BRIDGENORTH, Ont. – Ontario Education Minister Mitzie Hunter has called for a province-wide moratorium on school closure, pending a review of the accommodation review process.
Hunter was at a Peterborough area school today, flanked by MPPs Grant Crack, Granville Anderson and Lou Rinaldi, as she announced a plan to improve rural and northern education.
Hunter said the government is taking immediate steps to overhaul the process, based on community feedback, which will happen in “the coming months.”
The move follows a number of community consultation meetings, which included one in Merrickville – the closest location to Eastern Ontario.
But the moratorium won’t save Rothwell-Osnabruck in Ingleside or Benson Public School in Cardinal – both slated to close at the end of this school year.
UCDSB Trustee Jeremy Armer told the Morrisburg Leader the board had already made its decision in March and they would continue with the process with all the closures approved.
We will be updating this story throughout the day.