Esther Starkman and Johnny Bright elementary schools opened in 2010, the same year that public school trustees voted to close five central schools struggling with low enrolment. Now, just three years later, those new schools have the inverse problem — overcrowding.
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Nine Edmonton schools are in line for a major facelift with the province footing the bill, Metro has learned.
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EDMONTON – Premier Alison Redford on Monday announced Edmonton and Calgary will get new schools, each with 750 spaces at a cost of roughly $15 million apiece.
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The Alberta government is pressing ahead with its plan to build 19 new schools in the province through a public-private partnership, despite only attracting one private contender for the project.
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Bow Island Elementary School will open its doors to staff and students on Monday after more than a year of construction to modernize the site.
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For Julie DeBoer, pulling her son out of the community school — a convenient two-block walk from the family’s Inglewood home — was a difficult decision. Luke, 10, left after Grade 4 to attend Langevin School, a public school with a science alternative program and a focus on inquiry-based learning that is part of the Calgary Board of Education.
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The province says 90 new school projects will be announced before next summer as the government tries to keep an election pledge to fast-growing Alberta communities.
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When Eugene Coste Elementary was closed in 2011, Haysboro residents worried the empty school would be vandalized and they lamented the loss of a community hub.
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Since the recession began, K-12 education spending has declined dramatically in some states. In Alabama and Oklahoma, per-pupil spending fell by more than 20%.
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EDMONTON – Students have enrolled in record numbers this year with both Edmonton Catholic and public schools, with the biggest influx hitting schools around the city’s perimeter where most new development is occurring.
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