MUENSTER — A major renovation at Muenster School is on the Horizon School Division’s wish list.
Each year, the provincial education ministry asks each school division to submit a few major capital projects. They’ll then consider which projects will be funded in future provincial budgets.
The Muenster School renovation would include a relocation of the school’s office, as well as move the industrial arts program in-house. Right now, the program is housed three blocks away.
“When you apply for any capital project, the sooner you get in the queue, the better,” said Linda Mattock, the division's vice-chair. “It's a long waiting list and the need is obviously there.”
The vice-chair said having the industrial arts program away from the school is somewhat of a safety concern for the division.
“Anytime you take a program like that, especially something like [industrial arts], and take it off campus, you start to question about the whole safety of the program. If something should happen, it's good to have that housed right within the school in rather than off campus.”
The division's board of education voted in favour of the submission at its Feb. 13 meeting.
