Students and staff will soon be in safer, modern classrooms with funding approved for a seismic replacement of Montgomery Middle school.

Families in Coquitlam will see 300 more student spaces in their community, as part of the government’s plan to expand schools faster.

Students and staff in Coquitlam are starting the school year in a new school that is helping address enrolment growth in one of B.C.’s fast-growing communities.

A newly built extension to École Panorama Heights Elementary will get Coquitlam students out of portables and into more modern classrooms.

An important step in bringing a new middle-secondary school to families in Coquitlam’s Burke Mountain neighbourhood is complete, as government has approved the concept plan to build the facility.

Students and families in the Tri-Cities are starting to see new and improved schools in their community, with 935 new student seats either opened or under construction in the Coquitlam School District.

Students in the Coquitlam School District will benefit from $3.3 million in provincial funding for school upgrade projects and new classroom supplies, MLA Linda Reimer announced on behalf of Education Minister Mike Bernier.