A cause was never determined. Hundreds of students were displaced, but taken up days later in other school facilities, including George Hilliard elementary. The school’s replacement, set to open by the spring of 2024, will feature a larger gymnasium and other improvements. “Now our school will be restored even better than it was before,” incoming SD73 superintendent Rhonda Nixon said. Despite the efforts of Kamloops firefighters, Parkcrest elementary was lost to flames on Sept. 5, 2019. - Michael Potestio/KTW file Construction is expected to get underway this summer. The school was designed by Station One architects, which also designed the ongoing expansion at Valleyview secondary.