On the edge of two fields in Mahogany, each with close cropped grass turning brown with sun, signs are erected that make the hearts of families in new communities go aflutter. “Future school site,” they read.
According to the latest population count, Mahogany, in the city’s deep southeast, now has 2,100 people. But that will very quickly double, triple, and more, eventually exploding into the largest community ever built in Calgary.
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EDMONTON – Seven new schools will be built in the Edmonton area, including three in fast-growing Edmonton suburbs and two in St. Albert as Premier Alison Redford fulfils an election promise to find places for new students.
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Calgarians will see several new schools built on the city’s fast growing outer edges, provincial officials announced Wednesday.
The nine new and replacement schools are planned for suburban communities in southeast, northwest and northeast Calgary.
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Tuesday’s announcement of a new K-8 school being constructed in Cochrane has Rocky View School Division (RVS) officials breathing a sigh of relief. But it also falls shorts of hopes of having three new schools announced for its rapidly growing student population.
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After Monday’s announcement of new schools for the city, the Grande Prairie Public School Board has insisted that construction of a single building will not relieve any of its student spacing issues.
The government awarded the district with a new, kindergarten to Grade 8 school in Pinnacle Ridge, but at a Tuesday meeting, trustees made it clear this would not suffice.
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Five new schools and a modernization were announced today by the Alberta government.
New schools will be added in Blackfalds, Cochrane, Davisburg, Lethbridge and Wheatland, along with a major modernization in Three Hills. The projects are the second major capital announcement this week.
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A Catholic school for elementary and junior high aged students will be built in Davisburg over the next three years, providing much needed relief for packed schools in Okotoks.
Tuesday morning Alberta Education Minister Jeff Johnson announced the Davisburg school is amongst one of the first to be built under new capital funding for schools across the Province.
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EDMONTON – The provincial government Monday announced seven school projects for northern Alberta with construction expected to be completed in 2016.
The schools will provide space for as many as 3,100 students from kindergarten through Grade 9, with some new schools and others replacing aging facilities.
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Education Minister Jeff Johnson is set to announce next week a slate of new schools for Calgary and other hyper-growth areas in Alberta, helping stem the school shortage problem plaguing the city’s deep suburbs.
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The physical condition of dozens of Alberta schools is set to worsen over the next three years, just as the province slashes the maintenance funding school boards rely on to replace things such as aging roofs and old boilers.
Business plans released by the province’s infrastructure department last month predict the overall number of schools in “good condition” will tumble, while those needing repair will rise.
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