Kindergarten-to-Grade 8 school planned for West St. Paul
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This article was published 14/02/2025 (228 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The provincial government will build a kindergarten-to-Grade 8 school in the Rural Municipality of West St. Paul.
About 600 students will attend the dual-track French and English school just north of Winnipeg.
The school will include 74 infant and preschool child-care spaces.
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Acting Education Minister Tracy Schmidt
Design work is expected to start in the coming months, while construction is expected to begin next year, Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister Tracy Schmidt said.
“The West St. Paul area has grown by leaps and bounds,” said Schmidt, in a news release. “The new school in West St. Paul will help keep class sizes small while ensuring kids can go to school closer to home.
In 2024, the province set aside $1.5 million to add modular units as a temporary measure to help alleviate overcrowding until new schools could be built.
Tony Kreml, the superintendent of Seven Oaks School Division, said in the release the new school is a welcome addition.
On Wednesday, Schmidt announced a K-8, dual-track elementary school in Waverley West’s Prairie Point neighbourhood to address growing enrolment in the south end of the city.
On Monday, Premier Wab Kinew announced the NDP government had bought a five-acre site adjacent to Sir Robert Borden Park for an elementary school in Transcona’s Devonshire park.
Both schools will accommodate 600 students and are set to open for the 2027-28 academic year.
In 2025-26, the province will set aside an extra $6 million for capital financing projects, the release said.
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