PARC delayed again

Jeff Green | Nov 19, 2009

The Limestone District School Board as begun the conversation about the future of schooling in Kingston's west end, as the next stage in the Accomodation Review for the Sharbot Lake family of school has been delayed once again.

A meeting of the Board's school enrollment/school capacity committee to receive a staff report in response to the Program and Accomodation Review Committee report that was completed in August had been re-scheduled for December 10th at the Board office in Kingston. The December meeting has been cancelled, postponing the decision until January.

Once the staff report has been received by the Board committee, the report will be released and a public meeting will be scheduled, probably in early 2010.

The public meeting had originally been scheduled for November 19th, but according to accomodation review co-ordinator Ruth Bailey the process has been delayed because the Board has been seeking a further funding commitment from the province in order to build a kindergarten to grade 12 school.

The Sharbot Lake PARC, which included parent and teacher representatives from all 5 schools in the region, recommended the closure of Sharbot Lake High School and Public School as well as Hinchinbrooke Public School. A new kindergartent o grade 12 school, to be built “at the Sharbot Lake High School site or at any other suitable location” would be built to replace them.

Land O'Lakes Public School (Mountain Grove) and Clarendon Central Public School (Plevna) would remain open under the scenario reccomended by the committee.

The Board will be holding it's inaugural meeting under its new Executive Committee on December 7th.

Ann Goodfellow, the board representative for Central and North Frontenac, has been the board chair for the passed two years.