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Public Meetings Planned as Part of Bluewater ARC

The Bluewater District School Board has set up two public meetings as it goes through a couple of accomodation reviews.

The first public meeting is for the accommodation review that includes Beavercrest Community, Holland-Chatsworth Central, Macphail Memorial Elementary and Spruce Ridge Community.

It will be held on Thursday, November 3rd at 7:00pm at Beavercrest Community School in Markdale.

The second meeting will be Tuesday, November 8th at Chesley District Community School.

That accomodation review includes Chesley District Community, Paisley Central, Port Elgin-Saugeen Central, Saugeen District Secondary and Walkerton District Community School.

Each meeting will include a presentation of the Initial Staff Report, as well as an overview of each School Information Profile.

However, Bluewater Board officials says in order to register to present, board staff must be notified no later than one week prior to each public meeting date.

Complete public submission guidelines and other details are available on the Bluewater District School Board website at www.bwdsb.on.ca.

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