On Friday May 17, 2024 the Province announced 5 new schools to be built in Durham Region, and one school expansion, which include the following in North Oshawa:
* $27.6 million to the DCDSB for a new Kedron Catholic elementary school at a site to be acquired, creating 622 student spaces;
* $3.4 million to the DCDSB for a six-classroom addition to St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic School at 1425 Coldstream Dr. in Oshawa, creating 138 student spaces:
* $27.7 million to the DDSB for a public school at Symington Avenue and Steeplechase Street in Oshawa, creating 634 student spaces.
As described in Oshawa This Week by Moya Dillon "On May 17, Minister of Education Stephen Lecce visited St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Elementary School in Oshawa to announce funding for five new schools and one school expansion across Whitby, Oshawa and Clarington, which will result in the creation of 3,155 new student spaces and 98 child care spaces.
“This is an historic day. In my memory, this is the single largest school investment in Durham history,” Lecce said of the $139.5-million investment.
“We are stepping up with a massive investment to build the homes, schools and communities our province needs, and to ensure children have access to state-of-the-art schools close to home that gives them real life and job skills to succeed in the future.”
The funding includes a new Catholic elementary school in the Kedron neighbourhood of north Oshawa, plus a (6 classroom) expansion to St. Kateri, as well as a new public elementary school in the Winfield Farm neighbourhood of north Oshawa, and a new Catholic elementary school in Bowmanville’s Northglen neighbourhood, and two new public elementary schools in west Whitby.
“This is incredibly good news for our community,” said Todd McCarthy, Durham MPP.
“There are obviously too many school sites with too many portables as we’re seeing an increase in the student population and the general population. We want to meet the needs of that growing student population, and we’re delighted so many families are choosing to call Durham home.”
Side-note at the Townhall meeting I participated in last weekend at the Delpark Homes Centre hosted by MP Jamil Jivani, when several residents attending the open discussion meeting spoke of the need for more schools in North Oshawa., Doug Ellis, who was attending on behalf of MPP Todd McCarthy, spoke there would be a pending news announcement about more new Oshawa classrooms.
* $27.6 million to the DCDSB for a new Kedron Catholic elementary school at a site to be acquired, creating 622 student spaces;
* $3.4 million to the DCDSB for a six-classroom addition to St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic School at 1425 Coldstream Dr. in Oshawa, creating 138 student spaces:
* $27.7 million to the DDSB for a public school at Symington Avenue and Steeplechase Street in Oshawa, creating 634 student spaces.
As described in Oshawa This Week by Moya Dillon "On May 17, Minister of Education Stephen Lecce visited St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Elementary School in Oshawa to announce funding for five new schools and one school expansion across Whitby, Oshawa and Clarington, which will result in the creation of 3,155 new student spaces and 98 child care spaces.
“This is an historic day. In my memory, this is the single largest school investment in Durham history,” Lecce said of the $139.5-million investment.
“We are stepping up with a massive investment to build the homes, schools and communities our province needs, and to ensure children have access to state-of-the-art schools close to home that gives them real life and job skills to succeed in the future.”
The funding includes a new Catholic elementary school in the Kedron neighbourhood of north Oshawa, plus a (6 classroom) expansion to St. Kateri, as well as a new public elementary school in the Winfield Farm neighbourhood of north Oshawa, and a new Catholic elementary school in Bowmanville’s Northglen neighbourhood, and two new public elementary schools in west Whitby.
“This is incredibly good news for our community,” said Todd McCarthy, Durham MPP.
“There are obviously too many school sites with too many portables as we’re seeing an increase in the student population and the general population. We want to meet the needs of that growing student population, and we’re delighted so many families are choosing to call Durham home.”
Side-note at the Townhall meeting I participated in last weekend at the Delpark Homes Centre hosted by MP Jamil Jivani, when several residents attending the open discussion meeting spoke of the need for more schools in North Oshawa., Doug Ellis, who was attending on behalf of MPP Todd McCarthy, spoke there would be a pending news announcement about more new Oshawa classrooms.