School Capital Projects

The 2008-09 provincial budget included a commitment of $117.6 million for Kindergarten to Grade 12 school capital and block funding projects as part of the Government of ’s Ready for Growth initiative. This commitment includes $17.6 million for block capital projects and $100 million in one-time funding for major capital projects. In May, eight more major capital projects were approved-in-principle for 2009-2010 for an estimated government investment of $60.3 million.

Major Capital Projects School divisions submit project proposals for one-time funding to the Ministry of Education. The proposals are organized each year in a Major Capital Request List under four levels of priority including: • Priority 1 o Priority 1 A – Health, Fire and Structural Safety o Priority 1 B – Federal Provincial Funding and Provincial Strategic Initiatives o Priority 1 C – Pending Priority 1 Projects • Priority 2 – Critical Space Shortages • Priority 3 – Structural Repair, Systems and Building Restoration • Priority 4 – Building Restoration and Non-critical Space Shortages

2008-09 Major Capital Projects Community School Division School (priority) Ministry Share* (est. millions) North East Porcupine Plain (1A) $ 8.0 Regina Regina Public Schools (1A) $ 23.1 Oxbow South East Cornerstone Oxbow (1A) $ 6.3 Prince Albert Prince Albert Catholic Schools St. Anne (1A) $ 8.1 Duck Lake Prairie Spirit Stobart Community School (1A) $ 6.4 Northern Lights Churchill High School (1A) $13.4 Maple Creek Chinook Maple Creek Composite (1A) $ 3.4 Balcarres Prairie Valley Balcarres School (1A) $ 0.8 Humboldt Horizon Humboldt Collegiate (1A) $12.1 Saskatoon Tommy Douglas (Fall 2003) $ 0.3 Saskatoon St. Paul’s Bethlehem (Fall 2003) $ 0.3 Saskatoon Conseil des école fransaskoises ECF pavillion secondaire (Fall 2003 $ 1.4 Saskatoon Saskatoon Nutana (Fall 2003) $ 8.5 Saskatoon St. Paul’s E. D. Feehan (Fall 2003) $ 3.3 Norquay Good Spirit Norquay (Block) $ 1.3 North East Naicam (Block) $ 0.9 Prince Albert Saskatchewan Rivers Prince Albert Collegiate (Block) $ 0.3 Good Spirit Yorkton Regional (Block) $ 0.2 Conseil des école fransaskoises College Matthieu (Block) $ 0.2 Saskatoon Saskatoon Land Purchase Saskatoon (Block) $ 0.8 Saskatoon St. Paul’s Land Purchase St. Paul's (Block) $ 0.9 9 projects $100 million

Major Capital Projects Receiving Approval-in-Principle Community School Division School (priority) Ministry Share* (est. millions) For 2009 - 10 Regina Regina Douglas Park Elementary (1A) $ 10.8 Hafford Living Sky Hafford Central (1A) $ 1.3 Regina Regina Arcola Elementary (1A) $ 10.8 Regina Regina (1A) $ 12.8 (2 projects) Elrose Sun West Elrose Composite (1A) $ 1.8 Saskatoon Greater Saskatoon Catholic St. Mary Elementary (1B) $ 10.4 South East Cornerstone Weyburn Comprehensive (1C) $ 12.4 8 projects $60.3 million For 2010 - 11 Humboldt Horizon Humboldt Elementary $ 3.6 Turnor Lake Northern Lights Turnor Lake TBD by federal (on-reserve) government 2 projects TBD

Block Capital Projects Thirty-six schools in 25 communities will see improvements in the areas of accessibility, roofing, building system and mechanical system upgrades, renovations and additions, including re-locatable classrooms. The improvements will be cost-shared between school divisions and the province, which is investing $6.4 million.

Outstanding 2003 Major Capital Projects Approval for these projects was given in 2003 with final funding was provided through the Ministry of Education in 2008.

Community School Division School Ministry Share* (est. millions) Saskatoon Nutana $ 8.5 Saskatoon Greater Saskatoon Catholic E.D. Feehan $ 3.3 Saskatoon Division scholaire francophone ECF pavilion secondaire $ 1.3 3 projects $13.1 million

* The estimated ministry share is based on preliminary planning and construction costs. The ministry’s share of the project may change as the projects proceed through planning and detailed design.