Tenders for construction of the Pine Ridge Elementary School in Winkler are now open.  
    
Tenders opened January 12th and will close February 13th. February 16th is the day set by the Garden Valley School Division Board to award the tender, with a tentative date for a sod turning of March 1st.
    
A principal for the new K-8 school will also be hired in the very near future, possibly as early as the beginning of March.
    
The board is also planning a series of four public catchment consultations in April at each of the feeder schools, Winkler Elementary, JR Walkof, Emerado Centennial School, and Parkland.