Final Decision for Accommodation Review – Owen Sound Area Group of Schools
Text of Bluewater District School Board statement - The course has been set for a strengthened and more sustainable model for public education in the Owen Sound area. At the Regular Meeting of the Board on April 19, 2016, after a six month long consultative process, Bluewater District School Board trustees approved the following recommendations related to the Accommodation Review – Owen Sound Area Group of Schools:
1. That Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational lnstitute students be consolidated with West Hill Secondary School students on the site of the current West Hill Secondary School for the 2016-17 school year, effective September 2016; and That the Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational lnstitute (OSCVI) facility be ...
Eat Local Grey Bruce Cooperative is now accepting consumer members for their local food, home delivery service. Starting in May, the cooperative of local farmers and food producers will deliver local foods to customers' doorsteps. The group spent the past winter assembling the cooperative, hiring staff and finding warehouse space in Owen Sound. This follows on last autumn's successful test run in which $23,000 worth of local products were delivered to more than 200 customers throughout Grey Bruce, in a single day.
"It's an honour to be one of the farmers selling through the co-op but beyond that I am also just so excited to ...
-by Anne Finlay-Stewart
In 1858, the first Owen Sound high school was built on the site of the former Strathcona School. Grey-Bruce was blossoming and high schools soon began to open in Meaford, Walkerton, Hanover and Kincardine.
The Owen Sound Collegiate gained a reputation for ...
By Jon Farmer
Learning to speak a new language is difficult. At least I find it difficult. It's not the mechanics that bother me though; I understand that vocabulary, grammar, and syntax take time to learn. What really frustrates me is my inability to communicate in the meantime. I hate stumbling my way through conversations when...
Honourable Trustees and Board Members,
Ryerson, Victoria and Strathcona! These are three schools that contained heritage and memories that are no longer running as schools due to closures for the better good of the community and to utilize the schools better in their time.
As a student of both Ryerson and Strathcona schools (and an alumni of O.S.C.V.I) I can assure you that this impact at the time seemed drastic but life moved on and for me my memories remain strong regardless of whether the schools are closed or not. The students that were moved to further parts of the town at that time moved on
and the voices against accepted and made their new school their home.
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