SD73 capital priority list includes request for five new schools, eight school replacements
Jun 1, 2022 | 1:39 PM
James Peters
KAMLOOPS — The Kamloops-Thompson School District Board of Education has refreshed its list of capital priorities as it tries to keep up with ballooning enrolment.
The capital priority list includes five new schools and eight school replacements.
In a news release, Board Chair Heather Grieve says the province’s Ministry of Education has already confirmed its support for new elementary schools in Pineview Valley and Batchelor Heights, though no concrete plans have been announced.
The new list includes an elementary school in Juniper West, two new elementary schools in Aberdeen, a K-to-12 school in Sun Peaks and a new secondary school in Aberdeen.
In addition, the board believes the following schools need to be replaced:
- Dallas Elementary
- Bert Edwards Elementary
- Kay Bingham Elementary
- Raft River Elementary (Clearwater)
- A.E. Perry Elementary
- Marion Schilling Elementary
- Beattie Elementary
- South Kamloops Secondary
Grieve notes the district’s enrolment is growing by “the equivalent of a medium-sized elementary school” every year and is now close to 16,000.
For more on the district’s capital priorities, visit this site.
