Simcoe Region Schools- Updates Include New Roofs, Lighting, Heating and Cooling Systems
Students in Simcoe Region schools will start the school year with better buildings for better learning as a result of extensive repair and renewal work over the summer.
In June, Ontario announced an additional $18 million for the Simcoe region to repair and renew schools. This brings the province’s total investment to nearly $54 million over the next two years to improve local school conditions and ensure that they continue to be safe and modern places for students to learn.
Throughout the summer, the Simcoe County District School Board and the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board have been hard at work turning the province’s investment into better schools for local students. As a result, a number of improvements have been completed or are well underway, including:
• New windows, an Autism Spectrum Disorder classroom, and a parking lot expansion at Barrie North Collegiate Institute
• New paving and asphalt at Willow Landing Elementary School
• Improved HVAC system at Eastview Secondary School
• New roofing at Holy Trinity Catholic High School
• New roofing at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School
• Improved HVAC system at St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic School
• And many more projects across the region.
Ontario is making the largest investment in public infrastructure in the province’s history – about $160 billion over 12 years, which is supporting 110,000 jobs every year across the province, with projects such as roads, bridges, transit systems, schools and hospitals. Since 2015, the province has announced support for more than 475 projects that are helping to keep people and goods moving, connect communities and improve quality of life. To learn more about infrastructure projects in your community, go to Ontario.ca/BuildON.
Investing in better schools for better learning is part of the government’s economic plan to build Ontario up and deliver on its number-one priority to grow the economy and create jobs. The four-part plan includes helping more people get and create the jobs of the future by expanding access to high-quality college and university education. The plan is making the largest infrastructure investment in hospitals, schools, roads, bridges and transit in Ontario’s history and is investing in a low-carbon economy driven by innovative, high-growth, export-oriented businesses. The plan is also helping working Ontarians achieve a more secure retirement.
Canadian Club – Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy
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