The public will have another chance to ask questions or voice concerns regarding the possible closure of F.H. Huffman School tonight when the Rainy River District School Board holds the third public consultation meeting there.
This Pupil Accommodation Review is meant to provide direction to the board regarding the future pupil accommodation for Huffman School.
The board is looking at the possibility of consolidating Huffman with Robert Moore School, where a new school is slated to be built.
The provincial government recently offered to provide planning approval for a total capitalized value of $9.8 million to address facility conditions at the schools.
The board also held an information session last month at Robert Moore regarding construction of a new school there.
Both schools have been declared prohibitive to repair (meaning the cost of repair exceeds the cost of building new). But the board does not have to go through an accommodation review for Robert Moore because it is looking at a rebuild rather than a closure.
Tonight’s meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Huffman gym.
The first public consultation for Huffman, held at the beginning at December, didn’t draw much attendance, while the second meeting held last month saw some parents saying they’d prefer to see Huffman remain open.
At the end of this series of public consultations (the final one is scheduled for April 8), a recommendation will be made to the board whether or not it should close, consolidate, or continue to keep Huffman open.
Information, such as the framework and answers to questions already posed, is available on the school board’s website at www.rrdsb.com
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