Lady Eaton Elementary School in Omemee will close at End of 2017-2018 School Year.
On October 25, 2016 Trillium Lakeland District School Board trustees approved an accommodation review of the school. The recommendation was for Lady Eaton Elementary School to close at the end of the 2017-2018 school year and students transfer to Scott Young Public School at the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year.
An accommodation review committee was formed and it included two parents from both Lady Eaton Elementary School and Scott Young Public School. The ARC held two public meetings and one working meeting prior to developing a report that was presented to staff in March.
Community members had the opportunity to bring delegations to a Special Meeting of the Board on April 5, 2017 however the final recommendation from staff remained unchanged and trustees voted to close Lady Eaton Elementary School at Tuesday nights meeting.
Lady Eaton school is larger than Scott Young and some questioned the decision to close the larger school. Officials said that while Lady Eaton is larger Scott Young is a newer school with a larger yard and more room for expansion.
Residents also worried about closing the very popular and active daycare at Lady Eaton but it appears the board has taken that into consideration.
The board’s facility services staff will begin planning for a four classroom junior kindergarten addition at Scott Young Public School as well as working with the CKL Consolidated Municipal Service Manager to plan for a daycare addition. Requests for both these projects will be submitted to the Ministry of Education to be included in the next round of provincial priority capital projects.
