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Nurses info session packs the Legion
Large group gathers to learn about diploma program set for Neepawa
By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press
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gyms are currently full of high school sports and the 20-plus team Filipino Basketball league. School grades will be reallocated again. Young said HMK may become K-3, the current NMS might be 4-6 and the current NSACi may become 7-8 and 9-12 at the new facility.
Neepawa had their Neepawa Middle School built in 2019, but are already over capacity. Town officials believe Neepawa’s population is over 6,000 people, as compared to about 3,200, 12 years ago.
The Town of Neepawa is heavily into planning sewer, water and other infrastructure to accommodate the new hospital and the Assiniboine Community College LPN training centre that is scheduled to go into the former RCMP building in Neepawa. That planning and budgeting will only be further stretched with the proposed new school
Neepawa mayor Brian Hedley noted to the Neepawa Banner&Press that he had heard the new school was a possibility, but about Friday’s announcement he said, “That’s exciting, that’s big news.”
It was standing room only at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 23 in Neepawa on Wednesday Mar. 23. The reason it was packed to near capacity was related to new information being shared in connection to the highly anticipated practical nursing diploma program planned for the community in January 2024.
Representatives with Assiniboine Community College (ACC), Prairie Mountain Health, Neepawa Settlement Services and the Town of Neepawa, were all on hand to answer any questions those interested had on how to apply to the course. The onetime 25 student practical nursing diploma program was announced back in February by the Province and is planned for the former RCMP building, located at 239 Mill Street.
After a brief overview of the admission requirements, as well as guidance on how to get acquire those mandatory benchmarks for the program, the discussion was opened up to the public. Some of the question they asked included:
• Clarification on the basic educational and English Language minimums
