Posted: Feb 01, 2021 1:19 PM CT | Last Updated: February 1 Critics of putting a new school in Optimist Park say it would mean losing what little green space there is in the neighbourhood.(Leisha Grebinski/CBC News) Saskatoon Public Schools is looking at a new location for a huge school in the core neighbourhoods, but the proposed site isn t being met with community-wide support. School officials are asking the City of Saskatoon about the viability of Optimist Park, located between 18th and 19th St. W. and Avenue J and Avenue L S. We have a shortage of park space already in the core, and [Optimist Park] is an oasis for us, King George resident Karen Farmer told
Article content The pre-Kindergarten to Grade 8 school will be built on the former site of Sion Catholic Middle School at 7th Street and Grosvenor Avenue. It’s set to open in the fall of 2023 and will have capacity for 700 students and 70 childcare spaces. As the project moves into the design phase, the school division is requesting that a partnership be formalized with the City of Saskatoon that would see the school become an accessible community space for physical activity. That could include indoor and outdoor physical activity spaces at the school to be used by both students and the broader community, like a free fitness area available outside of school hours, the letter says.
Saskatoon / 650 CKOM Jan 29, 2021 4:13 PM Saskatoon Public Schools is hoping to explore a different location for the new consolidated City Centre School Optimist Park. The new west-side facility, which was approved by the provincial government in March, will combine three core neighbourhood elementary schools: Pleasant Hill, King George and Princess Alexandra. Originally, the school board thought the Princess Alexandra site might work out. But at Tuesday’s planning, development and community services committee meeting, director of education Shane Skjerven will present the second option. A letter he wrote to the committee indicates that during preliminary discussions with primary stakeholders, the idea for an alternate site was presented.
Saskatoon Public Schools considers Optimist Park as alternate location for City Centre School A massive school project may be looking for a new location, according to a letter from the city s public school division. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jan 28, 2021 1:03 PM CT | Last Updated: January 28 Saskatoon Public Schools is asking the city to report back on the feasibility of building the new City Centre School project at Optimist Park in Riversdale.(CBC) A massive school project may be looking for a new location, according to a letter from the city s public school division. Previously, Saskatoon Public Schools had planned to consolidate three core neighbourhood schools in a new building called City Centre School, to open in 2024 or 2025. The pre-kindergarten to Grade 8 school, which is to incorporate 500 to 600 students, was to be built on the current site of Princess Alexandra School.