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      <title>Ms Karen Richmond [Signature #307]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Karen Richmond, Dundas, Ontario, Canada]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2014 04:17:24 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Dave Wallace [Signature #306]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Dave Wallace, Oakville, Ontario, Canada<p>Parkside offers an ideal location for not only outdoor sports, but also to the downtown community whichs helps students and employers alike.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 4 Jul 2014 11:12:49 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Nikki Robinson [Signature #305]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nikki Robinson<p>One large super school will be a disaster.  Two high schools in Dundas is that way it should be.  When I went to High School in Dundas I was at Highland and it was great that some students who didn&#039;t like Highland whether they were being bullied or just wanted to be at the more academic school could just transfer to Parkside and the same went for Parkside students lots of them transferred because of bullies or for the more hands on arts, mechanics and carpentry that Highland offered</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 4 Jul 2014 04:40:38 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Tim Gassner [Signature #304]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Tim Gassner, Dundas, ontario, Canada<p>Parkside forever Super Highland never!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 4 Jul 2014 07:33:06 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Dan Churchill [Signature #303]</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 4 Jul 2014 07:11:13 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>MS Diane Robertson [Signature #302]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2014 07:45:03 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Alison Kirk [Signature #301]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Alison Kirk, Dundas, Ontario, Canada]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 7 Dec 2013 04:30:05 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Debbie Hommersen [Signature #300]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Debbie Hommersen]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 07:52:20 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Linda Gambrell [Signature #299]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Linda Gambrell<p>Signing for my nieces, who would like to continue on at this school.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Sep 2013 07:56:35 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Joanne Babcock [Signature #298]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Joanne Babcock, Hamilton, Ontario]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Sep 2013 02:43:19 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Matthew Thomson [Signature #297]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Matthew Thomson, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada<p>Stop doing this sort of thing</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Sep 2013 09:33:31 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Jordon Babcock [Signature #296]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jordon Babcock, Hamilton, ONTARIO, Canada]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Sep 2013 09:31:56 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs. Jeanette Puddington [Signature #295]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs. Jeanette Puddington, Dundas, ON, Canada]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Sep 2013 07:33:27 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Pat Senft [Signature #294]</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:18:22 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. William Park [Signature #293]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. William Park, Dundas, Ontario, Canada<p>I think that one of the main issues is weather and its impact on the students.  Parkside is located on high ground under the escarpment with plenty of trees locally and trees leading to it. Students can daily walk to their school through safe shady streets away from the impacts  of storms. We have to plan to protect our children in the future from the angry earth itself. We read about schools and whole towns being hit by tornadoes, down bursts and high winds even in Ontario. Do we put all of our kids in one location away from town on a plain exposed to wind and the powers of nature and next to a major street? With two locations at least 1/2 our students will be safe in the event of a weather disaster. I and my 4 siblings and children are Parkside graduates. We grew up on the south facing lee of the escarpment below Rock Chapel as Parkside has. We have basked in the sun away from the severe winter winds our entire lives. We knew of the safe snug feeling that was evident at Parkside.  Please don&#039;t close this school.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 6 Jul 2013 03:42:26 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Dr. Kim Jones [Signature #292]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Kim Jones, Dundas, ON, Canada<p>Our neighbourhood is in transition from empty nesters to young families. These kids (including mine) will need a local high school within the decade. It is shortsighted to sacrifice a great spot like Parkside when the future need is so strong.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:14:46 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Elizabeth Ainsworth [Signature #291]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Ainsworth, Dundas, On, Canada]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:32:33 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Len Voycey [Signature #290]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Len Voycey, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada<p>When you remove schools and community centres from our beautiful Canadian towns, you tear the very heart out of the Canadian Lifestyle. Allocation of funds is merely a matter of setting priorities.  You have a funding method proposed - stop turning our small towns into shopping malls and parking lots!!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:06:57 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Larry Button [Signature #289]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Larry Button, Dundas, Ontario, Canada]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 02:24:20 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs. Kathy Wetselaar nee Kathy Beale [Signature #288]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs. Kathy Wetselaar nee Kathy Beale, Smithville, ON, Canada<p>Don&#039;t shut down my High School!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 07:27:01 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Imogen Pearson [Signature #287]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Imogen Pearson, Canada<p>Save Parkside. Its natural treed setting and its close access to wilderness trails makes it one of the best high schools in the HWDSB. I fully support the Dundas community&#039;s efforts to save a great school that I had the privilege of working in as a teacher in 1999. Mega schools with bussing only hurts the environment and creates a sterile learning environment for our youth. No playing fields? Not a reason to destroy a gem.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 04:44:59 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Anonymous [Signature #286]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Canada<p>My brother went to Parkside and it&#039;s a great school in a special location. Please don&#039;t shut it down in favor of a superschool.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:17:48 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Melissa White [Signature #285]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Melissa White, Dundas, Ontario, Canada<p>As a former student of Parkside, and now a certified high school teacher, I highly disagree with closing the school.  Smaller enrollment allows for a tight knit community amongst the students and staff. Hasn&#039;t the government been preaching for years that classroom sizes are too large?  Schools like Westdale with high enrollment are also presented with maxed out class sizes.  The location is one of the best in the &#039;mega city,&#039; allowing students to be surrounded by trees and a healthy environment</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:33:52 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Pat James [Signature #284]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pat James, Canada<p>Park side is a wonderful school and pivotal to the propesperity of the area</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:13:11 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Jane Canale [Signature #283]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jane Canale]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:44:41 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>tegan wingfield [Signature #282]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:04:32 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Elizabeth Gray [Signature #281]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Elizabeth Gray, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 08:36:56 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Lynda Switzer [Signature #280]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Lynda Switzer, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada<p>Keep Parkside open- Dundas needs this school.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 04:12:24 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms. Sara Dickinson [Signature #279]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms. Sara Dickinson]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 03:02:34 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. Timothy McClemont [Signature #278]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Timothy McClemont, Hamilton, ON, Canada<p>As a Parkside alumni from &#039;78 and a member of the volunteer committee that coordinated the Parkside 50 birthday event in 2010, I have seen first hand how important this school is to this community. It makes total sense from an economic and programmatic view to keep this high school open and thriving by making a comparativley modest investment.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 01:54:36 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Richard Bartley [Signature #277]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Richard Bartley<p>I want a 21st century school that will attract students in the future.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:13:28 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Helen Bartley [Signature #276]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Helen Bartley<p>I want a 21st century school that will attract students in the future.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:12:35 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Stephen Palmer [Signature #275]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Stephen Palmer]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 11:46:19 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Napoleon Wilson [Signature #274]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Napoleon Wilson, Canada<p>The HWDSB has made some awful decisions in the past and I often question their motives. You made some great points. Keep up the fight!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 07:01:52 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. Jeff Tomlinson [Signature #273]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Jeff Tomlinson, Dundas, Ontario, Canada<p>Our family has had an awesome four years, so far, at Parkside High School. We chose to move to Dundas from Burlington so that our children could be part of a community, where people know each other, and more importantly, care about each other. We would like to see this school so that our boys, as well as many other children to follow will be afforded the success of graduating from such a great school.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 11:48:05 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs. Stephanie Tomlinson [Signature #272]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs. Stephanie Tomlinson, Dundas, Ontario, Canada<p>Please keep this vital part of our community open. The needs of the students, and the families they represent, are far more important than being a city of impressive massive new buildings where students become statistics. This school nurtures each and every student that attends as well as being an active, central part of why people choose to live in small towns. We as parents have opted this community for the very fact that it offers us the option of a smaller school setting for our kids. Thanks</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 11:12:48 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Gillian Charters [Signature #271]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gillian Charters<p>I thought we were in a period of austerity and  here you are throwing money away.  For a lower quality solution.  It is a school worth keeping.  A great place for kids.  I think it is kickback money for developers.  INVEST in your KIDS in a community school in a great environment.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>martin krivanek [Signature #270]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 09:52:48 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Wendy Jardine [Signature #269]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Wendy Jardine, Dundas, Ontario, Canada<p>Please keep Parkside alive!!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 09:33:06 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Betty Preston [Signature #268]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Betty Preston, Ancaster, Ont, Canada<p>We have really enjoyed  drama productions at the school and felt the the coaching was superb. There is a lot to be said about  the benefits of a smaller local school where  students get a chance to shine and not get lost in the crowd.</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 08:23:13 UTC</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 07:51:26 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs. Anne Cibola [Signature #265]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 08:40:26 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. Jozef Smal [Signature #258]</title>
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But if you have to choose, Parkside is our only chance. For gods sake, save the money and our town. Do not take a Walmart approach to my childrens education.</p>]]></description>
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