Kelly Regan

The MLA for Bedford-Birch Cove says the Halifax Regional School Board should have provided more notice for a meeting that could have “major impacts” on the Bedford school district.

But HRSB spokesman Doug Hadley said the board is complying with its policy.

Kelly Regan issued a press release Tuesday, saying the proposed changes will fundamentally alter the school boundaries and could remove all students from Waverly Road School.

Regan suggested the week’s notice given isn’t enough “to discuss changes of this magnitude.”

“The parents who have contacted me are frustrated by the lack of advance notice,” Regan said in the release.

But Hadley said school- board policy only requires six days notice.

“We would probably have advertised it a little earlier, but we didn’t want to be accused of advertising it over the Christmas break,” he said. “So we waited until schools came back in.… It was finalized I believe in late December and given by the review committee to the board and we advertised it right away.”

The meeting to discuss the proposed changes will take place at the Basinview Community School at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

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