Ford government invests over $500M to build, upgrade 20 new schools

By Lucas Casaletto

The Ford government says it is investing $550 million to build and upgrade new schools that they say will deliver modern, state-of-the-art classrooms and licensed child care centres.

Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister, Stephen Lecce, made the announcement on Tuesday.

“Our government is doing everything possible to ensure our students can achieve lifelong success,” Ford said.

“That’s why we made a significant commitment to fix our schools and ensure students and staff have access to the best classrooms, with features like modern ventilation systems and high-speed Internet access.”

During construction, these projects will create hundreds of jobs and contribute significantly to our economic recovery,” the premier added.

Lecce says these new projects will create roughly 16,000 new student learning spaces and 870 new licensed child care centres as part of the government’s ongoing efforts to improve and build modern schools.

“We will continue to take action to ensure students are safe today and well into the future by approving more new school buildings and permanent additions, and increasing access to child care for working parents,” the education minister said.

School boards with successful projects will be notified by the Ministry of Education by Oct. 30, 2020.

In July, the government announced over $500 million to build 30 new schools and 15 permanent additions to existing facilities, along with nearly 900 new licensed child care spaces.

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