Sunday, February 16th, 2025

As the last young students leave the junior site of Creemore’s local public school for good at the end of this school year, Principal Heather Birchall wants to make sure memories of the 117-year-old building don’t get left behind.

So, she and the School Council of Nottawasaga and Creemore Public School are inviting all interested members of the public to a meeting next Tuesday where they can provide ideas for a celebration in early June.

“We want to make sure we don’t miss any input from anybody who has connections to the history, longevity and community,” said Birchall.

The Council is looking for suggestions of ways to honour the building’s role in the many lives of former and current students, staff members and parents.

“This won’t be the last opportunity people will have to offer their suggestions,” Birchall said.

People who would like to make suggestions but who are not able to attend the meeting can call the school at 705-466-2624 or 705-466-6314.

The March 4 meeting will focus more on the ceremony in June than the transition to the newer school, added Birchall. However, there will be drawings of the plans and budget information about the senior site of NCPS for interested attendees. Birchall will take any questions to Jackie Kavanagh, the Superintendent of Education for the Simcoe County District School Board, at a later date.

The School Board announced the closure of NCPS’ junior site last fall to consolidate resources amid declining student enrollment.

In September 2014, all Creemore public school students will attend the NCPS building at 240 Collingwood Street, which was built in 1966. Students in kindergarten and Grades 1 and 2 will no longer have to walk from the junior site on Caroline Street West to the senior site for gym class.

Once the junior site has been vacated, the School Board will offer it first to the Simcoe Muskoka District School Board and then to the Township of Clearview. If neither express interest in the building, it will be put up for sale.

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