Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå

NORTH VANCOUVER – Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇåion has started on a of North Vancouver.

The Province of B.C. has provided $61 million for the 585-seat kindergarten to Grade 7 school, with the North Vancouver School District contributing $3 million and $3.5 million from the City of North Vancouver.

The new school will include a learning centre, which can be used for programs and services, such as child care by the neighbourhood. The school is expected to be complete by fall 2026.

Since 2016, government has approved more than $233 million to create 1,030 new student seats and 3,150 seismically safer seats in the North Vancouver School District, a release reads.

This includes:

• the seismic replacement of Argyle Secondary;
• funding to build an addition at Westview Elementary school;
• the seismic upgrades at Mountainside Secondary;
• the seismic replacement and expansion at Handsworth Secondary; and
• a 145-seat expansion at Lynn Valley Elementary.

Since September 2017, the B.C. government has approved almost $6 billion for new and improved schools, and land purchases for schools in the province.