Surrey city council declares shortage of schools a crisis, urges province to build more schools

Surrey city council has declared a school infrastructure crisis with the city’s mayor saying rapid investment in schools is needed.

At a council meeting Monday night, council directed staff to organize a meeting between the city, the Surrey School District, and provincial government officials to “remediate this crisis situation immediately,” according to a statement from the city. 

“The state of school infrastructure in Surrey has reached a crisis level,” said Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke in a statement, adding there may be nearly 400 portables in the city by September of next year.

Locke called for more funding from the province, saying more schools need to “be built in lockstep with new housing.”

“We know that without rapid

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