Medicine Hat Catholic Board votes to close École St. Thomas D’Aquin
MEDICINE HAT, AB – The doors to École St. Thomas D’Aquin will officially be closed at the end of this school year following a decision by the Medicine Hat Catholic School Board.
The Catholic Board voting unanimously 5-0 on Tuesday night to close the French immersion school in the spring and relocate the school’s 99 students to St. John Paul II School, which will be opening ahead of the 2018-19 school year.
According to the Catholic Board, the closure is due to a lack of growth in the single-track French immersion program and close to $1.5 million in repairs needed at St. Thomas.