2021-2022 Capital Projects
In February 2021, the provincial government announced an update to its school capital plan. Click here to read the news release.
Click here to view the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development’s multi-year capital plan.
Current New School Projects:
- New Pre-Primary to Grade 8 on Broad St (Bedford)
- New Grade 9 to 12 School on Broad St (Bedford)
- New St. Joseph’s A. MacKay Elementary School
- New Eastern Shore Grade 7 to 12 school
Future New School Projects:
In addition, the following capital project was completed in 2021:
- JL Ilsley High School (Opened September 2021)
Additions and Repair Projects
Outdoor Learning Spaces:
On April 13, 2021, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development announced that the Nova Scotia government and the federal government created a $7 million outdoor learning fund for all public elementary schools in the province.
The fund will allow schools to enhance existing outdoor learning spaces or create new ones. Click here to read the news release.
HRCE will use this funding to enhance/create outdoor learning spaces at 90 elementary schools.
Modular Additions:
In March 2021, the Province of Nova Scotia and the Government of Canada announced an investment of more than $24 million to construct modular classrooms at five HRCE schools to address current and future enrollment pressures. The modular classrooms were built in time for school opening in September 2021 and replaced many portable classrooms in use.
- Basinview Drive Community School
- Clayton Park Junior High
- Fairview Heights Elementary
- Grosvenor-Wentworth Park Elementary
- Park West School
Capital Repair Projects:
Some of the larger capital repair projects undertaken during the 2021-2022 fiscal year: