Work will begin immediately to partially demolish Parry Sound High School.
The decision came during a special Board meeting held Thursday night.
Trustees of Near North District School Board (NNDSB) awarded the contract to CLC Infrastructure Inc. in the amount of $937,600.
The special meeting was called at the request of Board Chair Jay Aspin in response to a recommendation received from the Parry Sound Build Committee.
“Terrific teamwork from our board of Trustees and administration has resulted in this welcome news for the Parry Sound region," said Aspin. "We are moving forward with a state-of-the-art K-12 educational facility which we expect will open September 2023.”
Most of the demolition work can be completed before school begins, although there may be ongoing site work and some interior work taking place into September.
The partial demolition is required to fit the new JK-12 school on the existing site. This will allow for the construction of the new school to begin in the spring and is expected to take 16 to 18 months to complete.
Designs and site plans will be finalized in the next few weeks. In the fall, the board will submit a request to the Ministry of Education for approval to tender for construction.
All news pertaining to the Parry Sound JK-12 build can be found under the capital planning section of NNDSB’s website.