Children deserve stability.
Families deserve transparency.
Communities deserve to be heard.

Dear Hampton Park Community, SD43 & Government Officials,

We, the undersigned parents and families of children enrolled and on the waitlist for the Before & After School Program at Hampton Park Elementary School, are writing to express our deep concern for how decisions directly affecting our children are being made.

School Administration and School District 43 announced an alarming decision not to renew the License to Occupy held by Hampton Park Montessori operating on-site Before & After School Child Care to over 54 children.    

This decision was communicated without meaningful parent consultation, without a clear or consistent rationale, and without a transparent decision-making process.  School Administration has repeatedly deflected accountability and in writing to parents, refused meetings to discuss this matter with the very families it serves.

Parents are asking for clarity, transparency, and a voice in decisions that directly affect their children.

Hampton Park Montessori has been a stable, trusted presence within the school community for decades.  Many families chose this school specifically because of the Montessori’s enrichment programs, exceptional care and the continuity it provides during a critical stage of child development.

The absence of clear explanation surrounding this non-renewal has created uncertainty for children and families and has raised serious concerns about process, transparency, fairness, and governance.

Particularly troubling is the School District’s apparent readiness to replace an established, successful program without first engaging the families most affected and viewing children as interchangeable placements.  The districts readiness does not consider the delicate needs of children and the trust and secure bonds created with their current educators.  Each of whom also do not support being replaced without justification.

District officials provided three inconsistent explanations for non-renewal to three different audiences, creating confusion and undermining confidence in the School District’s decision-making process.  The absence of a consistent, clear, documented rationale for the non-renewal decision has caused stress and uncertainty amongst families in the school community.

Parents are further troubled that the proximity in timing between the successful petition for additional classroom space in September 2025 and the subsequent non-renewal decision in November 2025 creates the appearance of possible retaliation for parent advocacy.  While no conclusion is being asserted, the lack of transparency combined with inconsistent reasoning warrants independent review.

Families are asking straightforward questions.

1. Why is a valued and fully enrolled, community-supported program being displaced without transparent reasoning and without parent involvement? 
2. Why are parents being forced in to a position to make changes to their trusted childcare arrangement - changes that parents did not ask for nor agree to?

Hampton Park Parents and Community Are Petitioning School District 43 To:

• Pause all actions that would displace Hampton Park Montessori.

• Provide clear, written justification for the Districts non-renewal decision.

• Collaborate with and consult with parents and the school community prioritizing their children's best interests.

• Engage meaningfully with parents to secure a solution that keeps Hampton Park Montessori at Hampton Park Elementary, safeguarding children from avoidable disruption and protecting the stability they rely on.

• Commit to transparent, good-faith decision-making moving forward.

The School District’s unwarranted rush to replace Hampton Park Montessori with a provider who has demonstrated unwillingness to meet with families first and rather transfer children as objects, has left families pressed to either register by February 13th or be left without trusted childcare entirely - a change parents did not request, do not support, and do not understand.

We urge School District 43 to pause, engage, and put children's best interests first.

Leila Celani, 

Director

Hampton Park Montessori Inc.

(604)765-0596

HamptonParkMontessori@gmail.com