Two Ottawa suburbs are slated to get three new schools, the province announced on Wednesday. Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario will receive $12 million to build the 475-student French public school, and the Ottawa Catholic School Board is receiving $12.4 million to build a 507-student school. Lecce also announced Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est will get $10.5 million to build a 412-student French Catholic elementary school in Orléans. On Tuesday, the province announced the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board will received $42.3 million for a new 1,516-student high school in Riverside South and the Ottawa Catholic District School Board will receive $12.4 million for a new 507-student elementary school in Stittsville. 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.

Source: CBC News October 21, 2020 21:54 UTC