r/Kentville • u/Key_Conclusion8706 • Nov 12 '24

A Concern About Kentville School's

I currently go to Kings County Academy and I like the school alot, but there is just one problem I have with the school and that is where running out of space for new people. Just this year the Tech Ed (wood workshop) room was cut in half so one side is the lab and the other side is for grade 3's and that leaves some problems for the people working. The grade 3's get distracted, the computers we use are in there, and the grade 3's also hear the machines almost all day. And about 2 years ago the library also get replaced and got moved outside to make space for the primaries. I think that this could be fixed if we open another middle school and posted this just to see if anyone else thinks this.

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u/RM23plus Nov 13 '24

Unfortunately, this has been a concern since the school opened. It was built when the province was forecasting a declining and aging population. But new or renovated schools seem to attract new families regardless of location and then our population grew.

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u/Key_Conclusion8706 Nov 13 '24

That is true, but I still think a middle school would help. We could move 6-8 to the middle and when the 8's finish they go to NEKEC.

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u/earthoven Nov 13 '24

I think it's more likely, given that there is space at NEKEC, that they will move the grade 8's there and leave KCA as a p-7 as a shorter-term solution.

Even if the province decided to open a Middle School (which they don't tend to do) it would be 10+ years before it was ready (best case scenario).

Adding the Pre-Primary into the space has made this worse...this was not the original intention of that program either, and it was originally housed off-site. Even though it's in KCA, the KCA administration isn't technically in charge of the program, which I'm sure makes things difficult.

You are right; however, that space is an issue.