It's a plan that could save Lorne Avenue Public School from closure, but it's raising the eyebrows of several concerned parents.
The Intercommunity Health Centre (IHC) has a plan to move much of its operations to the school
The not-for-profit organization provides health care and social services to seniors, new immigrants and families but also many drug users.
Some residents feel their plan will open the door to a whole new set of problems.
"Quite often I do find needles, or I find several needle wrappers and only one needle and you have to wonder where the other needles are," says concerned resident Fiona Graham.
Graham has started a petition asking people to stop the plan before its even fully developed and several recovering addicts agree with her view.
"I think its a really toxic situation for the kids, its a public school - not a public drop in centre," says Justin.
But the IHC says a move won't mean more drugs and needles at the school.
"We service people with addictions but we aren't an addiction agency," says spokesperson Megan Cornwell.
She says programs that regularly service addicts won't be moving.
"Those programs were never on the table. We weren't looking at programs for people who are homeless, we weren't looking at programs for anonymous HIV testing," adds Cornwell.
Family programs are more likely to move but some patients think it'll attract the wrong type of crowd.
"I know the kind of people that go there and I wouldn't want it if my kid went to school. I go there too and they have excellent services, I just don't think it should be in a school with kids, that's all," says Amanda Albert.
