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The province has announced $37 million for a public high school in Stittsville — the culmination of a 20-year lobbying effort by parents and the community.
During a visit at Stittsville Public School Friday, Ottawa West-Nepean MPP Bob Chiarelli said the new high school will accommodate about 1,353 students.
“Our government’s investment is great news for families in Stittsville. I am proud that we are making a real difference for students and families now and for future generations,” he said.
The announcement has been a long time coming. Stittsville, which has a projected population of about 70,000 in the next decade, does not have a public high school, and parents began lobbying for one about 20 years ago.
There is already one Catholic high school and one French Catholic high school in Stittsville. Students who want to attend a public school have been forced to take a bus to the aging South Carleton High School in nearby Richmond, built in 1952. Those who don’t want to make the trip have been migrating to the Catholic high school, Sacred Heart, which now has more than 1,100 students in Grades 9 to 12 and almost 600 students in Grades 7 and 8.
The public high school project finally hit the top of the Ottawa-Carleton Public School Board’s wish list in May 2016.
Friday’s announcement stirred up excitement in Stittsville, although it was not immediately clear where the school will be built, or when it will open.
“This is excellent news for Stittsville,” tweeted Glen Gower, the owner of @stittsvillecentral.
“The parents and volunteers who have been pushing hard for this over the past decade should be very proud of their work to keep this top-of-mind for the school board and province. Well done.”
Gower said his daughter’s immediate reaction, via text, was “Yes!!!!!” But he notes that she’s in Grade 7, and the new school might be open for only one or two of her years in high school.
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During a visit at Stittsville Public School Friday, Ottawa West-Nepean MPP Bob Chiarelli said the new high school will accommodate about 1,353 students.
“Our government’s investment is great news for families in Stittsville. I am proud that we are making a real difference for students and families now and for future generations,” he said.
The announcement has been a long time coming. Stittsville, which has a projected population of about 70,000 in the next decade, does not have a public high school, and parents began lobbying for one about 20 years ago.
There is already one Catholic high school and one French Catholic high school in Stittsville. Students who want to attend a public school have been forced to take a bus to the aging South Carleton High School in nearby Richmond, built in 1952. Those who don’t want to make the trip have been migrating to the Catholic high school, Sacred Heart, which now has more than 1,100 students in Grades 9 to 12 and almost 600 students in Grades 7 and 8.
The public high school project finally hit the top of the Ottawa-Carleton Public School Board’s wish list in May 2016.
Friday’s announcement stirred up excitement in Stittsville, although it was not immediately clear where the school will be built, or when it will open.
“This is excellent news for Stittsville,” tweeted Glen Gower, the owner of @stittsvillecentral.
“The parents and volunteers who have been pushing hard for this over the past decade should be very proud of their work to keep this top-of-mind for the school board and province. Well done.”
Gower said his daughter’s immediate reaction, via text, was “Yes!!!!!” But he notes that she’s in Grade 7, and the new school might be open for only one or two of her years in high school.
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