LCCVI, North Lambton bow out in Lambton-Kent boys volleyball finals
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$6.2M expansion planned at Forest school
September 10, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent
A big addition is planned at Forest’s Catholic elementary school.
The provincial government has approved a $6.2 million expansion at St. John Fisher Catholic School.
It will include new classrooms for 92 students and 18 new child care spaces according to a provincial government news release.
A report by the St. Clair District Catholic School Board shows this will be the sixth edition to the Forest school since it was built in 1960.
The building currently should house 282 elementary school students. Enrollment in 2025 was around 344 students. Portables were brought in to ease the overcrowding.
With the addition, the building will house 374 students.
In a news release, officials said there will be a six-classroom addition, two classrooms will be renovated for child care and a kindergarten class will be upgraded.
Officials hope the construction could start next summer and will continue while school is in session.
If all goes well, students will be in the new classrooms by 2028.
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LCCVI, North Lambton bow out in Lambton-Kent boys volleyball finals
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John Wright/The Independent John McGregor took down both Lambton County ‘AA’ schools in the LKSSAA boys volleyball finals Wednesday in Chatham. The Panthers beat North Lambton 25-20, 25-18, and 25-20 in the junior final. The match was the Eagles first appearance in a Lambton-Kent ‘AA’ championship game since moving up to the division last season. John McGregor defeated LCCVI 25-15,
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