With much of southern Manitoba expected to receive 10 to 20 centimetres of snow on Thursday, a number of schools have closed for the day due to the wintry weather and poor driving conditions.
WINNIPEG With a spring snowstorm coming down on parts of Manitoba, a number of schools across the province have been forced to close due to weather and road conditions. The following is a list of school closures and bus cancellations for April 13, 2021: All schools in the Lord Selkirk School Division are closed. Buses are not running and staff are not expected to report to work. All schools are closed in the Sunrise School Division, and staff should stay at home. Schools are closed in the Evergreen School Division. Buses are not running. Schools are closed and buses aren’t running in the Swan Valley School Division.
WINNIPEG Manitoba is experiencing another day of frigid temperatures on Thursday, forcing some school divisions to cancel classes. The following is a list of schools and school buses that have been cancelled for Thursday, Feb. 11: The Southwest Horizon School Division has cancelled classes and school buses. Staff are asked to work from home. Evergreen School Division has closed schools and cancelled school buses. Brandon School Division buses won t be operating outside of Brandon. However, all schools are open and buses will be running within Brandon. Where travel is required, student attendance is up to parental discretion. Staff are asked to report to work.
Brandon Sun By: Kyle Darbyson
KYLE DARBYSON/THE BRANDON SUN
Paul Alexandre and his son eight-year-old Julien pose for a photo outside their Brandon home on Sunday morning. Alexandre recently told the Sun that he hopes that a new francophone school is built in Brandon sooner rather than later, since his son, who currently attends École La Source in CFB Shilo, would greatly benefit from being educated a lot closer to home.
Education Minister Cliff Cullen turned some heads on Thursday when he announced that the province is allocating more than $24 million for seven future land acquisition projects, which includes a K-12 Division Scolaire Franco-Manitobaine school in Brandon.
Brandon Sun Posted:
Advertisement
Education Minister Cliff Cullen announced on Thursday that the Manitoba government will be setting aside more than $24 million for seven future land acquisition projects, which includes two new school sites in the Brandon area.
During an afternoon news conference on education infrastructure, Cullen stated that these projects involve a K-8 and K-12 facility, with the latter being a school under the jurisdiction of Division Scolaire Franco-Manitobaine.
Outside of Brandon, Cullen also mentioned that this funding will be used to build new facilities in the Louis Riel, River East Transcona, Seven Oaks and Pembina Trails school divisions, all located in Winnipeg.