A proposal has been put on the table which could save Queen Victoria Public School.
A well know local daycare provider is interested in setting up shop at the school which is currently operating at only 64% capacity.
Earlier this year, Queen Victoria was included in a proposed Program Accommodation Review which was ultimately rejected by public school board trustees.
But City Councillor, Rino Bortolin, says the school could still be included in a future PARC if its vacant space isn't filled.
Bortolin says there's as much as $1.3-million in government grants available to pay for the transition, it's just a matter of applying for them.
He says it creates a long-term plan for the community.
"What you're seeing is more daycare spaces, that are feeding into the school, providing services to young families moving into the neighbourhood and then those students become students of the grade school. So it's a prefect feeder system, perfect community partner. So from all accounts this is a win/win/win situation for everybody involved."
Bortolin says it's a win/win for the community and the board.
"We're excited about it. We want to move forward with it and we'd like to see the administration and trustees be excited about keeping the school open and we're not seeing it yet and that's sort of the frustration. So we want to make sure that this proposal that we've worked hard to find that comes with a lot of funding from the province is taken seriously."
Earlier this year, the province gave the public board $857,000 to retrofit schools to be used as community hubs.
Bortolin says it would be a shame to see that money go unused and returned to the province.