Fleming has been meeting with education leaders across the province, including the heads of school boards.
The NDP government plans to accelerate the planning, approval and construction of new schools to make up for years of “neglect” by the former Liberal administration, Education Minister Rob Fleming said in an interview.
A week into his new job, Fleming said it’s clear that one of his toughest tasks will be dealing with a backlog of school repairs as well as the shortage of schools in booming regions of the province.
“In some ways, our biggest challenge is dealing with the physical neglect of school assets all over B.C.,” he said. “We had a very good idea that this was going to be a huge challenge.
“I think it’s since become even more evident that not only did the government mislead and neglect parents, kids and staff who work in seismically unsafe buildings, they failed to keep up with school construction in fast-growing parts of the province.”
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