Bay Ward councillor fights to keep Regina Street school open - by Charlie Senack

Regina Street Alternative School near Lincoln Fields is among the five alternative schools in Ottawa not accepting Kindergarten enrolment come September. Photo credit: Regina Street School Facebook.

As concerns grow that the province might eventually decide to close alternative schools altogether, Bay Ward Councillor Theresa Kavanagh has written to the province to keep Regina Street Alternative open as a community school.

In late December, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board announced the five alternative schools in Ottawa would not see junior kindergarten enrolment come September. 

In a letter to Bob Plamandon, the supervisor appointed to oversee the OCDSB, Kavanagh said parents were “shocked” to learn that no new students would enter the school next fall. 

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