By James Peters

Education Minister Fleming schedules Kamloops visit as parents cross fingers for funding announcement

Apr 10, 2019 | 7:48 AM

KAMLOOPS — It appears the Kamloops-Thompson School District may finally be set for a capital funding infusion.

The B.C. Ministry of Education has confirmed Minister Rob Fleming will be in Kamloops this Friday for an announcement.

While the ministry wouldn’t divulge any further details, a local funding lobby group — Advocates for SD73 — says the announcement will take place at Valleyview Secondary School.

Valleyview Secondary is well over capacity, and the district has erected a number of portables on site in an effort to alleviate overcrowding.

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An expansion to the school has been identified as the district’s top capital funding priority.

Last April, the education ministry asked District 73 to submit a detailed project plan for the expansion.

Submitting the $22 million project plan was touted as a crucial first step to getting the expansion underway.