Politics and the New Springhill School
The MLA for Cumberland South says a replacement for Springhill Elementary school has been a political football for years.
Tory Rushton says the new project was announced immediately before his 2018 by-election. Rushton says, “Since then, plans for the new school have sputtered.”
The new school is scheduled to open in September 2021, but the MLA fears it will be delayed because of politics.
Rushton says, “I don’t want the Springhill Elementary to be another election promise in two years. I want the government to fulfill their promise from the last election.”
Rushton has regularly written to the Minister of Education to get progress updates on the new school. Last month, the Minister said issues with the potential site of the school had arisen and a structural engineering consultant was being brought in to advise.
The Minister wrote, “Please note if the community centre site proves unsuitable, government will consider other sites within Springhill for the location of the new school.”
Rushton hopes this doesn’t put the project back to square one.
He said, “I am asking the Minister to reassure the students, parents, and teachers that the plan is not stalled.”
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