At the heart of the neighbourhood is Chinook Park Elementary School, acknowledged to be one of the strongest schools in the public system. It boasts a heavyweight school council that is so vocal it has been known to help shape public views on some issues. For the series Family Matters, Calgary-based reporter Alanna Mitchell will write about this neighbourhood in which the sense of community runs deep, especially for a modern, urban Canadian city. Her second child was still being breast-fed when she opened the Calgary news bureau five years ago. Ms. Mitchell has spent much of her time at The Globe writing about social trends and social statistics.
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