ISKANDAR PUTERI: Shattuck St Mary, a RM935 million international school with an all-American co-curriculum, will take up a spot in the 9.4ha Forest City educational hub.
The school is slated to start enrolling between 150 and 180 students ranging from pre-schoolers to high school level for its first phase of development beginning August next year.
Country Garden Pacific View (CGPV) Sdn Bhd executive director Datuk Md Othman Yusof said the school project was divided in three phases over a five-year development plan.
"The school will also have a theatrette and a visual arts centre which will be an enriching learning experience for students to have the best of both worlds in education and arts," he said.
Othman was speaking to reporters at the ground-breaking ceremony of Shattuck St Mary, witnessed by state Health, Environment, Education and Information committee chairman Datuk Ayub Rahmat.
Ayub, in his speech, said the growing number of international schools here was a reflection of Johor becoming an international learning hub.
"Shattuck St Mary in Forest City is the 16th international school established in Iskandar Malaysia in the past few years," he said.