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Ottawa suburbs to get 3 new schools, province says

Two Ottawa suburbs are slated to get three new schools, the province announced on Wednesday.

Barrhaven to get 2 new schools, Orlans 1 new school

A red-headed student with a pencil writes at his school desk with other students in a classroom with notices and papers pinned to bulletin boards lining the walls.
Ontario's Education Minister Stephen Lecce said Wednesday the Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven is getting two new schools and Orlans is set to get one new school as part of a $550 million spending plan. (Robert MacPherson/AFP/Getty Images)

Two Ottawa suburbs are slated to get three new schools, the province announced on Wednesday.

Barrhaven South will see the construction of a new French public elementary school and an English Catholic school, Ontario's Education Minister Stephen Lecceannounced alongside Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeodduring a virtual news conference.

Conseil des coles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario will receive $12 million to build the 475-student French public school, and theOttawa Catholic School Board is receiving $12.4 million to build a 507-student school.

Lecce also announced Conseil des coles catholiques du Centre-Estwill get$10.5 million to build a 412-student French Catholic elementary school in Orlans.

On Tuesday, the province announced theOttawa-Carleton District School Board will received $42.3 million for a new 1,516-student high school in Riverside South and theOttawa Catholic District School Board will receive $12.4 million for a new 507-student elementary school inStittsville.

All the new schools include on-site child-care spaces.

The funding announcements are part of a $550 million spending plan to build 20 new schools in the province and make upgrades to eight other schools.

No opening dates have yet been announced for the new schools.

With files from CBC's Trevor Pritchard

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