Western Producer - Sask.
Mastitis spoils milk produced by infected cows.
The March 28 report is ambitious, said Wayne Clements of the Saskat-chewan Teachers Federation. The report discusses how to merge the various roles schools are expected to play, including dealing with poverty, learning about technology, reinforcing values, teaching more aboriginal students and getting teens ready for work. The provincial government set up the task force in May 1999. Its recommendations call for more flexibility in schools and allowing more professionals in the health, justice, social services and aboriginal fields to work with the province's 190,000 students. Gary Shaddock, president of the Saskatchewan School Trustees Association, said the report answers polls that have shown parents are concerned about kids falling through the cracks.