schoolsThe Ministry of Education has approved 2 Near North District School Board funding requests.  Nearly 2 million dollars is for the refurbishment of Land Of Lakes School in Burks Falls and 27 million for new JK-Grade 12 facility in the Parry Sound area.  That school will house students from JK-Grade 8 from McDougall and Nobel Schools and secondary students from Parry Sound High School. Land of Lakes will accomodate JK to Grade 8 students from M. A. Wittick.