HDSB's long-term plan for Halton Hills: a new Vision Georgetown school and a Georgetown District HS rebuild study
The Halton District School Board's accommodation plan lists a new Vision Georgetown #3 elementary school as a medium-term priority. It also proposes studying a rebuild of Georgetown District High School on a new site, and reviewing space at Acton schools.
What the plan is
The Halton District School Board's Long Term Accommodation Plan (LTAP) for 2025-2026 is the board's annually reviewed planning tool. It projects enrolment over 15 years, from 2025 to 2040, and lists the projects and reviews the board may pursue in each municipality. The items below come from its Halton Hills entries. They are planning initiatives, not approved projects; new schools depend on the Ministry of Education's Capital Priorities funding.
The board says it submitted no projects in the Ministry's 2025 Capital Priorities round because the status of the lands was not clear. It told the Ministry that Vision Georgetown #3 PS and facility right-sizing projects in Halton Hills and in Acton may be considered in the next round. A Georgetown District HS feasibility study is on a second list, pending progress on site preparation.
Georgetown
- Board securing the lands and making them shovel-ready, then a business case to the Ministry; target start 2027/2028, end 2030/2031; boundary review if funded
- Secure the lands, then submit business cases once construction timing is confirmed; long term
- Feasibility study on rebuilding the school on a new site within Vision Georgetown; may also look at future consolidation of Acton District HS; long term
- Business case to the Ministry; the board may combine it with a replacement for Georgetown District HS; long term
- Feasibility studies on replacing or relocating them to Vision Georgetown school sites; long term
- Study of projections and accommodation needs; may be combined with an Acton review; long term
The board expects Halton Hills' share of its students to stay roughly stable over 15 years, within about one percentage point, mainly because projected development in the Vision Georgetown Secondary Plan area offsets what would otherwise be a declining share.
Acton and the rural schools
The plan lists a long-term review of Acton's elementary and secondary boundaries and programs, and medium-term feasibility studies to reduce surplus space at McKenzie-Smith Bennett PS (Ward 1, Acton) and Limehouse PS (Ward 2). The board's 2025 figures show why space is an issue at the secondary level:
- 287
- 1,487
The plan also lists a possible Halton Hills elementary Pupil Accommodation Review, with timing marked unknown and the note 'Moratorium'.
No current boundary review in Halton Hills
HDSB's Current Boundary Reviews page, checked on October 8, lists six reviews: in Burlington, Oakville and Milton. None involves a Halton Hills school. The board says a boundary review would follow if a new Vision Georgetown school is funded.
Sources
Halton District School Board
Long Term Accommodation Plan 2025-2026 (Version 1.0)Halton District School Board
Current Boundary ReviewsHalton District School Board
Long Term Accommodation Plan (LTAP)