Algoma District School Board trustees have given their approval to the board to proceed with $15 million worth of capital projects in 2023-24.
The approval came at Tuesday evening’s regular monthly board meeting.
Especially noteworthy for 2023-24 is separate Capital Priority approval from the Ministry of Education of approximately $50.5 million to build a new JK to 12 school in Blind River.
That project - previously announced by the ADSB Nov. 17 - will be shared by the ADSB and Conseil scolaire du Grand Nord and will create space for 381 JK-12 students, 64 in child-care and 72 at the French-language elementary level.
Funding for school condition improvement projects is $11,994,493 while funding for facility renewal is $3,242,978.
Deferred capital funding will be used to top up any 2023-24 projects that exceed funding.
ADSB schools and projects included in the $65,759,232 bundle for 2023-24 include:
- Elliot Lake Secondary School, courtyard, stair and handrail
- Isabel Fletcher, interior upgrades
- Central Avenue (Elliot Lake), boiler pumps
- Hornepayne JK-12, lighting upgrade
- Kina Awiya, boiler controls
- Korah Collegiate, west entrance upgrades
- River View, interior upgrades
- White Pines Collegiate, tech upgrades
- Tarentorus, elementary and child care additions and renovations
- HM Robbins, child care addition and Kindergarten upgrades
- Blind River, ADSB and Conseil scolaire du Grand Nord student spaces, four new child care rooms (64 new child care spaces) and two-room EarlyOn Child and Family Centre