Released on April 5, 2000
Students in Saskatoon's Silverspring community have much to celebrate today.The provincial government has approved construction of two new schools in
Saskatoon's northeast.
"The Silverspring community is vibrant and growing. The Saskatoon Public
School Division, St. Paul's Roman Catholic Separate School Division, community
members and the provincial government all recognize the importance of these new
schools for students in this area," Education Minister Jim Melenchuk said.
Saskatchewan Education will provide $100,000 for initial planning and design
work which will begin immediately.
Saskatchewan Education and the school divisions will share the cost of the two
new schools, estimated to be $11 million. The schools will provide space for
more than 600 students, from kindergarten to grade eight. Students are
currently being bused to a number of schools outside of the Silverspring
community.
"These projects demonstrate the government's commitment to work with school
divisions to provide students with comfortable and well-equipped learning
facilities. This announcement takes us one step closer to achieving our goal
of addressing our highest-priority school construction projects," Melenchuk
said.
This announcement is the first in a series of major capital funding projects.
The Provincial Budget contains $29.2 million in financial support for school
capital projects. This includes $5 million from the government's new Centenary
Capital Fund.
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For more information contact:
Cal Kirby
Saskatchewan Education
Regina
Phone (306) 787-6040