Proposed developments sport more than 100 new kids
Oct 01, 2008 - 09:49 AM
DURHAM -- The Catholic board had no issues with municipal plans that could yield more students for its schools.
Trustees at a recent Durham Catholic District School Board meeting approved staff recommendations to indicate no objection to various developments in Whitby and Pickering. The plans would see more than 100 students added to its student population.
In Whitby, 296 apartments proposed for the southeast corner of Victoria and Brock streets would yield a projected 30 students for St. Marguerite d'Youville Catholic School. The Michael Boulevard school has an education ministry-rated capacity of 311 students and a current enrolment of 417.
Also in Whitby, 42 students could be added through 420 apartment units proposed for the north side of Dundas Street East, just west of Anderson Street. The kids would attend St. Theresa Catholic School on Crawforth Street, which has a rated capacity of 363 and 263 students at present.
For St. Bridget Catholic school in Brooklin, five additional students are projected from 34 single-detached homes to be built at the south side of Columbus Road, on the east side of Way Street. The school's rated capacity is 357 students and enrolment is currently at 442.
In Pickering, 18 students could be added to Holy Redeemer Catholic School through 110 townhouses proposed for south of Bayly Street on the east side of Saint Martins Drive. The school's capacity is 380 and it has 497 students.
On the west side of Brock Road and the south side of Finch Avenue in Pickering, 80 proposed townhouses would add about 13 students to St. Wilfrid Catholic School. It has a rated capacity of 423 but only 385 students right now. St. Wilfrid could get another 22 students on top of that from a development on the south side of Old Taunton Road and the east side of Brock Road. The site is slated to have 28 detached homes, 24 semi-detached, and 83 townhouses. Yet another development could see another 39 students added to the school. A total of 128 detached homes and 108 townhouses are proposed for the west side of Tillings Road and the south side of the CP Rail lands.
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