Mahendra Ramcharan is in his first year at Seneca College taking computer programming. Growing up where he did, the 18-year-old's path to post-secondary education wasn't always clear. “It’s been an up-and-down journey for my academics," he said. "But I can say that had it not been for Pathways [to Education] I would not be where I am today because of all the emotional and academic support they’ve given me.”

The District School Board of Niagara has done what it can to answer the community’s questions about the DSBN Academy, the board’s manager of communication says.