More Learning Spaces are Urgently Required
Currently, one in four schools is operating at 100 per cent utilization or higher.
In spring 2023, CBE asked government to fund six new schools; only one received construction funding. In March 2024, the Board requested an additional 21 new schools in its 2025-28 Three-Year School Capital Plan to address rapid enrolment growth, with 13 schools urgently needed in year one.
On Oct. 29, the Board of Trustees approved the 2025-2026 Modular Classroom Program, requesting that the provincial government supply 64 additional modular classrooms to address the urgent need for more student spaces. If all units are approved, this would add space for an additional 1,600 students. At this time last year, the CBE requested 68 new modular classrooms and the relocation of an additional 12. Since then, the provincial government has approved 47 of those modular requests, and those 47 classrooms are expected to be in place by the end of the 2024-2025 school year.
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 population data, educational need, school condition, 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.
Learn more about Building and Modernizing Schools.
Current Priorities
On March 1, 2024, the
province announced full, planning or pre-planning funding for four new schools and one modernization requested from the 2024-27 Three-Year School Capital Plan.
On March 21, the Board of Trustees approved the
2025-28 Three-Year School Capital Plan which identifies 13, Year-1 new school requests, as well as eight Year-2 and 3 requests.
- Cornerstone High
- Cornerstone Elementary
- Mahogany Middle
- Redstone Elementary
- Sage Hill/Kincora Middle
- Sage Hill Elementary
- Sherwood/Nolan Hill Middle
- Cityscape/Redstone Middle
- Cornerstone Middle
- Walden Elementary
- Livingston Elementary
- Nolan Hill Elementary
- Aspen Woods Middle
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Urgent Need for New Learning Spaces
