Banner & Press neepawa Neepawa to get another new school

Province announces vocational high school plan for BPSD

By Ken Waddell Neepawa Banner & Press

The Manitoba Government has announced plans to build nine new schools over the next four years, and Neepawa appears to be one of the communities that will benefit from it. On Friday, Mar. 24, Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister Wayne Ewasko and Consumer Protection and Government Services Minister James Teitsma made the unexpected announcement at the grand opening event in Winnipeg at Bison Run School.

“With the construction of three more new schools, the Manitoba government will exceed its 2019 commitment to build 20 schools in 10 years and complete the work two years ahead of schedule,” Ewasko said. The nine publicly funded, owned and operated new schools have been determined on a priority basis and will be constructed and operational by September 2027. One of those schools announced is a Grade 9 to 12 vocational school and child-care centre in the Beautiful Plains School Division. Although the exact location was not announced at the Winnipeg event, the Banner & Press has learned that it will be slated for Neepawa.

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