New camp policy accepted by WSD

Mennonite Church Manitoba

A new Camps with Meaning (CwM) guest group policy has been accepted by the Winnipeg School Division (WSD). This means that, after a nearly two-year disruption, WSD schools can again book trips to the three camps. Contacts are being made to renew relationships with school groups that have rented CwM facilities in the past.

In the fall of 2003, the school board instructed its schools that CwM facilities were not on its "approved" list. This ruling was based on MC Manitoba's guest group policy in place at the time, which the school division deemed to be inconsistent with its own policies of inclusion. The school board ruling was part of a wider issue …