare; Louis d'Entremont, member of the Conseil Scolaire-Clare Argyle, representing Argyle; Jean-Bernard d'Entremont, representing Argyle; Ronald Bourque and Francine Comeau, members of the Conseil d'ecole du Grand-Havre, representing Halifax/Dartmouth; Dominic Marchand, member of the Richmond County District School Board; representing Richmond, Louis Cormier, elected representative for the parents of the R.C. Gordon Francophone School, representing Kings; Alfred Benoit, elected representative of the parents of the Pomquet School, representing Antigonish County; Wilfred Aucoin, elected representative for the parents of Ecole NDA, Inverness County; Louise Marchand, elected representative of the parents of Ecole Cornwallis, Cape Breton County. -30- NOTE TO EDITORS: There is an accent aigu on the first "e" in ecole (Conseil d'ecole du Grand-Havre, Ecole NDA, Ecole Cornwallis) and on the first "e" in Rejean (Rejean Sirois). Contact: Lisa Bugden 902-424-2795 trp Apr. 24, 1996 - 3:05 p.m.