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Friday, June 14, 2013

Students Demonstrate To Support Their Principal

A group of 60 of mostly students from Saint John High holding a demonstration outside the school district office in Millidgeville. 

The students chanted, signed a petition and wrote letters on the spot in support of the school's principal Marijke Blok whose contract as principal is not being renewed. 

School District Superintendent Zoe Watson came out and spoke to the students but didn't say why the change is being made. Watson calls it a personnel issue which precludes any public comment. She acknowledged how upset the students are and how much they hold Blok in high regard. 

The Student Council President at Saint John High David Hickey calls the decision "unjust and outrageous", suggesting it's time to get politics out of the decisionmaking in 
education. 

A City Police officer showed up just to keep an eye on things.