Ottawa suburbs to get 3 new schools, province says

Two Ottawa suburbs are slated to get three new schools, the province announced on Wednesday.

Barrhaven South will see the construction of a new French public elementary school and an English Catholic school, Ontario's Education Minister Stephen Lecceannounced alongside Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeodduring a virtual news conference.

Conseil des coles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario will receive $12 million to build the 475-student French public school, and theOttawa Catholic School Board is receiving $12.4 million to build a 507-student school.

Lecce also announced Conseil des coles catholiques du Centre-Estwill get$10.5 million to build a 412-student French Catholic elementary school in Orlans.

On Tuesday, the province announced theOttawa-Carleton District School Board will received $42.3 million for a new 1,516-student high school in Riverside South and theOttawa Catholic District School Board will receive $12.4 million for a new 507-student elementary school inStittsville.

All the new schools include on-site child-care spaces.

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.

No opening dates have yet been announced for the new schools.