Carlyle school plans to be resubmitted to ministry by February 13
January 12, 2026, 5:07 pm
Nicole Taylor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
South East Cornerstone School Division says revised drawings and specifications for the new Pre-K to Grade 12 school in Carlyle, as well as a cost estimate, will be resubmitted to the Ministry of Education by February 13 for review.
Director of Education Keith Keating with South East Cornerstone School Division says the division went through a value rendering process for the new school in order to bring the project closer to what the ministry and Sask Builds has put forward for the budget.
“We will be looking at submitting revised drawing and specifications to Postma—the company we are working with to come up with a cost estimate—by January 23,” Keating said last week.
That cost estimate will come back to the school division by February 13, and Keating says the new drawings and cost estimate will be submitted to the ministry of education by February 16.
“They take six weeks to look at it, and can either say you have to go back and do some re-drawings or we can receive approval to proceed to tender.
“If we get approval, then we can go to tender at that point by April 2. If not, then we have to go back and restart the process again.
“And if we go to tender by April 2, then we could potentially look at construction by the summer. If not, then that puts us back by a few weeks again.
“We are hopeful that we can get some earth turned on the project this year, but it depends on what those cost estimates come back at, and when we submit that to the ministry of education, what their review says.
“So the ministry and Sask Builds will take a look at that and decide whether we can proceed to tender at this point or need to go back and do some more work.
“We have to be within five per cent of the budget, which is pretty tight because it’s dollars you are looking at from a couple years ago, and when you put those inflationary pieces in, it’s pretty tight to meet that budget, but we are hopeful.”
The town of Carlyle has committed $2.5 million toward the new school, and capital funding for the school has been approved by the provincial government.
The town of Carlyle also received a pleasant surprise when a $5,000 donation was made toward the new school by Theresa and Kelvin Luedtke just before Christmas.
