ABOVE: Six schools scheduled to be built in our city will be full-fledged schools and not starter schools as previously announced. Jenna Freeman reports.
CALGARY – Alberta Education Minister Gordon Dirks says a number of schools scheduled to be built in our city will be full-fledged schools and not starter schools as previously announced.
Six facilities planned in Calgary were originally going to be built with modular classrooms and an activity centre, but Alberta Education now says plans have changed.
They made the announcement on Wednesday, saying a total of 12 schools throughout the province will be constructed as full-size schools instead of starter schools.
“With the best interests of students in mind, we have approved the request by the four metro school boards who were previously approved for 12 starter schools to proceed with the full build-out schools instead,” said a spokesperson.
It means each school will be able to accommodate more students.
Originally, the starter schools would’ve only had room for 250 students, but Dirks says they’ll now be able to accommodate between 600 and 900 students.
In Calgary, four schools with the Calgary Board of Education will be built in the communities of West Springs, Saddle Ridge, Cranston and Aspen Woods. Two other schools with the Calgary Catholic School Discrtic will be built in Skyview Ranch and Silverado.
They’re scheduled to open by the fall of 2016, but the province has not provided any estimates on how much more these revised plans will cost.
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