By Staff
February 28th, 2017
BURLINGTON, ON
For those of you north of the QEW – tonight is the night to get a close up look at the six options that are now being considered by the PARC that is in place to give the Halton District School Board Director of Education a recommendation on which, if any of the high schools should be closed.
Two representatives from each of the seven high schools in the city meeting to recommend an option to the Director of Education.
PARC is the Program Accommodation Review Committee that has two representatives each from the six high schools that have now met on four occasions to look at data the board has provided them and make a recommendation.
Details of each of the six options will be set out on different “information” stations” with school board staff on hand to answer questions.
The event takes place at the Hayden high school on Tim Dobbie Drive. The event begins at 7:00 pm. The Board of Education is not making a presentation to an audience – there is no start time. People will be able to move from “information station” to “information station” and look at the maps and accompanying information and ask questions of senior board staff.
The event will be repeated on March 7th at the New Street Education Centre on New Street.
The following are the meetings to take place before a decision date:
| Public Meeting #2 (South Burlington schools) | March 7, 2017 at 7:00 pm
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New Street Education Centre 3250 New Street |
| PARC Working Meeting #5 | March 23, 2017 at 7:00 pm | J.W. Singleton Education Centre 2050 Guelph Line |
| Director’s Report (with compiled feedback) to Committee of the Whole | March 29, 2017 at 7:00 pm | J.W. Singleton Education Centre 2050 Guelph Line |
| Public Delegation Night | April 18, 2017 at 6:00 pm | J.W. Singleton Education Centre 2050 Guelph Line |
| Final Report to Board of Trustees for decision | May 17, 2017 at 7:00 pm | J.W. Singleton Education Centre 2050 Guelph Line |
Parents from both Central and Pearson high schools have been demonstrating before school board meetings.
Burlington Central High school parents have been demonstrating pretty consistently since this process began back in October. They would like to see more involvement from city hall even though the final decision will be made by the school board trustees in May.
