That will include more efficient heat pumps and improved ventilation in classrooms.
The province is putting $42.9 million into the project and the Greater Victoria School District is contributing $3.6 million. Construction is to start in fall 2022, with students continuing to use the current school while the work is underway.
Space will be provided for 575 students there were about 500 students in the past school year while a neighbourhood learning centre included in the project will provide space to such potential uses as child care and cultural activities.
Programs offered at the centre will be determined through community consultation.
The school was built in 1931 and has had a number of additions over the years, the latest in 1975. It is one of the district’s oldest schools, and served as the original Mount Douglas Secondary School before becoming Cedar Hill Junior Secondary School and then Cedar Hill Middle School.
The public has one more chance to provide input on the Greater Victoria School District budget tonight, with possible cuts to music programs, family counsellors and other services continuing to . . .
Former Saanich School District secretary-treasurer Joan Axford has been named as an independent adviser to help the Greater Victoria School District deal with a $7-million budget deficit. Greater. . .
School districts are required to deliver balanced budgets to the province by June. Bringing in an adviser meant postponing passage of the $253-million budget, which had been scheduled for a vote this week. Greater Victoria School Board chair Jordan Watters and district superintendent Shelley Green said they wanted an adviser to help review the budgetary process and make recommendations to the board. The prospect of cuts to music programs and other services has generated a series of demonstrations, including one on Saturday that brought out crowds of people to line Douglas Street.
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