Three new schools to be built in Waterloo Region
Posted Feb 28, 2014 01:30:25 PM.
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Ontario’s government has announced funding that will allow for three new schools to be built in the Waterloo Region.One elementary school will be built in the Vista Hills neighbourhood of Waterloo, the other in Elmira.
A French secondary school has also been approved for Waterloo, and will be part of the school board, Conseil Scolaire Viamonde.
“What we’re going to be doing is funding the construction of the very first French as a first language, public secondary school which will go somewhere in Waterloo” says Education Minister, Liz Sandals.
“We need to keep investing in renewing schools, in replacing schools in some cases when they’re very old and in bad shape” adds Sandals. “What we want to make sure is that all children have great places to learn.”
Part of the plan includes renovating two Catholic schools, Holy Spirit and St. Anne elementary schools in Cambridge.
In total, just over $36 million dollars will be spent on construction, but it’s not clear when work will start.
