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Home My WebLink AboutFunding for long-awaited Stittsville public high school announced - Ottawa Citizen - 01/19/2018 - Ottawa Citizen - 01/19/20181/22/2018 Funding for long-awaited Stittsville public high school announced I Ottawa Citizen Funding for long-awaited Stittsville public high school announced , AJOANNE LAUCIUS m More from ,Joanne ILaueiium (HTTP://OTTAWACITIZEN.COM/AUTHOR/JLAUCIUS) IPulbllii shed oirv: January 19,2018 11 (Last Updated: January 19,2018 912 IPIM IL ST irr illy Ila,,i �aP,laeei Ic'rl,l�,ir� r�.i rJ� ldli>>I�ri,ml� P�t�.il. SUNMEDIA http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/funding-for-long-awaited-stittsviIle-public-high-school-announced 1/6 1/22/2018 Funding for long-awaited Stittsville public high school announced I Ottawa Citizen The province has announced $ 37 million for a public high school in Stittsville — the culmination of a 20 -year lobbying effort by parents and the community. During a visit at Stittsville Public School Friday, Ottawa West-Nepean MPP Bob Chiarelli said the new high school will accommodate about 1,353 students from Grades 7 to 12. "It's absolutely wonderful we will be getting this school at last,"said trustee Lynn Scott, who represents West Carleton — March/Stittsville/Rideau-Goulbourn. "But this is only one piece of a much bigger puzzle" The announcement has been a long time coming. Stittsville, which has a projected population of about 70,000 in the next decade, does not have a public high school. Parents began lobbying for one about 20 years ago. There is already one Catholic high school and one French Catholic high school in Stittsville. Students who want to attend a public school have had to take a bus to the aging South Carleton High School in nearby Richmond. Built in 1952, it has about 1,100 students with a capacity of about 1,400. Those who don't want to make the trip have been migrating to the Catholic high school, Sacred Heart, which now has more than 1,100 students in Grades 9 to 12 and almost 600 students in Grades 7 and 8. The public high school project finally hit the top of the Ottawa -Carleton Public School Board's wish list in May 2016. Friday's announcement stirred up excitement in Stittsville. The school board has two potential sites set aside for a high school — one on Robert Grant Avenue between Abbott Street East and Fernbank Road and another in the Fairwinds area north of Hazeldean Road. The final decision will depend on servicing and formal approval. The school board is aiming to open the school in September 2021. "If we could do it any faster than that, I would be delighted. But it has to be shepherded through all of the city approvals first," said Scott. Meanwhile, there will also be lengthy consultation about what it means for all schools, not only in Stittsville, but also in the rural areas including http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/funding-for-long-awaited-stittsviIle-public-high-school-announced 2/6 1/22/2018 Funding for long-awaited Stittsville public high school announced I Ottawa Citizen Goulbourn and Rideau, as well as the growing villages of Richmond and Manotick. "There are no simple answers for how we'll do it," said Scott. "There will be some fairly intensive consultation to make sure every school has a viable population" Glen Gower, who has a daughter in Grade 5 and another in Grade 7, said the announcement is what everyone is Stittsville was talking about on Friday. "There are a lot of kids who move into the Catholic system at Grade 7," said Gower, adding that the number of Grade 7 classes at Sacred Heart was higher than at Goulbourn Middle School. "This will definitely have an impact on decision-making." "There has been a core group of parents who have been calling officials, running petitions, going to school board meetings. I have lived in Stittsville for nine years. This has been a concern as long as I can remember. It's been a long journey." LYNN SCOTT (HTTP://OTTAWACITIZEN.COM/TAG/LYNN-SCOTT) PUBLIC SCHOOL (HTTP://OTTAWACITIZEN.COM/TAG/PUBLIC-SCHOOL) STITTSVILLE (HTTP://OTTAWACITIZEN.COM/TAG/STITTSVILLE) TRENDING STORIES 0 All VEIR...1..ISE1MIf::::N...r http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/funding-for-long-awaited-stittsviIle-public-high-school-announced 3/6 1/22/2018 Funding for long-awaited Stittsville public high school announced I Ottawa Citizen n ds 0 v�NivcEssnurcl ,�„�� ! nsrr . /x+!�. . ,,, PaCf7iJ°iTfhiUE YxN�!d✓Mq Xd HOVER FOR FLYER Comments HOVER FOR FLYER We encourage all readers to share their views on our articles and blog posts. 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Like • Reply • 6 • Jan 19, 2018 11:24ann James Jordan Mario Gilles Of corse Harris has been out of power since 2002 Oust in case your math has failed you) and when he took power he was handed a bag of poop from an N D P guy named Buffalo Bob. I am always amazed at even though the Liberals have been in power �;Y,.+., Onn`2 r,.,. ml, — �+;II ;i ;. — LJ rr;� f^r f4^;-- —k-+ --4-4 4 +^ k^ .J.,Y,., -+ +k^ http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/funding-for-long-awaited-stittsviIle-public-high-school-announced 4/6 1/22/2018 Funding for long-awaited Stittsville public high school announced i Ottawa Citizen 011we LVVJ NcVNic ai V Ouii dui 1 iNn iy vii 1 101110 1U1 UVii iy M iaL i iccucu w UV UU1 is at a is time .The Liberals that have almost single handedly ruined this province with their policies are still heroes. Like • Reply • 4 • Jan 19, 2018 2:19p IMark Iuslke Mario Gilles Try to pay attention as to what's going on in Quebec. That's where you vote. Like • Reply • 1 • Jan 19, 2018 2:59pm Connie Iesorrneaux don't hold your breath. Wynne turned the sod for our Orleans clinic at the last election. We're still waiting ........ C Like • Reply • 1 • Jan 20, 2018 2:18pm Jaimes Jordan What I find amazing is this is standard operating procedures with the Liberals and it seems to work. The voters miss this fact every election. Like • Reply • 1 • 18 1 Kolb Walker errickville, Ontario This is a decision that should have been made several years ago. Holding it off until the start of an election campaign is yet another reason Wynne and company must go go go. Like • Reply • Jan 19, 2018 5:08pm Joan Gurinskas Carrot dangling... 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