New $ 23.5m School Key Piece of Thamesford’s 1,000-Home Growth: Mayor

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With Approved Plans for a Massive New Subdivision in Thamesford, Queen’s Park is shelling out $ 23.5 million for a new elementary school in a village Primed for Exponential Growth.

With Approved Plans for a Massive New Subdivision in Thamesford, Queen’s Park is shelling out $ 23.5 million for a new elementary school in a village Primed for Exponential Growth.

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The Thames Valley District School Board Will Build A Kindergarten to Grade 4 School in the Oxford County Community of 2,600 people 20 kilometers East of London.

The Funding for the New Elementary School is “Tremendous News” to Zorra Township Mayor Marcus Ryan, Who, Along with Municipal Politicians, Approved A Propédal Earlier This Month for An Enormous 1,000-Plus Home Subdivision in Thamesford, paving the way for a population spike spike spike In the village.

“This is part of the Just Recently Approved Plan, a subdivision for the Village of Thamesford, which is Going to Be Transformational in and of Itself,” Said Ryan, who also serves as oxford County Warden.

A New School is “Essential,” Not just in preparation for the growing population, but also also pupils already are taught in portables at the kindergarten to grade 8 thamesford elementary school, he said.

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Marcus Ryan, Mayor of Zorra Township Photo by postmedia Network File Photo

“Students Shouldn’t Be Going to School in Portables and Temporary Classrooms. . . They shouldn’t have to put on their boots and their Jacket to go to the Bathroom, ”Ryan Said.

The New Kindergarten to Grade 4 School Will Houses 479 Pupils Along With 88 Child-Care Spaces As “part of the goverment’s commitment to build modern learning space for Ontario Students,” Oxford Progressive Conservative MPP Ernie Hardeman Said in a News Release.

“It’s a big investment in our future, and I look forward to see the positive impact it will have on families and studs for years to come,” he said.

Ryan Said the New School Also Would Have A Recreation Component, Calling It “More Than Just a Building for Reading, Writing (And) Arithmetic.”

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Once the new School is building, Thamesford Elementary School will be converted into grade 5 to grade 8 elementary school, Though an open date for the new school has been determined, the Thames Valley Board Said in an Email Statement.

“AS A Community Grows, It Should Grow to Better, Not Just Grow and then Play Catch Up,” Ryan Said. “The intention here of this Whole Development, Including the School, the Child Care, the Recreation Component, is that it grows not just for that development, but for the entitre community.”

The more than 1,000-home subdivision proposed for Thamesford on the site of the Maple Leaf Foods Plant that close in 2018. The Project on the 45-Hectare Site Still Require A Green Light from Oxford County Council, but Ryan Expects It Will Be “ approved. ”.

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The New Thamesford School is one of 30 New Schools and 15 School Expansions Announced Monday in the Run-Up to the Provincial Election Campaign by the Ford Government.

The Thames Valley Board also Received Funding for Two New Elementary Schools In London While The London District Catholic School Board was given the Green Light for A New Hight School and Elementary School In London and A New High School in St. Thomas.

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Other London Area Schools to Receive Funding

London District Catholic

  • North London Secondary School, $ 100.5 million, 1,999 Students and 88 Child-Care Spaces
  • Southwest London Elementary School, $ 31.1 million, 655 pupils and 88 Child-Care Spaces
  • St. Thomas Secondary School, $ 41.6 million, 826 Students

Thames Valley District

  • Thamesford Junior Kindergarten to Grade 4 Elementary School, $ 23.5 million, 480 pupils and 88 child-care Spaces
  • Southwest London Elementary School, $ 43.6 million, 934 pupils and 88 Child-Care Spaces
  • North Central London Elementary School, $ 26.3 million, 514 pupils and 88 Child-Care Spaces.

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