New School Announcement

April 23, 2018

Further to the release of the Provincial Budget on Monday, March 12, 2018, our Board of Trustees and Senior Administration were joined by Premier Brian Pallister and the Minister of Education & Advanced Learning, Mr. Ian Wishart, with other local dignitaries on Thursday, April 19, 2018, to formally announce and provide further details regarding the new Kindergarten to Grade 8 school in Brandon.  

The new 65,660 square foot school will be built at the corner of Maryland Avenue and Ninth Street, just a few quick steps away from Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School.  Welcoming 450 students (with ability to expand to a capacity of 675 students) in September 2020, the school will include:

• a child care centre for 20 infants and 54 pre-school children;
• 40 nursery school spaces;
• 14 regular classrooms and kindergarten rooms with dedicated art, band and science rooms;
• a Science, Technology, Electronics and Math (STEM) lab;
• a life-skills and resource teaching and guidance suites, and an English as an Additional Language Room;
• a library and gymnasium;
• a home-economics lab; and
• an industrial arts (manufacturing/construction) shop.

Designs for the new school are already underway and a tender for construction will be issued in November, with construction to begin in February 2019.

Check back regularly as we provide updates on important milestone events!