School District 57 to receive $1.3 million dollars in upgrades and enhancement funding
The Prince George School District (SD57) will receive $1.3 million dollars for upgrades and enhancements, as part of $291.9 million budgeted by the Province for school maintenance projects.
“This is an investment to help make schools more energy efficient, climate resilient and better able to support their school communities,” notes a press release by the Ministry of Education and Child Care.
$23.8 million is being given to purchase school buses, with $9 million allocated to buy electric buses. $26.8 million in energy and electrical upgrades are planned across 51 school districts through the Carbon Neutral
Capital Program.
Through an annual facility grant, $150.2 million is available for school districts to address maintenance needs.
Interior construction upgrades at Ecole Lac Des Bois, HVAC upgrades at Beaverly Elementary, and a delivery vehicle for a food infrastructure program at Prince George Secondary are listed as the items the funding will be put towards.
Neighbouring communities such as Quesnel School District (SD28) will receive $1,743,000, $2,431,000 for the Cariboo-Chilcotin School District (SD27), $1,853,800 for the Bulkley Valley School District (SD54), $1,350,00 for the Nechako Lakes School District, and $300,00 for the Stikine School District (SD87).
In Quesnel, the funding is for
As we support school districts to undertake school renovations and add infrastructure, we are ensuring that our kids have clean, safe, modern places to learn and grow.”
exterior wall systems upgrades at Bouchie Lake Elementary School, electrical upgrades at Parkland Elementary, and kitchen equipment for Correlieu Secondary School, Ecole Red Bluff Lhtako Elementary, Riverview Elementary, and Voyageur Elementary School.
In the Bulkley Valley, the funding is for interior construction and roofing upgrades at Smithers Secondary, exterior wall systems upgrades and kitchen equipment for Twain Sullivan Elementary, and kitchen equipment for Muheim Memorial Elementary.
In the Nechako Lakes, the funding will be used for exterior wall systems and electrical upgrades at Mapes Elementary, roofing upgrades at Fraser Lake Elementary-Secondary, kitchen upgrades at Evelyn Dickson Elementary and Nechako Valley, electrical upgrades at David Hoy Elementary and Mouse Mountain Elementary, HVAC Upgrades at Fort St James Secondary, and four new buses.
The Stikine School District will use the funds for interior construction upgrades at Atlin School.
“I am proud of the work our government continues to do, making historic investments in upgrading schools throughout BC,” said Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care in the release. “As we support school districts to undertake school renovations and add infrastructure, we are ensuring that our kids have clean, safe, modern places to learn and grow.”