Students and staff at some School District 63 (Saanich) schools will be in new portables when classes resume this fall.
In order to accommodate students in smaller classrooms, as mandated in the restored teacher contract language in B.C., the District has bought four new portables that will be installed at three different schools.
Two will be going to North Saanich Middle School, one to Claremont Secondary and one to Prospect Lake Elementary. Delivery of the portables is expected by the early fall.
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That includes, Reid explained, conversion of computer labs into class space.
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A certain amount of office space within District schools is also being converted and some program space within the schools will also be relocated.
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Earlier this week, School District 62 (Sooke) announced it was for the next school year.
Internal space renovations, he stated, is taking place at Prospect Lake Elementary (one classroom added), Lochside Elementary (three classrooms added), Kelset Elementary (one classroom added), Cordova Bay Elementary (one classroom added), Keating Elementary (one classroom added), Royal Oak Middle School (three classrooms added) and Claremont Secondary (one classroom added).
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