“We’re down about 200 seats which means our schools are at 120 per cent capacity,” said Sooke School Superintendent Scott Stinson.
The two new buildings will be able to house up to 1,200 students, but the district has seen enrollment grow by 1,400 in just the past two years. It’s not a new problem. Royal Bay Secondary was already at capacity when it opened in 2015 and portables had to be brought in to accommodate the overflow. Despite a $34 million expansion that’s only been open for one school year, it’s once again over capacity.
“We’ve had to close Belmont [Secondary] to registration now and we’re pushing overflow to Royal Bay and Royal Bay is above capacity now, so we will see portables heading back there in the next year,” Stinson said. “The previous government had a policy that you could only build to what you had and you had to plan in advance, fortunately, this government changed that and it’s just a matter of playing catch up,” said Sooke School Board Chair Ravi Parmar.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.
Best build a couple more then eh?
They should teach demographics in school
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