The Ontario government has approved a $45.5 million tender to build a new K-12 school in Kingsville.
The school will have space for 1,789 students from kindergarten to Grade 12 as well as 98 new licensed child care spaces.
"We continue to move closer to meeting the commitment our board made in 2016 to the Kingsville and Harrow communities - the building of a new K-12 school,” siad Director of Education at Greater Essex County District School Board Erin Kelly. “With the inclusion of child care and EarlyOn Centres within the new school building, we are very excited about providing students and their families a full, wrap-around learning experience.
The new Kingsville JK - 12 school will be located at 1620 Jasperson Drive in Kingsville. When it is complete, the new school will replace Kingsville District High School, Kingsville Public School and Jack Miner Public School.
The design of the school was approved by the Greater Essex County District School Board in February. Now that the board has approval for the design a general contactor can be hired.
Construction is expected to take around two years.
