B.C. budget to support two new schools in Surrey

SURREY — The province is giving the go ahead for Surrey’s school district to proceed with the planning of two new school projects.

Education and Child Care Minister Rachna Singh says plans for a new elementary school in the Darts Hill area and an addition to Grandview Heights Secondary are supported by the latest provincial budget.

“With nearly 350,000 more people choosing B.C. as their home in the last two and a half years, the Province is focused on building services for a growing population,” said Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care. “We are expanding school spaces and will work on acquiring new school sites to support the school district, so we can continue to support Surrey families now and into the future.”

Surrey Board of Education chair Laurie Larsen says the district is in urgent need of the investments given it has seen more than 24 hundred new students for each of the last two years. “This level of growth underscores the urgent need for investments like this in new schools and expansions.”