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July 6, 2012

Pasadena Academy to Receive Exterior Upgrades

Pasadena Academy will receive $233,119 in exterior upgrades following a recent tender awarded to Tech Construction Ltd. of Corner Brook.

“All of the windows and most of the exterior doors at Pasadena Academy will be replaced as part of this project,” said the Honourable Clyde Jackman, Minister of Education. “With this investment, approximately $500,000 has been allocated for upgrades at the Grade 7-12 school, helping to protect the Provincial Government’s investment in the facility, and ensuring it remains a comfortable learning and teaching environment.”

The work is expected to be completed this fall.

“I am very pleased with this investment in upgrades to Pasadena Academy,” said the Honourable Tom Marshall, Minister of Finance and MHA for Humber East. “These improvements are necessary to ensuring that the school is properly maintained and that students, teachers and staff at Pasadena Academy have a safe and healthy environment in which to learn and work.”

Budget 2012: People and Prosperity includes $115 million for new and ongoing K-12 infrastructure projects, including $29 million for priority repairs and maintenance.

Since 2004, about $567 million has been allocated for school infrastructure throughout the province. Nine new schools have opened; 10 more are in various stages of planning or construction; 12 major extension and renovation projects have been completed, and six more are underway or in the planning stages. In addition, more than 1,700 repairs and maintenance projects have been undertaken. This level of infrastructure investments is unprecedented in the province’s history.

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Media contacts:

Heather May
Director of Communications
Department of Education
709-729-0048, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca
Lary Wells
Executive Assistant to the
Honourable Tom Marshall
MHA for Humber East
709-637-2575
larrywells@gov.nl.ca

2012 07 06             11:30 a.m.

 
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