Expansion At DP Todd Secondary Unlikely

Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:29 AM

School District 57 has listed a $2.8-million dollar expansion at DP Todd Secondary School as the top priority in its five-year capital plan...

Unfortunately, the project -- which would include a multi-purpose drama room that would double as a cafeteria for students -- is not as highly ranked by the provincial government. In fact, District 57 Secretary-Treasurer Bryan Mix says the Ministry of Education has rated it a low priority in terms of province-wide capital projects.

Mix says he doesn't think there should be any expectation that the request will be approved when the ministry announces its capital expenditure plan in early spring.

It was last year, that after having a similar project for College Heights Secondary on the capital "wish-list" for more than a decade, the Board of Trustees opted to go it alone and borrow the money to complete the project.

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Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:29 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Gofaster on January 15 2006 1:03 PM

And this surpises whom?
Not me.....

Posted by: owl on January 15 2006 10:11 PM

In case someone has been out of high school for some years, here is what a REAL high school looks like ....

notice the "cafetorium" which is a lowering in standards from when I went ot high school and each one had a theatre plus cafeteria.

http://access.mmhs.ca/tour_index.asp?loc=113

Navigate through this by clicking on a flor level and then clicking on the red dots on the floor plans which will bring up a picture of that area of the school.

Posted by: diplomat on January 16 2006 7:00 AM

Very impressive looking institution! Obviously Ontario has been doing a lot better than B.C. - especially during the decade of the Nineties, when B.C. slipped from Number One province to dead last in Canada!

It will take a while to catch up and get back on track again. Hopefully some lessons have been been learned and old mistakes will not be repeated.