Hi Everyone,
Just in - we have a school! John Dolstra, our Whitby Trustee who has been working on this with us for several years now, just called to give us the news.
The announcement just came out. We will have a school for 2009/2010!!!
You can read it here:
http://ddsb.durham.edu.on.ca/Pdf/about/m...chools.htm
I'm really just too excited to focus to write any more .
Thank you to our School Campaign Supporters, especially Peter Mitres who has kept things going when I couldn't and Liz Roy (former Trustee and current Councillor) and John Dolstra.
This is what hard work and a 1 Billion dollar investment in South Whitby will do !
Soon as the weather is warmer, I'd like to organize a picnic for all of us in our Park - so I will send out info later.
I will continue to email you on the details once I get them.
Nancy Slawski
Yes a dual tract French Immersion school would be ideal and you never know - it's definitely something we'll be raising. My daughter goes to Heard. The paper article was misleading - no decisions have been made regarding closing it but because it's such an old building, I wouldn't be surprised if it does close over the next 5 years. My main concern is not breaking up the school community. I wouldn't want to lose all the great teachers if they closed. I'm all for moving it here.
It would be the best of both worlds for us.
Construction to start 2009.
Anyone involved with the school campaign will tell you that to get a school as quickly as 2 yrs from now is amazing and nothing to be disappointed about but instead something to be thrilled about. We were hopeful for one in 5yrs.
After all our hard work I refuse to see a bad side to this announcement. Do you have any idea of how long our community has been fighting for this and just how big a deal being awarded a school is in Durham region?
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They do things in 5 year accomodation plans. So we were hoping we'd be somewhere in this new plan but were thrilled to find out it's only 2 yrs away.
I wish for everyone that it had happened a lot earlier.
It's going to be great for us, but there will be several schools that will end up closing so not everyone will be so happy. The announcements have yet to be made, but they will be and some no/low growth areas will have their schools closed. It's just too bad that not everyone can have their own school.
It usually takes schools several years to be built. Chances are we won't get a school until after 2010. There always seem to be construction delay on Durham Schools like the new Williamsburg school was 2 years late after the intended opening date. If there is a plan in the works, that is great but don't be surprised if the school isn't done on time.
It's frustration, not bitterness...
Nan - your message seems a little bitter.
I was simply asking you to confirm if I read the article correctly. When you post that we will have a school for 2009/2010 I am assuming it would be a functioning school, not a construction site.
I do realize how long this community has waited for this to happen. It is a great thing.
how about we start a new campaign? we'll call it the "Whitby Shores High School Campaign" since most kids will be in high school by the time this public school is built. At least mine will...
I hearby appoitnment George to head our Whitby Shores highschool campaign! Go George!!!
I'd go for a university. Maybe Eco-College?
With FM Heard closing (unofficially but I have it on good authority this is happening for sure) one of the new schools in Whitby or Brooklin will have to be French immersion.