Parents weigh in on proposed Winnipeg school swap

The Winnipeg School Division held an emergency meeting Thursday night to talk about overcrowding atLaVerendryeSchool and a proposed swap that would see students from two schools switch buildings.

Parents of students fromLaVerendryeand Earl Grey schools were invited to the meeting at the school division's office to express concerns over the possible swap.

The division is looking at moving students atLaVerendryeinto Earl Grey school, and the other way around.

LaVerendrye'sgrowing student populationhas presented the school with an overcrowding issue, while just blocks away Earl Grey currently has space that is vacant and not in use.

The division talked to parents about different options to deal with crowding.

Tracey Busby has one child currently enrolled atLaVerendryeand thinks the swap makes sense.

"If that's what needs to be done in order to meet the needs of all our children, then that's what we should move forward with, said Busby. Currently my understanding is that Earl Grey has 10 empty classrooms in the school."

SteveOffmanis also a parent to a student that goes toLaVerendrye.

"If it was a viable option that everybody wasokaywith, it seems like a fairly good idea, saidOffman. I don't think everybody in the long run will be OK with any idea we do, so it's hard to say."

School division board members said the next phase is aconsultation process between the division andstakeholders from both schools.