In 2003, the Ministry of Education put a moratorium on school closures, with new guidelines released in 2006. Boards were to create pupil accommodation policies based on the Ministry guidelines; the Rainy River District School Board approved its Pupil Accommodation Policy (6.50) in the spring of 2006.
Under the Ministry of Education guidelines regarding Pupil Accommodation, three schools - F. H. Huffman School, Robert Moore School, and Donald Young School - were declared "prohibitive to repair," meaning the costs of repair exceeded other alternatives. The Rainy River District School Board has focused on F.H. Huffman School due to its declining enrolment, the cost of repair, its close proximity to Robert Moore School and the fact that the school is a feeder school to Robert Moore School.
The alternatives for F.H. Huffman School include the
following:
1) Keeping the school open with minor repairs being completed with School
Renewal funding.
2) Rebuilding F.H. Huffman School.
3) Building a consolidated school of F.H. Huffman and Robert Moore Schools.
4) Closing the school.
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