![]() “Families in Clayton North have been waiting a long time for a new school to open up in their community, and we are ecstatic for it to finally become a reality for children in the neighbourhood,” said Mike Starchuk, MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale. This means over 2,300 new student seats will have opened in Surrey schools in 2020-21, eliminating the need for nearly 100 portables. A school expansion at Sullivan Elementary is scheduled to open in June. To further benefit students with improved learning environments, new classroom additions have already opened this year at the Frost Road and Coyote Creek elementary schools. Two other new Surrey schools, Edgewood and Douglas elementary, have opened since September. The ministry provided $23.8 million for the new Maddaugh Elementary, while the Surrey School District contributed $7.4 million toward the cost of the new school. “After years of underinvestment by the previous government, Surrey families are starting to see concrete results of our work to give their children a better place to learn.” ![]() “This is excellent news for Surrey students and families that another new school is opening this year, reducing the number of portables needed in the district and providing another dynamic, 21st-century learning environment in the community,” said Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Education. A new school opens in Surrey next week, the third new school this school year in B.C.’s fastest-growing community, providing much needed classrooms for more than 600 students.
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