Focus on Modernizing CBE Schools
How does the CBE plan for new schools and modernized spaces?
Each year, school boards submit a plan to Alberta Education that identifies the top priorities for new schools and major modernizations. Our priorities are identified by considering census data, educational need, community demographics, school enrolment, transportation times and the overall economic and growth outlook for Calgary. Alberta Education receives about 400 capital requests annually from school boards across the province, but only a small number are funded.
Modernizing CBE Schools
In the
2023-26 Capital Plan, there is a greater focus on modernization requests rather than new schools. More than half of our schools are over 50 years old and require upgrades to ensure that students are learning in modern environments that offer opportunities in Career and Technology Studies (CTS) and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) courses. Opening new schools is exciting and necessary, but modernizations breathe new life into our existing schools.
On March 4, 2022, the province announced that it would build the CBE’s top priority, a middle school in the community of Evanston. That means our current Year One priorities are now:
There are no additional new school requests in Year One of the 2023-26 Capital Plan. |
John G. Diefenbaker |
NW |
Annie Gale School |
NE |
A.E. Cross School |
SW |
Sir John A. Macdonald School |
NW |
School Capital Plan - Focus on Modernizations