The Bluewater District School Board (BWDSB) is holding an open house this week to address temporary changes set for the next school year.
The open house will be held on Oct. 22 at Grey Highlands Secondary School in Flesherton about how the board is managing the increasing number of student enrolment ahead of the new junior kindergarten to Grade eight school being built in Dundalk.
The meeting will touch on these changes set for September 2025:
-Highpoint Community School in Dundalk, which currently teaches Grades three to eight, will become a Grades three to six school.
-The Grades seven to eight program at Highpoint Community School will be temporarily relocated to Grey Highlands Secondary School, which currently teaches Grades nine to 12, until the new school in Dundalk is finished.
-Three holding zones, which is an area of high population growth and development where future homes will be built, will be created in Dundalk.
-Macphail Memorial Elementary School in Flesherton, which teaches junior kindergarten to Grade eight, will be the receiving students from junior Kindergarten to Grade eight from the three holding zones.
-Dundalk and Proton Community School will remain unchanged as a junior kindergarten to Grade two school.
BWDSB board staff and third-party consultants will be available anytime between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. to answer questions.
Anyone with questions are invited to email dundalkprogramrevision@bwdsb.on.ca.