There have been reports from various sources that École LaVérendrye has (or will have) anywhere from 14 to 20 classrooms. Arguments could be made for all the numbers... It all depends on what your definition of "classroom" is.
The fact is that we are bound by the Winnipeg School Division's (flawed) policy regarding classroom usage & capacity calculations. This allows for rooms to be set aside for a library and daycare (subject to Bill 7), but all other suitable rooms must be used as classrooms if needed. (Even though LaVérendrye's child care is unlicensed, and Bill 7 is not yet law, WSD is abiding by its spirit, and excluding the room used by KinderCare from their calculations.)
Using this definition, LaVérendrye has 14 classrooms today, not including the portable that (at least for now) is not being considered as part of the long-term solution, so isn't included in capacity planning.
One of those classrooms will be lost as part of the gymnasium construction to build a connecting hallway and a resource room, and three new classrooms will be made available (one attached to the new gym, one in the old gym, and one in the room currently used by the library, which will also move into the old gym), for a net increase of two, bringing us to 16 classrooms for the 2016/17 school year, once the gym construction is complete.
The new gym is being designed to accommodate a possible future classroom addition containing as many as three rooms. There has also been a proposal to convert one of the washrooms to a classroom. If the student population continues to outstrip the available space (as it is projected to), and if provincial funding for future renovations is approved (which is far from guaranteed), LaVérendrye could have as many as 20 classrooms by the early 2020's.
All these numbers account for a library and a single dedicated child-care room, based on LaVérendrye's current use of the space. If the building housed a smaller student population, the extra rooms would be available for additional programming such as music, art, dance, and expanded child care.
