Lambton’s most crowded school – Errol Village in Camlachie – is getting a $3.8 million addition.

Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey announced the province would fund the addition which creates 46 more student spaces and 49 licensed child care spaces in three rooms.

The Lambton-Kent District School Board chair, Randy Campbell, said he was pleased with the funding in an news release by the MPP.

“The additional student spaces will greatly benefit the community and enhance access to available child care for families which will further support home to school connections.”

The Erroll Village Public School is in one of the highest growth areas in the county with hundreds of new homes in the area in the last five years. Ironically, on the same day the new addition was announced, the municipality was hosting a public open house for another new subdivision phase in the area.

According to the board’s 2021-2022 pupil accommodation report, Errol Village school was built to house 190 students but had 244 pupils enrolled in September. That means even after the addition is complete, the school will still slightly over built capacity by about eight students.

Before the announcement of the addition, the board projected the school, which is now at 128 per cent capacity will grow to 149 per cent capacity by 2024.