Schools are buying up portables in a scramble to meet student demand in Nanaimo and the West Shore.
Nicholas Beaudoin is a teacher at École John Stubbs Memorial School in Colwood, one of 29 schools in the Sooke School District.
Superintendent Scott Stinson says the district has 100 more students enrolled than expected, 750 more than last year.The excess numbers have forced the district to move and buy portables for various schools, including at Royal Bay Secondary.“It’s the amount of money that we're putting into portables rather than into the classroom, and you know if that $1.4 million could have gone into the classroom. Rather than purchasing temporary space, it would be a great thing for kids,” he says.
“Next year, and the year after that are going to be big challenges for us,” says Stinson. “It’s going to have some big costs and challenges for us.”
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