The Editor,

Re: "Fate of choice school on agenda," the Now, Jan. 12.

Moving schools is stressful on both the child as well as the parents. Our son studies at Discovery and both he and we were perfectly satisfied with the program the school offered. Even though we stay about 10 or 11 kilometres away from the school, we were determined our son study at Discovery due to its Adlerian principles of respect, responsibility and resourcefulness.

Moving the program essentially means "school closure" as the move will result in fewer parents opting for the program at the two alternative schools. Surrey's school board needs to be empathetic with the parents and children of Discovery and come up with some other alternative, like keeping the program at its present site and maybe partially using the space for the proposed learning centre or find a brand new smaller place on its own for the Discovery school.

I hope the board does the right thing.

Pramod Neel, Surrey