2022-23 Capital Projects

2022-23 Capital Projects

In February 2022, the provincial government announced an update to its school capital plan. Click here to read the news release.

Click here to view the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development’s multi-year capital plan.

Supporting Enrolment Growth

Enrolment in HRCE schools continues to grow. At some schools, this growth is causing capacity pressures. To support school communities, modular classroom additions will be constructed at three HRCE schools and six schools will receive portable classrooms during the summer of 2022. 

Georges P. Vanier Junior High

Millwood High

Sackville Heights Elementary

Charles P. Allen High

Holland Road Elementary

Le-Marchant St. Thomas Elementary

Portland Estates Elementary

Sackville Heights Junior High

St. Margaret's Bay Elementary

Capital Repair Projects

Some of the larger capital repair projects undertaken during this fiscal year:

Bicentennial School

Asbestos Testing

On Thursday, December 8, out of an abundance of caution, the Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) closed Bicentennial School after receiving test results indicating higher than acceptable levels of asbestos present in two of the three rooms under construction. The school remained closed on Monday, December 12 and Tuesday, December 13 while more testing was completed.

The school re-opened on Wednesday, December 14 after the HRCE received approval from the Nova Scotia Department of Labour, Skills, and Immigration along with clear test results from a third-party expert.

The following reports capture all relevant details:

  1. 30128 – Bicentennial School – MicroVAC Report, December 8, 2022 
  2. 30128 – Report 02 – Bicentennial School – MicroVAC Report - REV, December 9, 2022 
  3. 30171 – Bicentennial School – Background Air Monitoring – Report 02, December 11, 2022 
  4. 30171 – Bicentennial School – MicroVAC Report, December 13, 2022 
  5. 319996 – Occupancy and Dust Results Letter, 85 Victoria Rd, Dartmouth, NS, HRCE, 13Dec2022

Letters to Families

Additional Information

  1. 30105 - Report 3 - Bicentennial School - Perimeter Air Monitoring, November 23, 2022
  2. 30105 - Report 4 - Bicentennial School - Perimeter Air Monitoring, November 24, 2022
  3. 30105 - Report 6 - Bicentennial School - FC Report, November 24, 2022
  4. 30138 - Report 1 - Bicentennial School - Enclosure Pre-Inspection, December 1, 2022
  5. 30138 - Report 2 - Bicentennial School - Perimeter Air Monitoring, December 2, 2022
  6. 30138 - Report 3 - Bicentennial School - Post-Abatement Inspection, December 2, 2022
  7. 30138 - Report 4 - Bicentennial School - FC Report, December 2, 2022

Brookhouse Elementary

Crichton Park Elementary

Dutch Settlement Elementary

Harold T. Barrett Junior High

Highland Park Junior High

John W. MacLeod - Fleming Tower Elementary

Joseph Howe Elementary

Rockingham Elementary

Tantallon Senior Elementary

William King Elementary