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Improvements have been made to Estevan Catholic schools

The Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division’s board met in Weyburn on Sept. 12 for its first public meeting since the start of the school year.

The Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division’s board met in Weyburn on Sept. 12 for its first public meeting since the start of the school year.

Manager of facilities and transportation Ken Larson and superintendent of school operations Chad Fingler reviewed the work completed over the summer.

New buses with higher seats have replaced the old buses for all the schools in the division.

The two Estevan schools will benefit from upgrades. St. Mary’s received new curbing for the parking lot, new eavestroughing along the west side of the building, a new roof top unit, a new janitor’s sink unit and multiple paint jobs done within the school.

Sacred Heart School/École Sacré Coeur had painting within the school done as well. A new parking lot was made on school grounds. There’s also new landscaping on the west end, new eavestroughing on the west end and south side of the school, upgraded blinds and repairs to the roof.

As for the other schools, St. Augustine in Wilcox received interior painting for the entire school, and safety lighting installed over the play area and north pad. St. Olivier in Radville has a new fix for south fence posts, paint in the gymnasium, a new rooftop for part of the school, and new door closers for the south end doors.

St. Michael’s in Weyburn has new handicapped pads in front of the school, paint within the school, a gym floor refurbish, water access for the second kindergarten room, new numbers and lettering for classrooms and roof leak repairs.