A new school in northwest Winnipeg is expected to help deal with the growing number of students in Seven Oaks School Division.
The school will be built on Templeton Ave. just east of Pipeline Road, less than one kilometre from Amber Trails Community School.
That school was already overcapacity when it opened in 2015, and now it’s bursting at the seams with hallways being used as classrooms.
“Over the past decade, Seven Oaks has been the fastest growing and most crowded school division in Manitoba,” Seven Oaks Board Chair Derek Debee explained.
“This new school will ease the overcrowding of several of our schools, and this means fewer students will be bused out of the area into other schools where there is some room for students.”
The facility will be built to hold 450 students initially with expansion capacity of up to 600 students.
It will also house a child-care centre for 20 infants and 54 preschool children.
“Our goal since day one has been to catch up with the need for new schools and deliver quality learning environments at the best possible cost,” Education Minister Ian Wishart explained. “This school will relieve pressure in the existing schools in Maples and Amber Trails, and support increasing enrollment in this rapidly growing corner of the city.”
The land has been in the possession of Seven Oaks for years as the division could not get a firm commitment from the previous NDP government.
The PC government announced it will build five new schools as part of its 2018 budget, including one in Brandon, two in Waverley West, and one in Waterford Green that was previously announced by the NDP.
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