NORTH PERTH – After a question-and-answer period at the April 26 Avon-Maitland District School Board board of trustees meeting, trustees voted to defer the decision on boundary changes. Instead of immediately following the recommendation from Watson & Associates Economists Ltd. and staff, they have instead published the detailed report to the community. The report was…
Trustees vote to defer boundary changes
Connor Luczka, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterMay 4, 2022 @ 12:29 pmListowel Banner

The Board of Trustees voted to defer the decision to make changes to the AMDSB boundary. After a community survey and 830 respondents, they report that there is a lack of a “clearly preferred option.” Despite that, AMDSB staff and consultants Watson & Associates Economists Ltd. presented a change for the 2023-24 school year. That change would have seen grade 7-8 students from NPWES go to LDSS. It would have adjusted the boundary between LEPS and NPWES (area #1) and LEPS and ETPS (area #2).