The Durham Catholic District School Board has declared a vacant Oshawa school site surplus to its needs and authorized staff to begin the disposition process.
The property is the former Father Joseph Venini Catholic Elementary School site at 120 Glovers Road in Oshawa. The board owns the vacant site and determined that it is not required for current or future school-board purposes.
Decision made at September board meeting
The decision was made at the DCDSB board meeting on September 28, according to Durham Post. Trustees resolved to declare the property surplus and permit staff to proceed with its disposition.
The process must follow Ontario Regulation 374/23, which governs how school boards acquire and dispose of real property. Declaring a site surplus begins a regulated process; it does not mean an immediate private sale or redevelopment has been completed.
Under the provincial framework, school-board property dispositions include formal steps and potential notice requirements before a property can be transferred. The board has not announced a purchaser, sale price or closing date for the Glovers Road site.
Former school property in Oshawa
The Father Joseph Venini property is no longer operating as a school. DCDSB concluded that the land is unnecessary for both its present programs and anticipated future requirements.
The board decision concerns the property itself and does not announce a change affecting students at an operating school. Future use of the land would be subject to the disposition process and any applicable municipal planning requirements.
Further details, including the next procedural steps for the vacant Oshawa school site, are expected to come through the board process as the disposition advances.
