With the Upper Canada District School Board’s accommodation review plan set to close a potential 29 schools in Eastern Ontario, meetings for public input are slated to begin this week.
AÂ public meeting for the Grenville, Brockville, and River area is scheduled for next Tuesday, November 15th at South Grenville District High School at 6:30pm. A second meeting for the same area isn’t scheduled until January 24th, 2017 in Brockville.
Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark recently wrote to UCDSB chairman Jeff McMillan and Education Minister Mitzie Hunter calling for a halt to the accommodation review.
Clark has said that community engagement is needed for the review process to be reconsidered and has regularly been attending meetings across the county.
Meeting dates and locations (all meetings scheduled for 6:30pm):
First round of public meetings per region
November 10th at Rockland D.H.S.
November 14th at General Vanier S.S.
November 15th at South Grenville D.H.S.
November 16th at Perth D.C.I.
November 17th at Seaway D.H.S.
Second round of public meetings per region (2017)
January 19th at Rockland D.H.S.
January 23rd at General Vanier S.S.
January 24th at Brockville C.I.
January 30th at Smiths Falls C.D.I.
January 31st at North Dundas D.H.S.
For a breakdown of the regions represented at each meeting, visit the UCDSB website here.
