The Lambton Kent District School Board has voted to close John N Given Public School, with English language students to be consolidated at Tecumseh, and the French Immersion program moved to McNaughton. 
The decision was made at the board meeting Tuesday evening, with changes going into effect as of July 1st, 2018.
Superintendent Gary Girardi says the board will now request some funds from the province to ease the transition.
“We will be applying for funding to make some of the changes possible in terms of the construction in some of the classrooms,” Girardi says. “While the school itself is large enough to accommodate the students from John N Given, there is some work that needs to be done to accommodate new FDK (Full Day Kindergarten) classrooms and for us to do other work in the building.”
A transition committee, comprised of community, school, and board representatives, will be formed to see if a new school name will be required, among other things.