Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB) is exploring opportunities for community planning and facility partnership with community partners. You are invited to a public meetings on March 5 and March 6, 2025, to learn about the options for sharing space in HPEDSB schools. Each meeting will offer an information exchange and an opportunity for partners to share ideas about school board-related plans or proposals. The information presented will be the same at each meeting, so choose the date and location that works best for you.
Community Planning and Partnership Meetings
March 5 and March 6, 2025
Expression of Interest Form
- Meeting #1: Wednesday, March 5, 2025—Athol-South Marysburgh Public School (Library), 10:00 AM
- Meeting #2: Wednesday, March 5, 2025—William R. Kirk (Gym), 4:00 PM
- Meeting #3: Thursday, March 6, 2025—York River Public School (Class 135), 4:00PM
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Community planning and partnerships
HPEDSB welcomes community use of school and community partnerships in support of healthy, active lifestyles and sustainable, vibrant communities. The school board's first responsibility is to ensure student safety and well-being, and to support student achievement.
Cooperative and collaborative partnerships are part of the foundation of a strong, vibrant and sustainable public education system. Partnerships can strengthen the role of the schools in communities, provide a place for programs, facilitate the coordination of, and improve access to, services for students and the broader community.
Programs in place at several schools include the following:
Child care
Community commercial kitchen
Municipal libraries
Opportunities for facility partnerships can be considered when HPEDSB is considering the use of unoccupied space in schools, doing significant renovations at schools, or building new schools.
Procedure 570: Community Planning and Partnership (pdf) describes the process for establishing a facility partnership with community organizations. It outlines the specifics for partnerships in new and existing facilities where students are taught, and for effectively sharing planning information with community organizations. This procedure is based on the Ministry of Education Community Planning and Partnerships Guideline, 2015.
As per Procedure 570, a public meeting will be held annually to discuss potential planning and facility partnership opportunities with the public and community organizations and to exchange information with interested partners about available space and/or potential co-build projects.
Contact information
Toll Free: 1-800-267-4350
Phone: 613-966-1170, extension 62129
Email: Kim Horrigan, Senior Manager, Facility Services, [email protected]