One of the major items in the 2020-21 Provincial Budget for Yorkton was $750,000 towards planning for renovations at Yorkton Regional High School.听
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Quentin Robertson, Director of Education, explained that the money will be used to get the architectural and engineering plans done, which has already started as part of the annual capital application process. They have been applying for this project for twelve years.
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鈥淲e are very thankful to our local MLAs, Warren Kaeding, Greg Ottenbreit and Terry Dennis, along with the board of Education for advocating on our behalf. A big thank you goes to our Ministry of Education and our provincial government for seeing the need, the leadership offered by Rob Currie, our deputy Minister of Education and his team, and Gord Wyant, the Deputy Premier and our Ministry of Education.鈥�
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They expect the project itself to be in the neighborhood of $25-30 million, and to begin in 2021.
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The renovation project will be focused 鈥榖ehind the scenes鈥� aspects of the facility Robertson explained, with major renovations to heating and ventilation, windows, roofing, fire-suppression, sprinkler systems, as well as asbestos abatement.
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鈥淚t鈥檚 a very large facility. The $25-30 million is basically taking care of those non-cosmetic items.鈥�
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At the end of the day, the objective behind the renovations is the continued safety of students and staff at YRHS, Robertson said.
