Three schools in the South Shore and Tri-Counties are among 10 P-3 facilities to be purchased by the Nova Scotia government.
Twenty-year leases were due to expire in 2018 for Bayview Community School in Mahone Bay, Forest Ridge Academy in Barrington and Meadowfields Community School in Yarmouth.
The province bought the 10 schools from developers Nova Learning and Ashford Investment for $49.3-million.
The following three schools will be purchased from Ashford Investments for a total price of $16 million:
— Antigonish Education Centre, Antigonish
— Bayview Education Centre, Port Hood, Inverness Co.
— Dalbrae Academy, Mabou, Inverness Co.
The seven schools that will be purchased from Nova Learning for a total price of $33.2 million are:
— Maple Ridge Elementary School, Lantz, Hants Co.
— Meadowfields Community School, Yarmouth
— Champlain Elementary School, Granville Ferry, Annapolis Co.
— Forest Ridge Academy, Barrington, Shelburne Co.
— Bayview Community School, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg Co.
— Pine Ridge Middle School, Kingston, Kings Co.
— Northeast Kings Education Centre, Canning, Kings Co.
The government says they will save $56.4-million by purchasing the schools.
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development consulted with individual school boards to determine their infrastructure needs and long-term plans.
The province accepted all recommendations made by the school boards, in terms of purchasing, leasing or returning properties to the developer.
The purchases bring the partnership between government and developers to an end.