On January 1, 1998, the SBE was dissolved and Bendale became part of the newly amalgamated Toronto District School Board.

The recommendations were based on a report done by the accommodation review committee considering what should be done with Bendale, Thomson and Donwood Park Public School.

The committee recommended a kindergarten to Grade 12 campus on the 38-acre property (that also includes Highbrook Learning Centre) with the surplus land to be sold to pay for the new school.

Based on costs consideration, staff recommended the board renovate Donwood and change it from a kindergarten to Grade 6 to a K-8 school, while a deep retrofit be undertaken at Bendale.

[3] Toronto Lands Corporation, the realtor arm of the TDSB, declared 7.6 acres of Bendale BTI surplus in June 2012.

[4] With the school planned to be demolished upon completion of the new building in late 2019, the proposed 140 townhouse subdivision are to be built on the Bendale site along with the extension of Brockley Road to Midland Avenue.

[5] The proposal was condemned by the local community,[6] particularly over the loss of green space and over residents' impressions that they were told the Thomson site would be used for a school and that they were initially promised an urban farm.

With the opening of the new Thomson building in December 2019, demolition of Bendale began shortly after and was completed at the end of January 2020.

offered various vocational and technical courses throughout its 57-year existence ranging from automotives, culinary, hairstyling, electricity, plumbing, welding, construction, and green industries.