This was a temporary solution due to demand for French Immersion programming in the city until a business case was approved to build a new school within the area.

In October 2016 the Ministry of Education awarded a $24.3 million grant for the construction of a new Amherstburg High School, which will consolidate the General Amherst HS and Western SS communities.

In October 2016 the Ministry of Education awarded a grant of $9,180,832 to build a replacement for Prince Andrew Public School in LaSalle, Ontario.

In September 2018 land was acquired by the Board for the project on Leptis Magda Drive near the Vollmer Recreation Center.

[4] In January 2018 the Ministry of Education had awarded a grant of $13.2 million to build a new elementary school in the Forest Glade area for 501 students with an additional 4 dedicated childcare classrooms.

In May 2022 the Ontario government announced $4.9 million to build an eight classroom addition at Northwood Public School which will add 184 new student spaces.