École Mission Senior Secondary Replacement

Do you ever wonder WHY does it take so long to get/build a new school? Please see visual for more clarity on the process.

• May 20, 2025 UPDATE
  
  
• April 15, 2025 UPDATE
• March 11, 2025 UPDATE
• February 18, 2025 UPDATE
• January 21, 2025 UPDATE

• December 13, 2024 NEWS RELEASE:

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Major Milestone for École Mission Senior Secondary School Replacement Project

LinkedIn: Infrastructure BC B2B Invitation

Infrastructure BC Eventbrite B2B Event Invite

• October 15, 2024 UPDATE
• September 17, 2024 UPDATE
• A Contract was established with Infrastructure BC over the Summer of 2024 to manage the process of finding a design / builder. Information will be available on their website once our contracts are in place.

Link to Infrastructure BC for details. The project is currently IN PROCUREMENT.

*See the information on George Pringle Secondary and Cowichan Secondary School under projects on this website for comparison.

At the June 11, 2024 Committee of the Whole, where a Community Engagement Plan was discussed. See Minutes Here

April 5, 2024: Ministry of Education and Childcare News Release (click to read)

In attendance: MLA Pam Alexis, Minister of Education and Childcare Rachna Singh, MLA Surrey-Green Timbers, MLA Bob D'Eith, Maple Ridge-Mission, School Board Chair Shelley Carter and Board Trustees Linda Hamel, Tracy Loffler, Jash Bains, and Randy Cairns, Sq'ewlets First Nation Knowledge Keeper Johnny Williams, MSS Principal Jim Pierce, and Izzy Vetter, 2022 MSS Class Valedictorian. As well, Mayor Paul Horn, Mission BC and Mission Council, School District staff, the City of Mission, and local First Nations community members were on hand to support.

The Province is providing $175 million for the replacement of the school, with an additional $1 million funded by the school district. The new Mission Senior Secondary school is expected to be ready for students by the 2029-30 school year. The new 1,500-seat secondary school will create an additoinal 250 seats to support future enrolment growth in the district. The school will support an Indigenous education centre and a neighbourhood learning centre for community use and child care. The students will remain in the current school until the new Mission Senior Secondary is complete.

April 5, 2024, Mission City Record Article

Fall 2023: All requested documents have been in order and submitted to the Ministry of Education and Childcare within the requested timeframe. We are waiting for the next steps and funding from the Treasury Board.
Senior staff have engaged the consultants who have been previously involved in preparing supporting documentation for the project. The consultants have been provided with an aggressive timeline to prepare the Project Definition Report (PDR). The report will define the scope and scale of the project and is anticipated to be finalized by September. Once it is finalized, the school district will submit it to the ministry (ahead of the provincial election).
Novermber 1, 2023 | Media Release - MPSD: Mission Community Update

March 10, 2023 | Press Release - NDP MLAs Alexis and D'Eith announce funding to replace Mission Secondary School

Mission Record: Funding in place to build a new secondary school

The Ministry announced that funds have been earmarked to replace the current École Mission Senior Secondary School, pending approval of the district’s business plan.

Mission City Record, October 13, 2020 NDP Promise $87 million for new high school