Children from Davisville Public School are beginning to settle in at their temporary home at Vaughan Road Academy while a new DPS is built on Millwood Rd. One of the bonuses for the elementary school kids is regular swimming classes at the former high school’s pool. No such amenity existed at Davisville. VRA is one of a number of buildings which the Toronto and District School Board has in transition as it juggles the ever-changing pattern of enrolment in midtown Toronto. Thursday evening Trustee Shelley Laskin and Davisville Principal Shona Farrelly met with a small group of parents at an open house at the new home for DPS students. VRA has been improved and adjusted to accommodate 5 to 12 year olds. A newly-paved and painted playground, removal of daunting steel turnstiles in the library, the lowering of coat hooks and water fountains and a new emergency exit for kindergarteners were part of changes needed. It is expected to take two years to build the new DPS with a targeted return to class there in the fall of 2020.
