Regina school forced to use library, teachers’ lounge as classrooms
Global News
A Regina elementary school is being forced to convert unconventional spaces into classrooms to accommodate a growing number of students.
A Regina elementary school has been forced to convert unconventional spaces into classrooms to accommodate a growing number of students.
A surge in enrolment has forced Jack Mackenzie School to turn the library, dance studio and staff lounge into classrooms.
It’s leaving one parent concerned about the impact it is having on education.
“It just doesn’t seem like it should be an option,” Jaclyn Gan said. “To be able to take over a library as a classroom space … I just don’t feel like that’s the right decision to be making.”
Gan has two students attending the school, and said she is frustrated with the pressure being felt in the classroom for students and staff.
“I feel bad for the teachers as well because they’re just having to do more with less,” she said. “The student numbers are increasing and so are the complexities and it’s just a lot to put on the teachers. It’s affecting everyone’s education.”
Currently the plan is to have portable classrooms in place by January.
Saskatchewan schools have had an overcrowding issue for a number of years now, with even new schools forced to add portables just months after the schools open.
