Posted: Feb 01, 2021 1:19 PM CT | Last Updated: February 1
Critics of putting a new school in Optimist Park say it would mean losing what little green space there is in the neighbourhood.(Leisha Grebinski/CBC News)
Saskatoon Public Schools is looking at a new location for a huge school in the core neighbourhoods, but the proposed site isn t being met with community-wide support.
School officials are asking the City of Saskatoon about the viability of Optimist Park, located between 18th and 19th St. W. and Avenue J and Avenue L S. We have a shortage of park space already in the core, and [Optimist Park] is an oasis for us, King George resident Karen Farmer told