The LDISS Is Open Committee Working To Save School

The future of Lakefield District Secondary School is up in the air due to declining enrolment numbers. Accommodation reviews are being undertaken by Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB to determine its future, and if closed high school students would attend Thomas. A Stewart instead—starting as soon as September 2016 possibly.

The Accommodation Review committee is holding a number of public meetings to discuss the student accommodation needs at this school. Throughout this process, the review committee will share information from the community that will inform the final administrative recommendations on its future.

Parents and community members are invited to attend, and to make presentations at the following committee meetings:

Monday, November 9, 2015               (6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Lakefield DSS)
Monday, December 7, 2015               (6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Lakefield DSS)
Wednesday, January 20, 2016           (6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Lakefield DSS)

For the past few months, a committee called the LDISS Is Open Committee has been tirelessly working on options to keep the school open. The committee is a group of concerned citizens—some who attended LDISS and others who live and work in the community or neighbouring townships—and do not wish to see this school closed forever. 
 

LDISS Is Open Committee encourages current and former students, LDISS parents, parents of children at the feeder schools (Apsley, Warsaw, Buckhorn, Ridpath and Curve Lake First Nations), and community members to come and hear the ideas being presented to the committee. The community will have the opportunity to ask questions at all of the public meetings.

***To learn more about LDISS Is Open Committee, visit their website or Facebook page. To learn more about the accommodation review process, go here.

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