The construction of the new school is funded by Dutch development fund USONA to the tune of NAf. 7.2 million. The building is expected have 16 classrooms, space for early childhood development, a gym that can be used by other schools that do not have gyms, a teachers' room and space for the School Board for Protestant and Christian Education.
A total of 400 pupils will be accommodated at the new school: 200 Hillside Christian Schools pupils and 200 from the public schools.
While it was recollected that plans for this new school had started in 2006, Department of Education, Research, Policy and Innovations (DERPI) Project Manager Innovations Angela Dekker said a Government protocol had been signed in 2008 to commence the second part of innovations in education, which included the construction of new schools.
Public Works Minister Theo Heyliger recollected that it had taken the Island Government five years to have ownership of the plot of land transferred the former Central Government of the Netherlands Antilles. He noted that funds allocated for this project stemmed from the NAf. 15 million devoted to school development in the Cay Hill and Belvedere areas. Work will start in the coming months for the construction of an SBO school in the same area.
Commenting on this accomplishment for the Hillside Christian Schools, Education Minister Rhoda Arrindell said her Ministry was looking at the school curriculum and conduct as a benchmark for other schools.
Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto said in his brief comments that it was always good to see positive developments and, jokingly, especially when funding did not come out of Government's already constrained budget.
Hillside Christian Schools founder Asha Stevens said the expectations in this project had been exceeded and the struggles experienced forgotten. Helmich Snijders, also a school founder, said this project would see more than 10 times the number of students attending the school than when it started.
Construction will be carried out by Taliesin Construction and PREAM Consultants will oversee the project.
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