New francophone school to be built in Moncton for kindergarten to Grade 8

Moncton will be getting a new francophone school for kindergarten to Grade 8, the provincial government announced Wednesday.

The government said it would cost $2 million to begin planning for the new school.

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The school is being built to deal with the growing number of students attendingcole le Sommetand cole Champlain.

"There was an urgent need to build a new school in Moncton to make up for the lack of space in current schools," Paul Demers, the chair of the district education council inFrancophoneSud, said in a government news release.

The location of the new school willbe chosen this fiscal year.