The Upper Canada District School Board is celebrating the start of long-awaited construction on a new elementary school today. Shovels hit the ground today at the site of the new Kemptville Public School on County Road 44 in North Grenville.
The project has been delayed for months with issues over water drainage at the location. The new almost 44,000 square-foot structure will feature new classrooms, project/resource rooms, air conditioning, an open, multi-function resource space with a stage, gymnasium and a large greenspace for a yard. The original KPS was built in 1958, with the latest addition constructed in 1978.