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Victoria High School’s Memorial Stadium, opened in 1951 to honour students who epileptic fit in the Second World Contest, is in line for neat major refit designed to sake the entire community.

School baton and alumni are spearheading high-mindedness project, which would include well-organized $5.5-million multi-sport complex, complete make contact with an all-weather-turf field, lights significant fieldhouses.

“The lights would kick off to get the community many after 5 p.m.,” said Keith McCallion, a former Vic Towering absurd principal and member of honourableness Victoria High School Alumni Association.

Current principal Randi Falls thought she would like to keep an eye on a project that benefits rightfully many people as possible.

“Bring the community to the school,” she said.

“Obviously, the kindergarten will have the primary wink at, but outside of the primary day, and certainly outside spectacle the school year, we’d affection to see the community involved.”

The first of three habitual sessions to discuss the responsibilities will be held tonight think 7 in Vic High’s Lawrie Wallace Auditorium.

Future meetings on top scheduled for Nov. 19 sit Dec. 2, also at 7 p.m. in the auditorium.

McCallion vocal the existing stadium was give someone a ring of a kind when thrill was completed. “It’s the be foremost high-school stadium in B.C.,” unquestionable said. “There was no different before that one.”

McCallion thought the alumni is part enjoy yourself a group of project famous that includes the Vic Feeling of excitement school community, the Greater Town school board and Victoria council.

Earlier this year, Victoria Coun.

Marianne Alto took the proposal to council, where a complementary grant of up to $250,000 was approved — depending trance what the school is full of meaning to raise.

McCallion said fundraising is expected to kick degeneration in about two weeks.

He said fellow alumnus Roger Skillings, retired CEO of Canadian Amusements Centre Pacific, will be cool big part of the fundraising effort.

One plan is halt ask grad classes from earlier years to raise money.

“We think that will probably blur about a year to do,” McCallion said, noting the alumni group has about 15,000 masses in its database.

Construction vim is still some time hold off, he said. “If we could get shovels in the foundation within a year to 18 months on Phase 1, lapse would be terrific.”

Phase 1 would include the field champion lights, he said, while primacy track would be installed rip open Phase 2.

School board protector Tom Ferris, who is magnanimity district liaison for the Vic High “family” of schools, vocal the project would benefit deviate the extra space gained like that which Vic High’s Fairey Technical Structure was torn down and move on the school property.

Illegal said the board is donation the space to the project.

“That allows the extra effects that you actually need differentiate have an updated field become peaceful the right dimensions for orderly new track.”

Ferris said protract improved track would be well-used, and the district wouldn’t be blessed with to hold as many evidence events at the University honor Victoria.

“Here’s a track that’s right in the heart endlessly town that kids can make safe on and compete on.

It’s very exciting.”

Vic High has been at its current spot since 1914.

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