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Greenwood Secondary School and Human Rights Complaint

Danforth Tech: Greenwood Secondary School, also known as newcomer high, faces a vote on possible closure at the TDSB on Wednesday night, according to Toronto Star. Order this photo By Kristin Rushowy Education Reporter Wed., June 22, 2016 Students at Toronto newcomer high are scrambling to file a human rights complaint as the board gets set for a final vote on whether to close down and move their one-of-a-kind school into nearby Danforth Tech. Many of the students who attend Greenwood are vulnerable refugees from war-torn countries and have limited English. The fate of Greenwood Secondary — which nurtures and educates newly arrived refugees and immigrants — will be decided by trustees at a meeting Wednesday night, and it is unclear how a human rights complaint could affect the board plans. They also say the board did not provide them with appropriate translators during a number of area review committee meetings, and that unlike students at other schools, their parents were not able to advocate for them because of language barriers and long working hours. Greenwood was discussed at a committee meeting last week, but the two students spearheading the fight to keep it open say they could not attend because of Ramadan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.