Milton, November 2 to 22: a school-boundary vote, Council's swearing-in and five deadlines

The calendar

The school-boundary vote

The Halton District School Board's November 3 agenda lists Report 26077, on its 2026 boundary reviews, as an action item, with an appendix carrying the recommendation for the TBD-Milton Education Village School Assignment Boundary Review. The board's boundary-review page says trustees will consider the recommendation for approval on November 3 and that new boundaries are in effect November 4. Under the recommendation, future homes in the Milton Education Village, west of Tremaine Road, would be directed to Escarpment View PS for the English program, Martin Street PS for French Immersion and Milton District HS.

The meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the J.W. Singleton Education Centre in Burlington. The agenda says public seating is limited to 60 people, first come, first served, and that the meeting is live-streamed on hdsb.ca and the HDSB YouTube channel. The board's delegation procedure says requests to delegate must be submitted through hdsb.ca by noon one day before the meeting, which for November 3 is noon on Monday, November 2.

Regional Council on November 4

Halton Regional Council meets at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 4, in Council Chambers at 1151 Bronte Road in Oakville and online. On its agenda is staff report PW-26-26, on Conservation Halton's application for a special permit to remove 38 trees to widen and reduce the grade of the beach access road at Kelso Conservation Area, 5234 Kelso Road. Regional staff recommend approval, subject to conditions. The agenda's last item before adjournment is titled Farewell Remarks.

Council's swearing-in

The Town says the new four-year term of office begins November 15, 2026, and runs to November 14, 2030, and that Council will be sworn in at the Inaugural Meeting of Milton Council on November 16 at 7 p.m. at the FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton, with details to be shared on the Town's social media channels. On November 1, the Town's eSCRIBE meetings calendar still listed the November 16 meeting at Town Hall, with no agenda posted.

The Halton Catholic District School Board's events calendar lists its Inaugural Board Meeting for Tuesday, November 17, from 7 to 10 p.m.

Deadlines and ways to take part

• Budget phone survey: from November 2 to 27, Forum Research is calling randomly selected residents for the Town about user fees, property taxes and service levels. The Town says it takes about 15 minutes and is voluntary.
• Neighbourhood rinks: volunteer applications to maintain and operate a neighbourhood outdoor rink close November 8, and applications are reviewed November 9 to 13.
• Noise by-law: the Town's survey closes November 13, and the Town says the results will inform an updated by-law for Council's consideration.
• Parking: the Town's Parking Exceptions page says requests for extended on-street exceptions and for large-vehicle exceptions are accepted until November 14, and must be in at least five business days before the date needed. The page's extended-exception section also says applications submitted after November 15 will not be accepted.
• HDSB Mental Health Strategy Advisory Committee: applications from students and parents or guardians are due November 15.

Update, November 5: Remembrance, holiday events and the two votes

Update, November 5: Milton Public Library holds an Indigenous Veterans Day ceremony on Friday, November 6, at 10 a.m. in the Mattamy Theatre at the FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton, and all its branches observe a moment of silence at 11 a.m. on November 11, the same hour as the Legion's annual service at Evergreen Cemetery. The Milton Santa Claus Parade follows Main Street from Whitmer Street to the GO Station entrance at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 15; the Town had not posted its road closures as of November 5. The CPKC Holiday Train stops at Glen Eden on November 20, and Walk to Bethlehem runs at the Milton Fairgrounds on November 21 and 22.

Halton Regional Council approved Conservation Halton's permit to remove 38 trees for the Kelso beach access road on November 4, as staff recommended, according to the meeting's minutes. As of the evening of November 5, the Halton District School Board had not published the outcome of the November 3 vote on Milton Education Village school assignments: its boundary-review page had not been updated and no minutes were posted.

Schools and the library

Two Milton Catholic secondary schools, St. Kateri Tekakwitha and St. Francis Xavier, hold Grade 8 information evenings from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on November 5. The Halton Catholic board's Milton Kindergarten open house is November 12 at St. Josephine Bakhita C.E.S.; the board says its open houses give a general overview and are not specific to the host school.

Milton Public Library says Beaty Branch, at 945 Fourth Line, is fully closed through November 10 for renovations and reopens with limited services on Wednesday, November 11, when returns resume there. The library says Beaty is expected to return as a hold pick-up location the same day.