New Brunswick officials plan to convert a former rehabilitation centre in Grand Bay-Westfield into a school.

According to a government press release, the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure will begin a structural analysis of the former WorkSafeNB building at 3700 Westfield Rd. to determine the scope of work required to adapt it to serve as a school in the Anglophone South School District.

“As our population continues to grow and our schools age, we are exploring our options to adapt our existing infrastructure to modern learning environments,” said Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Bill Hogan in a release. “Using this existing building as a school not only ensures that we are meeting the infrastructure needs of the education system, but it also allows us to spend taxpayer dollars more wisely.”

The release said the building will be used by students currently attending Grand Bay Primary School (built in 1947) and Inglewood School (built in 1960).

The province received the property last December. The space needed for the school will take up only part of the old facility, and the province will consider further uses for the building during the assessment process.

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