{"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 ΞΆΓάΘ¦"},"content":{"rendered":"
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 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 Minister Rachna Singh shared that the province recognizes the increase of young families moving to ΞΆΓάΘ¦:<\/p>\n 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 ΞΆΓάΘ¦ Chair Bill Brassington spoke at the announcement. He thanked the Ministry for recognizing the need and including ΞΆΓάΘ¦ in the first wave of these types of prefabricated projects.<\/p>\n 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 Brentwood Park will also have a high school-size gym. The upgrade is being funded by the City of ΞΆΓάΘ¦, as part of a partnership recognizing that schools are used by the wider community.<\/p>\n The expansions at both Brentwood Park and Kitchener Elementary schools are part of the ΞΆΓάΘ¦ 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 Read the ΞΆΓάΘ¦ School District\u2019s Long-Range Facilities Plan here<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
Our government will continue to build and improve schools in the ΞΆΓάΘ¦ School District and throughout BC, and these new additions will serve students for decades to come.\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
This is a welcome and important investment. Our school district is facing rapid growth, and one of the fastest growing areas is North ΞΆΓάΘ¦. 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
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