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7 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,January 28,2021 insidehalton.com $79 Over 120,000 satisfied custOmers 9 Locations to serve you better Heating & Cooling www.aireonewest.ca high efficiency central air & furnace *Call for Details *Call for Details FURNACE DIAGNOSTIC SPECIAL *Call for Details $49$49 * Starting from Starting from $2799$2799 * 10 Year Factory Warranty 10 Year Factory Warranty $1/DAY OAC* AIRE ONE MADNEss sAlE!AIRE ONE MADNEss sAlE! FURNACE CLEANING SPECIAL 95.5%EFF. 95.5%EFF. $59 /MONTH OAC* NO PAYMENT, NO INTEREST!* $4999 *$4999 *Call for Details 79$79$79 * OAKVILLE 905-849-4998 1-888-827-2665 $1000 Off hi-efficiency furnace 10 Y We are eSSential & are OPen tO SerVe yOu! A much-needed north Oakville high school is one step closer to becoming a re- ality. The Town's Planning and Development Council voted Monday, Jan. 18 to receive comments from the public and councillors regarding the construction of a three- storey public secondary school at 1039 Dundas St., W., just west of the Dundas Street and Neyagawa Boule- vard intersection. The Halton District School Board is calling for zoning changes that will permit the school and asso- ciated sports field and run- ning track on the 4.88-hect- are property. The proposal features an 82,575-square-foot school building, 60 classrooms, 141 parking spaces, six accessi- ble parking spaces and 46 bi- cycle parking spaces. The school would be large enough for 1,200 stu- dents; however, board staff said the property can ac- commodate as many as 12 portables for additional stu- dents, should the need arise. The province announced in July 2020 that it will in- vest $33.6 million to build the school. Urban Planner Natalie Hickey, who spoke on behalf of the school board, said there is no shortage of need for this facility. "As of October 2020, there were 734 secondary stu- dents that live in Oakville, north of Dundas, but attend schools south of Dundas Street," she said. The school is currently projected to open in Septem- ber 2024, at which point it can begin easing some of these enrolment pressures. Ward 7 Couns. Pavan Parmar and Jasvinder Sandhu called on the board to ensure the school will have enough parking to ac- commodate both staff and students who drive. The land is currently home to the St. Peter and Paul Serbian Orthodox Par- ish, which will continue to operate on the east side of the property. Councillors heard from a representative of the parish as well as the representative of a private residence near- by. Both called on the town to co-ordinate with the re- gion and the school board to ensure construction is com- pleted as smoothly and effi- ciently as possible. "We don't want someone to go back in there a year or so after the school is fin- ished and disturb the road to build some service con- nections," said Andrew Fata of Urbantech Consulting, who spoke on behalf of the residents. Ward 5 Coun. Jeff Knoll said the building of this school has been a long time coming."I'm so happy to see this," he said. "I have been here for 20 years, and I think of those 20 years, for around 19.5 of them, we have been antici- pating this school. I'm so pleased to see this is finally coming to fruition. It's a proud day indeed to see this come before us." Town staff will take all these comments into con- sideration and return at a later date with a recommen- dation for council on wheth- er the proposal should be al- lowed to move forward. NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL STEP CLOSER TO REALITY A new secondary school is proposed near the Dundas Street and Neyagawa Boulevard intersection. HDSB photo DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com NEWS