LANGLEY. B.C. – The Government of British Columbia has approved funding for a new secondary and middle school for Langley, B.C.
The new joint school campus will be located in the Willoughby area of the Township of Langley and will be home to Smith Middle and Smith Secondary schools.
Smith Secondary will provide spaces for 1,900 students and will be funded through $203 million from the provincial government, the largest amount of funding provided by the province’s Ministry of Education and Childcare in B.C. history, according to a release.
An additional $103 million in provincial funding will be used to create 900 new seats at Smith Middle school and will include a neighbourhood learning centre for child care for the broader community, the release said.
The province also provided $9 million for a newly completed prefabricated addition to Richard Bulpitt Elementary in Langley which includes six classrooms connected by corridors and storage spaces for students’ personal belongings.
The school district worked with the Township of Langley and each site was purchased in partnership with the township through a joint-use agreement, the release said.
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