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The budget has been finalized for a long-awaited elementary school in Vancouver’s Olympic Village neighbourhood, and there’s an anticipated opening date, the province announced Friday.
Education Minister Rachna Singh said the new four-storey school will have space for 630 students, and will include a child-care centre. Construction is expected to be complete in time for the 2029 school year.
The province says it’s contributing “more than” $150 million to the project.
“Our government is focused on building new and expanded schools in communities that are growing and facing enrolment pressures,” Singh said in a news release.
A site on the southeast end of False Creek, west of Columbia Street near Hinge Park, has been earmarked for the school since 2007. And the BC NDP vowed it would get the school built during its 2020 re-election campaign.
In addition, the province announced the under-construction Hendry Hudson Elementary in Kitsilano is getting …
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