Construction on new Peel public school with room for 650 students starts soon in Caledon [Video]

The old Caledon East Public School will eventually be torn down once a new facility is built. (Photo: PDSB)

Work is set to begin on a new public school that once finished will welcome some 650 Peel students in Caledon.

Crews will break ground on the new Caledon East Public School next Thursday, a facility that the Peel District School Board says “marks a significant milestone for the growing community.”

The new $32.4 million school will serve around 650 students and includes plans for a childcare centre with 73 licensed spaces and six kindergarten rooms.

The existing Caledon East Public School was built in 1971 and “no longer meets local needs,” the board says. It was expanded in 1988 to accommodate 254 students.

Construction of the new school will be on the same site as the old one. The work will officially begin with a groundbreaking ceremony next week, and …