REGINA — The Prairie Valley School Division Board of Education has selected the Grenfell school consolidation as its top major capital priority.
“Students need safe, welcoming and engaging learning environments to reach their full potential,” Board Chair Janet Kotylak said.
“The Grenfell School consolidation project remains our most urgent major capital priority because Grenfell High School has multiple accessibility, safety and programming deficiencies. These issues must be addressed for students to receive the high-quality learning opportunities they deserve.”
The board’s second and third major capital priorities are new elementary schools in Pilot Butte and Lumsden, respectively.
“The existing elementary schools in these growing communities will see even more overcrowding in the coming years. The time to invest in new schools for these communities is now,” Kotylak said.
The board also selected renovation projects at Indian Head Elementary School and Robert 小蓝视频ey School as its minor capital priorities.
“The serious infrastructure deficit in our rural school division goes far beyond these five major and minor capital projects,” Kotylak said.
“Continued underfunding, including preventative, maintenance and renewal grant reductions, makes it extremely difficult to maintain our schools, which have an average age of 61 years. We need sustainable and predictable infrastructure funding to ensure students are learning in first class facilities.”
Each year, all school divisions can submit three requests for major capital project funding, and two requests for minor capital project funding to the Ministry of Education.
The ministry reviews submissions from school divisions and selects which ones will receive funding.
Prairie Valley School Division serves approximately 8,900 students in 39 schools throughout southeast Saskatchewan.
