A determined effort by the general contractor and subtrades, along with additional resources from DDSB and favorable summer weather, has resulted in significant construction progress over the summer months. As the school approaches readiness for occupancy, testing and approval of life safety systems is now our focus and staff are working with architects, engineers, and City officials to ensure JHPS is safe and ready to welcome students as soon as possible.

Portables have been arriving over the past few weeks to compete the number of classrooms needed at JHPS. These will be ready for occupancy along with the school. Landscaping and paving are also underway completing the school grounds.

While we can’t confirm an exact occupancy date just yet, we can say that excellent progress has been made. We anticipate being able to share information about when the school will be ready to welcome students in the coming weeks.

As we approach the first day of school, we have developed some fun colouring pages to help families start a conversation with the JHPS students in their household about what to expect at Rosemary Brown PS or Michaëlle Jean PS.

For further updates please visit our Construction and Property webpage or @josiahhensonps_ddsb.