LANIGAN 鈥� The Horizon School Division is moving into the design phase for the future K-12 school in Lanigan, which will consolidate both the elementary and high school.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a very exciting time,鈥� said Kevin Garinger, Horizon School Division鈥檚 director of education. 鈥淲ithin a year we鈥檒l be moving to begin the actual construction, so lots of work ahead of us to prepare for that, but we鈥檙e looking forward to it.鈥�
Garinger said that they鈥檙e planning for the facility to be two levels.
鈥淲hat that鈥檚 going to look like, we don鈥檛 know yet 鈥� but we anticipate we鈥檒l be looking at two gymnasiums,鈥� he said.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been looking at schools of similar size and capacity, just schools being built for 400-450 students. So it will be similar in size and that sort of thing as Rosthern Community School or Hudson Bay Community School.鈥�
The high school that鈥檚 currently being used in Lanigan was built in 1956, while the elementary was built in 1965. Currently, the high school has no HVAC system for air exchanges.
Garinger said the new facility will contain all these amenities.
鈥淚t will have to have all the requirements that are necessary and are part of the expectations of any sort of new construction that way, especially school construction.鈥�
There isn鈥檛 expected to be any downtime between shifting the students to the new facility, with the older schools remaining in use until the new facility is operational.
Afterwards, Garinger said the older facilities will be demolished.
The architectural firm chosen to work on the school is Group2.聽 Some of the firm鈥檚 previous projects include a K-9 school in Meadow Ridge, Alberta, and the 鈥淪hakespeare on the Saskatchewan鈥� facility in Saskatoon.
A new school for Lanigan was first announced July 23, with the province investing $21 million into the project.
鈥淭his build is certainly, as you can tell, long overdue,鈥� Garinger said. 鈥淪o we鈥檙e excited the government and board has supported us in that.鈥�
