“The town is down in the dumps – the council letter had to be written. The people of Osoyoos needed to be thanked for the work and effort freely offered.”

When asked about a line that seems to point a finger and blame: McKortoff said “It was the truth that four people – not from Osoyoos voted to close our high school.”

‘I don’t like your headline about the “blame game”.’

“This is devastating. But we have to move on – we have plans to fight this decision.

If there is to be a private school – the organizers must move quickly – four months to go.

There are people who support the decision to close the school – but many more who do not.”