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Glover to host public meeting to address threatened school closures.

I am hosting a pubic meeting on Monday, April 30 in the Wilson Room, John Street Public Library starting at 7:00 PM to hear about and discuss options that may address the threatened school closures in Kingston. In order to keep all the schools open, a position which I support, it has been suggested that the school board would need an additional $1 million in revenue. Can that be achieved through partnerships and renting excess space ?

A panel will provide introductory comments, and then the meeting will be open to all to ask questions, and participate in a discussion.

Location: Wilson Room, John Street Public Library, second floor.

Day and time: Monday, April 30 starting at 7:00 PM.

Panel members will include:

•Lindsay Davidson: a physician and a KCVI parent representative on the Program Accommodation Review Committee (PARC);

•Karen Dolan: Executive Director of the Kingston Arts Council. They have expressed an interest in additional space that might allow them to expand programs in parts of the city that currently have little access to them;

• JP Shearer: a member of KEDCO staff, responsible for business development. KEDCO has identified the need for more, inexpensive, “incubator space” that can be made available to start-up companies.

On Tuesday, April 17 council received the staff report outlining options. You may find this at:

http://www.cityofkingston.ca/pdf/council/agenda/2012/COU_A1312-12150.pdf

This report will also be subject of discussion at the next PARC meeting, on Tuesday, May 1.

I have addressed this issue previously on this website and the relevant posts are:

March 6, 2012 council report.

KCVI closing threatened.

School closures possible ?

PLEASE NOTE: The library’s elevator to the second floor, where the Wilson Room is located will be out of service for maintenance.



613.549.1900
www.billglover.org
bglover@cityofkingston.ca


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