{"id":541,"date":"2020-10-22T16:36:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T20:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/?p=541"},"modified":"2020-10-22T16:53:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T20:53:11","slug":"ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Government to Build New School in Brantford."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"541\" class=\"elementor elementor-541\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9805416 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9805416\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7c22c0\" data-id=\"c7c22c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c87e432 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c87e432\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Province supporting students with better and modern learning spaces<\/p><p><strong>NEWS Thursday October 22, 2020<\/strong><\/p><p>BRANTFORD: The Ontario government is investing $550 million in accelerated funding to build 20 new schools and make upgrades to 8 existing facilities.<\/p><p>As part of its plan for a safe return to school, the Ontario government is supporting the\u00a0 Grand Erie District School Board with approval for a new South West Brantford Elementary School. For families in Brantford, this investment will mean an improved, quality learning environment and new child care rooms. This new school is part of the province\u2019s 2020-2021 Capital Priorities Program to support students with better and more modern learning spaces.<\/p><p>\u201cThese are not just investments in bricks and mortar, our government is investing in the future of our children by creating a better learning environment,\u201d said Will Bouma, MPP for Brantford-Brant. \u201cBy building this new school we are providing students with access to modern classroom settings and the latest technology which will lead to new opportunities and lifelong success.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cI am thrilled to hear that the City will be receiving over $16 million to build a new school in the Southwest,\u201d said Brantford Mayor Kevin Davis \u201cI would like to thank MPP Bouma for advocating for our community. This truly is incredible development for the City, and the students in the area. \u201d\u00a0<\/p><p>It is critical that Ontario continues to invest in safe and modern schools that meet the needs of students, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ontario government is also generating nearly 900 new licensed child care spaces across the province.<\/p><p>\u201cThis government firmly believes that your children deserve to learn in state of the art, modern, technologically connected and accessible schools,\u201d\u00a0said Minister Lecce. \u201cWe will continue to take action, like the new South West Brantford Elementary School, to ensure students are safe today and well into the future by\u00a0approving more new school buildings and permanent additions and increasing access to child care for working parents.\u201d<\/p><p>Highlights of the new school include:<\/p><ul><li>650 new elementary student spaces.<\/li><li>64 new licensed child care spaces.<\/li><li>4 child care rooms<\/li><\/ul><p>The\u00a0 new South West Brantford Elementary School is located at the intersection of Shellard Lane &amp; McGuinness Drive in Brantford.<\/p><p><strong>Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Ontario Government is working with school board partners to invest in capital projects that advance safe and accessible learning opportunities for students.<\/li><li>To create new opportunities for Ontario\u2019s families, the government is investing up to $1 billion to create up to 30,000 new child care spaces in schools over five years.<\/li><li>The Ontario Government announced in Budget 2019 that over the next ten years, Ontario is investing over $12 billion in capital grants, including allocating $550M in 2020-2021 for new schools, additions and major renovations.<\/li><li>This massive investment will build new schools and help existing schools after a decade of closures and maintenance backlog.<\/li><li>Ontario is also providing school boards with a historic $1.4 billion in funding to renew and maintain existing schools.<\/li><li>This funding could be used to replace aging heating or air conditioning systems, repair roofs and windows, and install important accessibility features like elevators and ramps.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">-30-<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information, contact MPP Will Bouma at 519-759-0361 or <a href=\"mailto:will.bouma@pc.ola.org\">will.bouma@pc.ola.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Province supporting students with better and modern learning spaces NEWS Thursday October 22, 2020 BRANTFORD: The Ontario government is investing $550 million in accelerated funding to build 20 new schools and make upgrades to 8 existing facilities. As part of its plan for a safe return to school, the Ontario government is supporting the&nbsp; Grand &#8230; <a title=\"Ontario Government to Build New School in Brantford.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ontario Government to Build New School in Brantford.\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ontario Government to Build New School in Brantford. - WillBouma.ca<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ontario Government to Build New School in Brantford.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Province supporting students with better and modern learning spaces NEWS Thursday October 22, 2020 BRANTFORD: The Ontario government is investing $550 million in accelerated funding to build 20 new schools and make upgrades to 8 existing facilities. As part of its plan for a safe return to school, the Ontario government is supporting the&nbsp; Grand ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WillBouma.ca\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-22T20:36:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-22T20:53:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"329\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"235\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Will Bouma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ontario Government to Build New School in Brantford.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Will Bouma\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/\",\"name\":\"Ontario Government to Build New School in Brantford. - WillBouma.ca\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-22T20:36:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-22T20:53:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/0395947644a4ee80cb1bfc574e72ff70\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png\",\"width\":329,\"height\":235,\"caption\":\"Will Bouma\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ontario Government to Build New School in Brantford.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/\",\"name\":\"WillBouma.ca\",\"description\":\"MPP Brantford-Brant\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/0395947644a4ee80cb1bfc574e72ff70\",\"name\":\"Will Bouma\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png\",\"caption\":\"Will Bouma\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/author\/willboumapc\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ontario Government to Build New School in Brantford. - WillBouma.ca","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ontario Government to Build New School in Brantford.","og_description":"Province supporting students with better and modern learning spaces NEWS Thursday October 22, 2020 BRANTFORD: The Ontario government is investing $550 million in accelerated funding to build 20 new schools and make upgrades to 8 existing facilities. As part of its plan for a safe return to school, the Ontario government is supporting the&nbsp; Grand ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/","og_site_name":"WillBouma.ca","article_published_time":"2020-10-22T20:36:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-22T20:53:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":329,"height":235,"url":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Will Bouma","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Ontario Government to Build New School in Brantford.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Will Bouma","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/","url":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/","name":"Ontario Government to Build New School in Brantford. - WillBouma.ca","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png","datePublished":"2020-10-22T20:36:06+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-22T20:53:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/0395947644a4ee80cb1bfc574e72ff70"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png","width":329,"height":235,"caption":"Will Bouma"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/ontario-government-to-build-new-school-in-brantford\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ontario Government to Build New School in Brantford."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/","name":"WillBouma.ca","description":"MPP Brantford-Brant","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/0395947644a4ee80cb1bfc574e72ff70","name":"Will Bouma","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WillPicA.png","caption":"Will Bouma"},"url":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/author\/willboumapc\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willbouma.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}