On Thursday June 25, 1998, on behalf of O.A.F.C.C.D., Genese Warr-Leeper made a presentation to the Board of Trustees of The Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) on the proposed elimination of 3 Speech and Language Pathologists.

After the presentation, the Trustees with a 6/4 vote decided to keep
1 SLP in each of the 3 Regional Educational Centers (east, west & central). This is a 100% increase for the area of Lanark, Leeds & Grenville but a 50% decrease in the Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Prescott & Russell area).

WE WON!!! (this battle)

I would like to thank all parents, families, professionals and concerned persons who wrote or phoned their trustees and those who came to meeting to show their support!

I would also like to thank the trustees who voted for maintaining the SLPs. They were Trustee Buckland, Trustee Anderson, Trustee Timmons, Trustee Spaulding, Trustee Schoular and Trustee Thompson.

The battle is not over yet! 3 SLP to serve approx. 3000-4000 children is not enough. We must keep on the school board, Ministry of Education and Provincial Government to increase funding to Special Education specially for Speech and Language Pathologists.