New Junior School coming to Quesnel
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QUESNEL— The Government of B.C. is providing up to $52.2 million to replace Quesnel Junior School (QJS) with a new facility at the site of the current Maple Drive Junior Secondary school.
The Quesnel School District is contributing $150,000 toward the project. It also includes the addition of a new neighbourhood learning centre, providing child care and other local community programming.
“Quesnel families deserve to send their children to safe schools, and our government is making sure they can,” Minister of Education Rob Fleming says. “We acted fast to renovate Maple Drive Junior school as a short-term safety solution for students, and now students and the community can look forward to a brand-new school that will benefit families with a modern learning environment for decades to come.”
The new school will have room for 550 students in grades 8 and 9. Work is expected to begin on the new school in the summer of 2020, and is estimated to be finished in September of 2022.
