Victoria High School reopens after 4-year renovation, seismic upgrades [Video]

On Friday, for the first time in almost four years, students once again filled the halls of Victoria High School.

“It’s our orientation day so we’re mostly just touring the school,” said Briar Gotro, a Grade 12 student at Victoria High School.

The renovation added capacity for 200 more students up from 800. It was budgeted for $80 million and students were supposed to return in February.

The school has been seismically upgraded and comes with a new neighbourhood learning centre and a turf playing field.

“There’s still a lot of history in it,” said Yoshiko Oike, Grade 12 student at Victoria High School. “They were able to revamp it and also keep so much of the old history and cool parts of the school.”

While Victoria High School was under its renovation students attended classes at S.J. Willis. Classes at Victoria High School will officially start on Monday.

“This …