{"id":24715,"date":"2023-12-04T16:22:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/?p=24715"},"modified":"2023-12-11T11:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T19:01:05","slug":"two-elementary-school-expansions-coming-to-north-burnaby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/two-elementary-school-expansions-coming-to-north-burnaby\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Elementary School Expansions Coming to North ΢��Ȧ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Kitchener-and-Brentwood-Park_Web-Story_TOP_COLLAGE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24716\" src=\"https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Kitchener-and-Brentwood-Park_Web-Story_TOP_COLLAGE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2100\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Kitchener-and-Brentwood-Park_Web-Story_TOP_COLLAGE.png 2100w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Kitchener-and-Brentwood-Park_Web-Story_TOP_COLLAGE-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Kitchener-and-Brentwood-Park_Web-Story_TOP_COLLAGE-1024x293.png 1024w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Kitchener-and-Brentwood-Park_Web-Story_TOP_COLLAGE-768x219.png 768w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Kitchener-and-Brentwood-Park_Web-Story_TOP_COLLAGE-600x171.png 600w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Kitchener-and-Brentwood-Park_Web-Story_TOP_COLLAGE-1536x439.png 1536w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Kitchener-and-Brentwood-Park_Web-Story_TOP_COLLAGE-2048x585.png 2048w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Kitchener-and-Brentwood-Park_Web-Story_TOP_COLLAGE-620x177.png 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Students at Kitchener and Brentwood Park Elementary schools will soon have new additions, following capital requests by the District and funding announcements made by the Provincial Government.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Education and Child Care was at Kitchener Elementary on December 4 to announce a school expansion. The prefabricated addition is expected to be ready for students as early as the 2024-25 school year.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Rachna Singh shared that the province recognizes the increase of young families moving to ΢��Ȧ:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2caae2;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19145\" src=\"https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Quotation-mark-opening-large.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"74\" height=\"62\" \/>Our government will continue to build and improve schools in the ΢��Ȧ School District and throughout BC, and these new additions will serve students for decades to come.\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The $22.5 million expansion will provide 15 additional classrooms and 375 new student spaces at Kitchener Elementary to help meet increasing demand in the fast-growing neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>΢��Ȧ Chair Bill Brassington spoke at the announcement. He thanked the Ministry for recognizing the need and including ΢��Ȧ in the first wave of these types of prefabricated projects.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2caae2;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19145\" src=\"https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Quotation-mark-opening-large.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"74\" height=\"62\" \/>This is a welcome and important investment. Our school district is facing rapid growth, and one of the fastest growing areas is North ΢��Ȧ. Ensuring children have appropriate and safe spaces to learn is a priority we share with the Ministry of Education and Child Care. We\u2019re pleased to work with them on this innovative school expansion.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the news for Kitchener Elementary, the Ministry of Education and Child Care also released at the end of November that Brentwood Park Elementary is getting funding. The District is receiving $39 million with $2.2 million in ChildCareBC New Spaces funding at Brentwood Park for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a new 165-seat expansion addition<\/li>\n<li>seismic upgrades<\/li>\n<li>creation of 37 child care spaces for children up to five years of age<\/li>\n<li>before and after school child care spaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brentwood Park will also have a high school-size gym. The upgrade is being funded by the City of ΢��Ȧ, as part of a partnership recognizing that schools are used by the wider community.<\/p>\n<p>The expansions at both Brentwood Park and Kitchener Elementary schools are part of the ΢��Ȧ School District\u2019s strategy set out in the new Long-Range Facilities Plan. It lays out a roadmap of the Board\u2019s plans for buildings, including strategies to address the pressure placed on school buildings by enrolment growth, and is the overarching plan from which funding requests are determined.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the ΢��Ȧ School District\u2019s Long-Range Facilities Plan <span style=\"color: #2caae2;\"><a style=\"color: #2caae2;\" href=\"https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/΢��Ȧ-Schools-LRFP.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brentwood-Park-and-Kitchener-2023_Web-Bottom-COLLAGE_5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24732\" src=\"https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brentwood-Park-and-Kitchener-2023_Web-Bottom-COLLAGE_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2100\" height=\"3096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brentwood-Park-and-Kitchener-2023_Web-Bottom-COLLAGE_5.png 2100w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brentwood-Park-and-Kitchener-2023_Web-Bottom-COLLAGE_5-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brentwood-Park-and-Kitchener-2023_Web-Bottom-COLLAGE_5-695x1024.png 695w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brentwood-Park-and-Kitchener-2023_Web-Bottom-COLLAGE_5-768x1132.png 768w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brentwood-Park-and-Kitchener-2023_Web-Bottom-COLLAGE_5-600x885.png 600w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brentwood-Park-and-Kitchener-2023_Web-Bottom-COLLAGE_5-1042x1536.png 1042w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brentwood-Park-and-Kitchener-2023_Web-Bottom-COLLAGE_5-1389x2048.png 1389w, https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brentwood-Park-and-Kitchener-2023_Web-Bottom-COLLAGE_5-237x350.png 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9h6jQdZTNzI?si=-TTi88zpyPOwA1vh\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #2bb673;\"><strong>Learn More<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/burnabybeacon.com\/p\/375-new-student-spaces-coming-to-burnaby-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>375 student spaces coming to ΢��Ȧ in 2024<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n΢��Ȧ Beacon, December 11, 2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burnabynow.com\/local-news\/225m-pre-fab-expansion-fast-tracked-at-burnabys-kitchener-elementary-7923995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>$22.5M pre-fab expansion fast-tracked at ΢��Ȧ\u2019s Kitchener Elementary<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n΢��Ȧ Now, December 4, 2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bc.ctvnews.ca\/video\/c2816120-ctv-news-vancouver-at-six-for-monday--december-4--2023?binId=1.1184759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>΢��Ȧ School to Add 15 Classrooms (Video: Watch at 16:27- 17:01)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nCTV News Vancouver at 6, December 4, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/releases\/2023ECC0101-001895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">375 new student spaces coming to ΢��Ȧ<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nBC Gov News, December 4, 2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/releases\/2023ECC0098-001858\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Expanded ΢��Ȧ elementary school will be safer<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBC Gov News, November 29, 2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/burnabybeacon.com\/p\/bigger-safer-school-coming-soon-to-brentwood-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bigger, safer school coming soon to Brentwood Park<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n΢��Ȧ Beacon, December 1, 2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burnabynow.com\/local-news\/burnaby-earmarks-millions-for-amenities-at-brentwood-school-sites-7769134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>΢��Ȧ earmarks millions for amenities at Brentwood school sites<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n΢��Ȧ Now, November 1, 2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burnabynow.com\/local-news\/brentwood-prioritized-in-burnaby-school-districts-700m-building-wish-list-7209961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Brentwood prioritized in ΢��Ȧ school district\u2019s $700M building wish list<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n΢��Ȧ Now, June 28, 2023<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2caae2;\"><a style=\"color: #2caae2;\" href=\"https:\/\/burnabyschools.ca\/city-and-school-district-determine-site-for-new-school-in-brentwood-neighbourhood\/\"><strong>City and School District Determine Site for New School in Brentwood Neighbourhood<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nFebruary 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong><a 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