Logo for the Greater Essex County District School Board. (Photo by Ricardo Veneza)Logo for the Greater Essex County District School Board. (Photo by Ricardo Veneza)
Windsor

Land Acquired For New School

The new building for the Giles Campus French Immersion Public School will be built at 1123 Mercer St. in Windsor.

Funding for the new school in Windsor's core was announced in November 2015. The Ministry of Education has committed $15.42 million for the new school.

The school will be built to accommodate around 645 student.

Currently the school is operating out of the former W.D. Lowe secondary school. The new location is about 1 kilometer away from the current site.

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