Designed for 1,400 students, the school currently has just under 1,700.
Nanaimo’s school board is looking for public input on how to deal with an overflow of students at Nanaimo District Secondary School.
“It probably won’t take us long to gather all of the information,” said district spokesperson Dale Burgos.• Students graduating from Gabriola Elementary on Gabriola Island, which has 143 kindergarten-Grade 7 students, attend Cedar Secondary rather than Nanaimo District Secondary School. Burgos said the consultation is part of a long-range facilities plan established in 2021 to look at capacity in all schools.
Jessica Krog-Irving, who chairs the Nanaimo-Ladysmith District Parent Advisory Council, has two children at Nanaimo District Secondary School — a daughter in Grade 10 French immersion and a son in Grade 8 in lacrosse academy — as well as a son at elementary school. The ideal solution would be for the provincial government to realize that NDSS is in serious need of funding for at least an upgrade, said Krog-Irving, whose group has been part of discussions about the long-range facilities plan.“It doesn’t really change the fact that we’re at capacity,” she said. “It doesn’t help with students not being able to access gym time or foods programs.”
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