Minister of Education does not agree with move to try to keep Parry Sound School open

The Minister of Education, Paul Calandra, did not mince words in a recent letter to the Near North District School Board regarding the board’s decision to keep McDougall Public School in Parry Sound open. “Your decision is unacceptable,” he emphasized, and he is prepared to intervene. The minister explained this in a letter dated April 14. BayToday received the letter from the Ministry on April 24. However, Ashley St. Pierre, the chair of the NNDSB, and Howard Wesley, the vice