Major renovations in the works for aging Westisle school in western P.E.I. [Video]

Millions of dollars in major renovations are being planned at Westisle Composite High School in Elmsdale, P.E.I., for the first time since it opened in 1979.

P.E.I.’s capital budget allocated $16.8 million over four years for the first phase of the top-to-bottom renovation project. 

“We’d been waiting for renovations to the building for a while and when we heard we were there, we were pretty pumped about it,” said Westisle principal Brian Gard, who himself attended the school. 

Westisle opened in 1979 to replace three existing high schools in the area. It now serves all of West Prince: Tignish, Alberton, O’Leary, Tyne Valley and points …