Save Our School!
| Watch the announcement of the Line 2 property (click above!) | ||
| Monday April 12th, 2010. On the first day of the OMB hearings the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake dropped their opposition to the Line 2 property. This means that the DSBN can proceed with the land acquisition and start to construct a new elementary school for the children of Virgil and Col. John Butler! | ||
| Get your copy of the Staff Report. | ||
| June 9, 2010 | New School Ground Breaking! | |
| May 11, 2010 | DSBN Trustee Meeting | |
| Apr 13. 2010 | DSBN Trustee Meeting | |
| Feb 1, 2010 | NOTL Town Council | |
| Jan 26, 2010 | DSBN Trustee Meeting | |
| Dec 14, 2009 | NOTL Town Council | |
| Oct 27, 2009 | DSBN Delegations | |
| Oct 13, 2009 | DSBN Delegations | |
| Jul 20, 2009 | Town Council Speakers | |
| Jun 22, 2009 | DSBN Delegations/Discussions | |
| Jun 9, 2009 | DSBN Delegations/Discussions | |
| May 26, 2009 | No Video | |
| May 12, 2009 | DSBN Delegations/Discussions | |
| Apr 28, 2009 | DSBN Delegations/Discussions | |
| Apr 14, 2009 | DSBN Delegations/Discussions | |
| Mar 10, 2009 | DSBN Delegations/Discussions | |
| Feb 10th, 2009 | DSBN Delegations | |
| Jan 13th, 2009 | DSBN Delegations | |
| Dec 9th, 2008 | DSBN Delegations | |
| Nov 25th, 2008 | DSBN Delegations | |
| Nov 18th, 2008 | Presentations to Joan Green (ARC Process Review) Facilitator | |
| Nov 11th, 2008 | DSBN Delegations | |
| Delegations to the DSBN on the ARC Review (Complete list including those below) | ||
| ARC related Public Delegations are now over | ||
| June 17th, 2008 | DSBN Meeting and Decision |
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| June 10th, 2008 | DSBN Meeting - No decision | |
| May 26th, 2008 | 25 presentations made by Friends of NDSS and Save Our Schools | |
| May 13th, 2008 | 8 presentations made | |
| April 22nd, 2008 | 9 presentations made | |
| April 8th, 2008 | 4 presentations made | |
Mega School is D-E-A-D! New Virgil/Col. John Butler school is to be build where it should be, within the Virgil Community - the Line 2 site.
Parliament Oak Parent Council states the facts about its survey information.NDSS is scheduled to close at the end of the 2009-2010 school year. There are efforts underway to attempt to keep the school open.
A new addition will be build on the St. Davids property to accommodate the students from Laura Secord and Parliament Oak is to be renovated.
Read more details in the news section!
For the 1000's of people who are unable to attend the DSBN meetings on the ARC Review, SOS will be posting videos of the deputations., but only those speakers who give us permission to do so. We will not post videos of those who do not want their deputations made available to the public.
Click here to read what the board has said about recording delegations at the DSBN.
We are faced with the imminent possibility of our local community schools being closed or being reconfigured to the detriment of our children's education. We believe in local community education for all ages.
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