Construction will soon begin on two schools in Red Deer while work continues on two other ones that are part of a provincewide project.
Crews are slated to get digging on Father Henri Voisin School in mid-March, according to Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools.
The kindergarten to Grade 5 school will be constructed at 60 Clearview Drive in Clearview Ridge.
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The Grande Prairie Public School District is hoping the upcoming provincial budget bring some good news to alleviate the space crunch in local schools.
Superintendent Carol Ann MacDonald said the board is hoping that when the provincial budget is released in March, there will be money set aside to help build a new school in Grande Prairie.
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Red Deer Public Schools has accepted recommendations for changing school boundaries in 2014.
The board accepted suggestions from the Accommodations Committee for changing the boundaries since a new school is opening in Timberlands in the fall of 2014.
This school would become a dual track program. The English program would serve families from the communities of Clearview Extension, Clearview Ridge, College Park, Garden Heights, Timberlands and Timberstone, as well as Vanier Woods and Vanier East.
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On the last day of January, Bowcroft School in Bowness will stage a showcase of their German bilingual program, featuring singing, riddles and a play from a dark, but funny, classic story called Max and Moritz.
Not only is the student performance billed as a delightful evening at the school, it also plays a crucial role in Bowcroft’s efforts to promote itself and encourage new parents to sign their children up for kindergarten.
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Calgary aldermen, who usually mind their mouths when school boards close schools, warned Wednesday that vacating inner-city schools runs counter to city hall’s efforts to redevelop those older neighbourhoods.
The complaints emerged as council’s planning committee voted to end the city’s standard of telling boards that program or school closures won’t have community impact. Instead, the city will submit letters that note how a closure affects the ambitions of Plan It Calgary, the city’s long-range blueprint to limit outward sprawl.
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Starting in the spring, Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) is beginning a new boundary exemption process for the 2013-2014 school year.
“The process is different this year and the boundary exemption form will be made available on our website on Feb. 15, which is the first day that parents and students can submit them,” EIPS superintendent Bruce Beliveau said. “There is basically a month opening where they have to provide us with their intent. In other words, they need to plan out, they need to be very purposeful and intentional in their decision to go to a non-designated school.
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The Lethbridge public school district has grown to more than 9,100 students and that has spelled the addition of more than 20 teaching positions and an equal number of support staff, says superintendent Barry Litun.
“We’ve had tremendous growth in the last two years,” Litun said. “Our kindergarten numbers have grown by 25 per cent in the last two years and our overall student population from early education to Grade 12 has grown by eight per cent.”
Litun, who announced last week he’ll retire at the end of the school year, credits a staff that continually provides engaging learning experiences for students, collaboration and professional learning among staff and trustees’ decision to eliminate some fees at the elementary and high school levels.
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Two small Peace Country schools have shown dwindling student numbers and the Peace Wapiti School Division board will have to make decisions about what programs will be offered in smaller schools in the coming years.
Woking school has been operational without the government’s “Small School by Necessity” funding for six years, while Rycroft school is in its second year without the provincial funding boost.
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AIRDRIE – A long-awaited day has finally come for the Rocky View Schools division.
Rocky View Schools (RVS) officially broke ground on three new schools today, including two in Airdrie.
“This is thrilling,” said Airdrie trustee Sylvia Eggerer after officials turned the sod on a new middle school in Sagewood and a new high school in Prairie Springs. “This was a result of the whole community coming together.”
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Two additional northside Lethbridge schools are no longer required. Planners will have to remove those sites and adjust plans for undeveloped land adjacent to the city’s new regional park.
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