Lindsay Place alumni want name retained

The Lindsay Place High School Alumni Foundation says the school name should be preserved, whatever the future holds for the Pointe-Claire school that opened its doors in 1962.

The school is named after Judge Lindsay H. Place who played a prominent role in the field of education.

He is credited with being a key player in the emergence of the Lakeshore School Board in the 1950s and ’60s.

The Lakeshore School Board later named a high school after him, a rare honour since few people are recognized while they are still living.

Judge Lindsay H. Place died of cancer in 1978, just days before he was to retire.

At a meeting on Major School Change proposals last week, executives from the Lindsay Place Alumni Foundation told Lester B. Pearson School Board officials to make sure both LPHS students and a majority of teachers remain at the school and be merged with incoming students/teachers from other schools.

The alumni, represented by Peter Nauth and former LPHS teacher Bill Holt, also noted: “Legally, the Deed of Establishment (for the school) must be revoked to allow two or more distinct educational institutions in the same building. However, it is within the commissioners’ power to reinstate the name ‘Lindsay Place High School’ thereby honouring Judge Lindsay H. Place for his exemplary service to education on the West Island and specifically for the catalytic role he played in the formation of the Lakeshore School Board which is the precursor of the Lester B. Pearson School Board.”