Public Service Announcement - TCDSB School Closures Due to Power Outage

    TORONTO, Jan. 16 /CNW/ - Due to a power outage that has affected the area
since 10:15 p.m. last night, all Toronto Catholic Schools in the geographic
area of St. Clair to Queen Streets and Spadina to Jane Streets are closed
today.
    Principals/Vice-Principals are being asked to be at their schools to
receive any students that may not have received this message.As a result of the power outage all schools in the following geographic
area will be closed:

    NORTH Boundary:   St. Clair
    SOUTH Boundary:   Queen Street
    EAST Boundary:    Spadina
    WEST Boundary:    Jane StreetSchool bus transportation this area has also been cancelled.

    Hydro one has indicated that the power outage will continue for
approximately a total of 18 - 24 hours from the time it started.The schools closed today are:

    James Culnan            St. Pius
    St. Cecilia             Pope Paul VI
    St. Josaphat            St. Rita
    St. Luigi               Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton
    St. Vincent De Paul     Loretto College
    St. Mary of the Angels  St. Mary - Portugal Square
    St. Helen               St. Anthony
    St. Sebastian           Senhor Santo Cristo
    St. Luke                St. Francis of Assisi
    Former St. David -      Msgr. Faser -
     Msgr Fraser             Orientation Centre
    Bishop Allen -          St. Raymond
     St. Peter Campus       St. Bruno
    Link Program - Park PlaceThis information is also available on the board's website at
www.tcdsb.org.

    The Toronto Catholic District School Board educates more than 90,000
students from diverse cultures and language backgrounds in its 201 Catholic
elementary and secondary schools and serves 474,876 Catholic school supporters
across the City of Toronto.

For further information: Media Contact: Mary Jo Deighan, Coordinator of
Communications, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone],
[e-mail]