'We need schools': Spaces to be created for 1,000 students in downtown Montreal

After years of waiting, children living in the western part of downtown Montreal will soon have not one, but two new schools.
Education Minister Sébastien Proulx, Mayor Valérie Plante and Commission Scolaire de Montreal chairperson Catherine Harel-Bourdon were on hand at one of the new sites Friday for the announcement.
The first will be at the former Academie Bourget, a heritage site on de la Montagne St. It will receive a $21-million retrofit to become a primary school with two p