KENASTON—Sun West School Division is proceeding with plans to build its new $5.2 million Distance Learning Centre.
Proposals to build the stand-alone building adjacent to Kenaston School are due next Wednesday.
Sun West’s board of education received an update on the project at its meeting last Tuesday.
In February, Sun West put out a call for proposals to design and build a 15,000 square foot office building to house teaching staff and programming for the distance learning program.
The new building is required due to the rapid growth of the distance learning program that began in 2012 using vacant classrooms in Kenaston School.
The program took off and now, with 440 students, the Distance Learning Centre has the largest enrolment in the division. Within five years, Sun West is projecting that 716 students will be enrolled in its DLC.
The new office building will accommodate approximately 90 teachers who teach a wide variety of subjects and courses delivered online to students throughout the province.
This school year, Sun West had to find additional space in Kenaston for more DLC teachers so office space in the village’s curling rink was leased.
To read more, please see the March 2 print edition of The Davidson Leader.