Chatham Collegiate Institute

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Hey I was just wondering if anybody that went to CCI between 2001-2002 when they closed if they wanted this insert that I found that we got mailed out later with some pictures and the final days and everything.. jf somebody does they can pick it up for free... please inbox me... thank you.

TO ALL MY COUGARS/ CCI FAMILY..... I HAVE 2 YEAR BOOKS (2000 AND 2001) IF ANY OF YOU WANT THEM.

My parents bought them when CCI was closing. I just found them packed away... I graduated in 2002 so the only one I really want to keep is my graduating one) so if anybody wants these two please let me know you can have them. FREE.

Sorry no posts in a long time. COUGARS NEVER DIE! Post your fave memories here below!!!! And add any alumni if you like!!!

In Aitken v. Lambton Kent District School Board, [2002] O.J. No. 3026, the Divisional Court set aside the Lambton Kent District School Board’s resolution approving the closing of Chatham Collegiate Institute because the senior staff and trustees held a secret meeting prior to making this resolution. The court set aside the resolution because "the heart of the decision-making was conducted out of public view".

In this case, the School Board held public meetings relating to the closing of Chatham Collegiate Institute and produced financial information showing the economic need to close the school. The School Board also held a meeting where the public was not given notice of the meeting (i.e., not advertised in the newspaper). At that meeting, which was attended by 7 of the 10 trustees, various reports relating to the closing of Chatham Collegiate Institute were presented and discussed but no minutes of the meeting were kept. Subsequently, the School Board at a public meeting passed a resolution approving the closing of the school. At these public meetings, the applicants to this judicial review disputed the financial information that was put forward and claimed that annual projected savings if the school was closed were significantly overstated. The applicants brought an application for judicial review of the School Board’s decision and for orders quashing or setting aside the closure resolution and prohibiting the closing of the school.

The court reviewed section 207(1) of the Education Act which provides that all school board meetings must be open to the public. The court determined that the secret meeting was held without the knowledge of the applicants and it excluded the applicants and the public contrary to section 207 of the Education Act. The court concluded that the School Board "deprived the applicants of a level playing field to such a degree that the applicants have been deprived procedural fairness and the appearance of procedural fairness has been irretrievably compromised". The court came to this conclusion, in part, because there were no minutes of the secret meeting and there was no affidavit indicating that the applicants had not been negatively affected by the secret meeting.

http://www.chathamthisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1922953

Theatre group shows interest in CCI With a large gymnasium, music room and small theatre, the availability of Chatham Collegiate Institute (CCI) has sparked some interest among...

http://www.chathamthisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1925076&archive=true

CCI last surplus property for sale by public board The Lambton-Kent District School Board has only one surplus property that it would like to sell -- the former Chatham Collegiate Institute. ...

http://www.cktimes.ca/archives/column/11/912.html

article about the closure

CKTimes.ca

Can't hardly believe it has been almost ten years since CCI closed !

http://www.chathamthisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1922429

Public school board now ready to divest CCI Chatham Collegiate Institute (CCI) is officially on the list of schools the Lambton Kent District School Board is trying to dispose of. The...

The Chatham-Kent Cougars Football Club is a non-profit organization which formed in January 2006 and acquired the rights to the colour and logo of the former Chatham Collegiate Institute Cougars from the Board of Education.

Does anyone have pictures of the 2nd or 3rd floors esp. the murals? if so please post!