Deputy Premier and Education Minister Gordon Wyant joined Regina Coronation Park MLA Mark Docherty and representatives from Regina Public Schools and Regina Catholic Schools to announce that McDermid Community School will be part of the planning phase for a future joint-use facility in North Regina.
Planning for the new joint-use school project was previously approved to involve Imperial, St. Peter and St. Michael elementary schools. The project is part of the government’s $7.5 billion two-year capital plan to build a strong Saskatchewan and stimulate our economic recovery following the pandemic.
The project is currently moving through the scoping process to ensure students, staff, the wider community and other key stakeholders participate in providing requirements to ensure the new school meets their needs. Following the completion of scoping to inform the planning and design stage, construction of the new school is expected to begin in 2022.
The requirement gathering process will cost approximately $250,000 and is critical in delivering the project on time, on budget and within expectations.
Since 2007, the Government of Saskatchewan has committed approximately $1.9 billion toward school infrastructure projects. This includes 57 new or replacement schools as well as 28 major renovations. In addition, over the next two years the Government of Saskatchewan is investing $7.5 billion in infrastructure projects.
This includes the $2 billion capital injection to help build a strong Saskatchewan and stimulate our province’s economic recovery. More than $135 million of this stimulus package will go toward four new schools, two major renovations, and many maintenance projects for school divisions in communities across the province.