Big improvement are coming to small Okanagan school.
Members of the Westbank First Nation have voted in favour of spending $1.45 million in band funds to expand an independent elementary school on the reserve.
The improvements to the Sensisyusten House of Learning include four new classrooms and additional washrooms.
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“Sensisyusten students are so happy about the outcome,” says WFN Chief Roxanne Lindley in a news release. “I love seeing the spirit of our future leaders.”
There will also be lighting, roofing, sprinkler system and building exterior upgrades.
Most of the funding for the $8.86 million project comes from Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.
Construction is slated for later this year with completion in late 2019.
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