As part of Ontario’s ongoing efforts to build and improve local schools, the province provided the Peel District School Board with approval to proceed to tender the new Mount Pleasant No.9 in Brampton. This is supported by an investment of $31.3 million, which includes additional funding of $11.3 million.
The Government of Ontario is delivering more than $26.6 billion in education funding for the 2022-23 school year, the highest investment in public education in Ontario’s history. Investing in the province’s schools is an integral part of Ontario’s Plan to Catch Up, focussing on the priorities of parents and includes five key components:
• Kids being back in the classroom with a full school experience that includes extracurriculars such as sports, band and field trips;
• Investing more than $175 million for enhanced tutoring support programs delivered by school boards and community partners, with a focus on reading, writing and math;
• Updating the curriculum to prepare students for the jobs of tomorrow, including opportunities in the skilled trades;
• Providing more money to build schools and improve education; and
• Allocating $90 million – the highest amount in Ontario history, and a 420 per cent
increase from 2017-18 – to support student mental health.
Once completed, this project will deliver 850 elementary student spaces and 73 child care spaces for local families. The investment is part of the Ontario government’s commitment to provide $14 billion to support school construction, repair and renewal over 10 years. Since 2018, the government has approved nearly 200 school construction projects and the development of more than 300 child care and education building-related projects, of which, more than 100 are actively under construction.
“The funding for a new Mount Pleasant No. 9 Public School in Brampton is great news for our community,” said Amarjot Sandhu, MPP for Brampton West. “This investment will ensure families and students have access to a quality learning environment in the years ahead.”
“Our government is investing $14 billion over ten years to build new schools, improve existing facilities and create child care spaces to ensure young people can reach their full potential,” said Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education. “By building the new state-of-the-art
Mount Pleasant No. 9 Public School, as well as investing in tutoring and mental health supports for the year ahead, we are getting students in Brampton back on track now and well into the future. While we make progress building this new school to support hard- working parents, we remain committed to keeping students in more normal classrooms with extra curriculars, sports, and clubs.”
“Under Premier Ford’s leadership, we’re building more state-of-the-art schools to support the needs of Ontario’s students, families and growing communities. By investing in innovative and modern learning spaces, we’re ensuring students have access to the quality education that will provide them with lifelong skills and education in a safe and healthy environment,” said Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure. “These investments are one of the ways we’re delivering on our promise to build Ontario, with an infrastructure budget of more than $148 billion over the next decade.”
Highlights of the project include:
• 850 new student spaces
• 73 new child care spaces
• 4 new child care rooms
Mount Pleasant No. 9 Public School will be located in the Mount Pleasant Community of Brampton.
Quick Facts:
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• For the 2022-23 school year, the province is providing school boards with $1.4 billion
in funding to revitalize and renew aged building systems and components.
• Through the COVID-19 Resilience Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, the governments of Canada and Ontario are providing $656.5 million in funding for critical infrastructure projects to protect students and staff from COVID-19 in the province’s schools.
• In March 2022, the Governments of Canada and Ontario signed a $13.2 billion agreement that will lower child care fees in stages for families, delivering an average of $10 a day child care by September 2025.
“It is exciting that parents and caregivers with young children will have access to more childcare in the Mount Pleasant community. This is such a welcomed benefit for local families. As a result of this investment, parents, caregivers, and their young children can connect with others for years to come, harnessing early learning opportunities for the children in the community.”, Rashmi Swarup, Director of Education, Peel District School Board.
Since 2018, the Ontario government has invested over $2.0 billion in capital projects
in education, including 100 new schools, 88 additions and renovations to existing
facilities and 6,410 new licensed child care spaces.
MPP Amarjot Sandhu – Brampton West 905-595-1532 Amarjot.SandhuCO@pc.ola.org
10 Gillingham Drive – #309, Brampton ON,
