Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Commemorating the 10 years of Sask. school amalgamations

Education Minister Don Morgan stops by Prairie South School Division office to mark the anniversary

(From left): Greg Lawrence, MLA for Moose Jaw

Wakamow, Education Minister Don Morgan, Shawn

Davidson, Prairie South School Division board

chair, and Warren Michelson, MLA for Moose Jaw

North, prepare to cut the cake in commemoration

of the 10^th anniversary of amalgamation

at the PSSD office on Feb. 1, 2016.

Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald

By Lisa Goudy

Prior to school division amalgamation that formed the Prairie South School Division (PSSD), Shawn Davidson had kids who went to school in Kincaid.

"Certainly the support services for students has been enhanced as a result of amalgamation and that was really a big part of what it was about," said Davidson, PSSD board chair. "We're in the education business. We better be about the kids."

In 2006, 71 school divisions in Saskatchewan amalgamated to become 14, thus creating 12 school divisions including PSSD. On Monday, Education Minister Don Morgan stopped by the PSSD office to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of amalgamation.

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