Parkdale Public School

Parkdale Public School: Who knew this wave of Roma students would reverse just four years later, emptying classrooms, laying off teachers and leaving a community heartsick at the loss?, according to The Star. This is a story of love and loss, said Principal Susan Yun. Parkdale Public School, at the heart of the Roma influx, has seen its pool of 297 Roma students 18 months ago drop to 54 this fall, just as all the schools outreach was starting to pay off with these reluctant young scholars and their parents and They came in waves; sudden, boisterous, defiant, exuberant waves of children from an almost mythic culture who filled the schools of Parkdale with a challenge beyond any they had faced before. Its a rare case of Canadian schools working hard to embrace newcomers who couldnt stay. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.