Biggar Central School 2000 was officially opened on April 14, 2000. The building was designed by Friggstad Downing Henry Architects of Saskatoon with landscape design done by Crosby Hanna & Associates Landscape Architects of Saskatoon. Education Minister approved the construction project in April 1997 to provide a safe and functional learning facility for students and teachers alike.

The new structure tied into the north end of Woodrow Lloyd School. The design of the Woodrow Lloyd School and the new structure were melded very well together to form the structure that is today known as Biggar Central School 2000. With the opening of Biggar Central School 2000, the Biggar Composite High School was demolished and the Nova Wood School was converted into others uses. For a time the Biggar School Division No. 50 occupied part of the space of the Nova Wood School building for the division offices, but after the amalgamation of the Biggar School Division into the Sun West School Division the office space was no longer required and the Sun West School Division sold the Nova Wood building in 2008.

In 2002, there was a strike amongst Local 2128 Canadian Union of Public Employees CUPE Biggar school division education employees which lasted longer than six months to protect seniority and job security during cut backs. The long strike resulted in these concessions being met, as well as higher pay grades, however during the strike scabs were brought in both to clean the schools as well as to serve as teaching assistants.



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BSC 2000 Awards

BCS 2000 Staff

BCS 2000 Valedictorian

Biggar Central School 2000 Graduation