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A new partnership between the city and a school board will provide more outdoor learning programs and public recreation.
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During the year-long pilot program, the Greater Essex County District School Board will let the City of Windsor operate programs at the gymnasiums and libraries at William G. Davis and Talbot Trail Public Schools. In exchange, the school board will have access to city parks during regular school hours for student activities.
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“In the City of Windsor, we believe in active, responsible and inclusive recreation offerings,” said Nada Tremblay, Manager of Community Programming and Development for the city.
“Our mission is to create experiences that encourage Windsor residents to be physically and socially active while contributing to the high quality of life people want to live, work and play here in our community. A big part of that is working closely with community partners, like our school board friends, to deliver recreation services effectively and efficiently for everyone.
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The city will initially offer programming from 6 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday with four programs per day at each school. Two sports-focused programs will take place at each gymnasium school, and two additional art-focused programs will take place at each library.
The city parks the school board will use are Lanspeary Park, AKO Park, Realtor Park, Riverside Miracle Park, Ford Test Track Park, Forest Glade Optimist Park, Wigle Park, and Bush Park.
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The partners have entered into a joint use agreement to maximize facility utilization, reduce operating costs, share responsibilities and resources, and minimize duplicate gymnasium construction. The cost of the partnership is neutral.
Shelley Armstrong, the school board’s superintendent of affairs, said the board doesn’t get a lot of funding for green space and outdoor landscaping.
“It gives schools the opportunity to use local neighborhood parks, use baseball diamonds, walking tracks, conduct outdoor science experiments – things of that nature that we wouldn’t always be able to do otherwise, depending on the facilities we have,” Armstrong said.
