Dorchester Consolidated School to remain open

Anglophone School District East's education councilvoted unanimously Tuesday nighttokeepDorchesterConsolidated School open.

The vote was met with cheers and a round of applause from the Dorchester residents who had travelled in a school bus toBernice MacNaughton High School in Moncton.

Parent school support committee chairperson Randy Cadman said he was ecstatic.

"It was a hard process, the community pulled together and came up with some terrific presentations," he said.

About 100 people attended the meeting. Council toldparents, the school, which has 65 students, needs to see changes in the coming years.

Most council members said the short period of time allowed for the sustainabilitystudy was one factor in how they voted.

Three other New Brunswick schools have already failed sustainability assessments.

Coles Island, Pennfield Elementary and Lorne Middle School will close this spring unless the minister of education overturns the decision of therespective district education councils.

A number of other schools also face votes in the coming weeks.