These discussion with the DECs, I assume they have been going on for the last six or eight years, and it appears we are no closer to figuring out how to ensure students are more successful with the grade extensions. Quite possibly, we are not screening people properly.
If we are dumping everybody back into grade 10 because they now offer grade extensions, that leads me to ask what kind of K through 9 are we offering in some of these small communities? Is it up to snuff if somebody has had grade 9 three years ago, and have been out of the system, or ten years ago and try to come back to grade 10, it looks like they are totally unsuccessful because they do not seem to make it to grade 11.
As the Minister mentioned, they have had these discussions with the DECs, I have to assume it has been for as long as the bulge has been around. I am wondering if they are any closer in these discussions to solving the riddle of the bulge?