April 18, 2024

The Department of Education is reviewing the potential for grade reconfigurations among four schools within the current Prince of Wales Collegiate School System, including St. Andrew?s Elementary, Larkhall Academy, Leary?s Brook Junior High, and Prince of Wales Collegiate. This is due to capacity challenges at the primary/elementary school level.

Beginning this coming September, the following changes are being considered to best accommodate the changing demographics of the school community while optimizing current school infrastructure:

• St. Andrew?s Elementary and Larkhall Academy will be reconfigured to Kindergarten to Grade 4. As a result, current Grade 4 students at St. Andrew?s and Larkhall Academy advancing to Grade 5 in September 2024 will transition one year earlier to Leary?s Brook Junior High, which is the current feeder school.
• Leary?s Brook Junior High will be reconfigured to Grades 5-8. As a result, current Grade 8 students at Leary?s Brook advancing to Grade 9 in September 2024 will transition one year earlier to Prince of Wales Collegiate, which is the current feeder school.
• Prince of Wales Collegiate will be reconfigured as a Grade 9-Level IV school.

There will be no changes to catchment areas for students and no changes to the grade configuration of Beachy Cove Elementary or Brookside Intermediate, which also feed into the Prince of Wales Collegiate school system.

The grade reconfiguration of the Prince of Wales Collegiate School System is anticipated to be an interim measure until planning and construction are finalized on new school builds in Kenmount Terrace and Portugal Cove-St. Philips.  {....}

To see the full release, visit the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador website.