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EDUCATION/CULTURE--CAPE BRETON-VICTORIA SCHOOL BOARD CO-ORDINATOR ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rene Patry, with extensive classroom and senior management education experience, has been hired as school board amalgamation co-ordinator for the new regional Cape Breton-Victoria school board. Mr. Patry will work with a local amalgamation committee, including representatives from the existing Cape Breton and Northside-Victoria districts, to plan a smooth transition to the new regional school board. Mr. Patry brings 35 years of educational experience to the position, particularly in leadership roles, communication, special programs, evaluation and all areas of management. He is also familiar with the Northside-Victoria and Cape Breton districts, serving for about 20 years in various senior management roles in both, including the positions of chief education officer and superintendent of schools. "Mr. Patry has direct experience with schools and communities from Cape North to Middle River to Glace Bay," Education and Culture Minister John MacEachern said. "He is an ideal candidate to work with the local amalgamation committee and build one of the strongest school boards in the province for the students in Cape Breton-Victoria." Mr. Patry was selected following a publicly-advertised competition. Once proposals were received, a departmental committee reviewed the proposals and conducted interviews based on established criteria, including leadership and communication skills, knowledge of educational issues (including school board and school council roles and responsibilities), and management, finance and consensus-building skills. Three co-ordinators have already been hired, now working in the Strait and Valley regions, and on the province's first Le Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial. Co-ordinators for Southwest will be hired next, and advertisements for the final co-ordinators for Metro and Chignecto-Central have been placed. -30- Contact: Donna MacDonald 902-424-2615 trp Oct. 20, 1995