B.C. government to add 2,700 new seats in Surrey’s overcrowded schools
SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia’s government has announced school construction projects worth almost $100 million in Surrey after parents in the province’s fastest-growing city said overcrowding has reached unacceptable levels.
Premier Christy Clark said two new schools and additions at several schools will create 2,700 extra student spaces.
Work to replace portables at some schools and the additions to buildings is set to start this summer and be ready in September 2017, she said Friday.
Clark said construction on the two new schools, Grandview Heights Secondary and Clayton North Elementary, is expected to begin next year.