First and foremost, in the hearts and minds of every staff member here at school is the wellbeing of our children.
We believe that the child should always be first, but we have, at times, come up against brick walls.
An example where information sharing would have clearly helped with our children was a child who came in in Grade Six.
So she had a long history, a long history of trauma, heartbreaking family situations, medical concerns, psychological concerns, extreme violence, as she was also funded under the programme for students with disabilities.
If we had have known that information, we would have been able to put support into place for her immediately.
Instead, what we found was that we were trying to gather information that would be able to support her so that we could best address her needs, of which she had many.
So I think having access to the wealth of information will support children in the future far better than we have been able to do of recent times.
The hesitation to share, which we have experienced before, as a school, will be removed from the equation, and there'll be a freedom to be able to speak very positively and in a very supportive manner, to be able to meet the needs of the children and the families as they come into our schools.
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