Alberta Education has granted $50,000 to fund partnership planning and site confirmation work for a proposed collegiate campus in Sylvan Lake.
The planned campus will house a high school for Chinook's Edge School Division and a high school for Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools.
The $50,000 grant will enable the divisions to:
- Conduct comprehensive partnership planning: This includes defining shared goals, developing operational frameworks, and establishing collaborative governance structures.
- Finalize site confirmation: The grant will support meeting initial site requirements.
"This investment is a testament to the power of collaboration and the shared vision of our school divisions," said Murray Hollman, RDCRS Board Chair. "We are excited to work alongside Chinook's Edge to develop a collegiate campus that will provide unparalleled opportunities for students in Sylvan Lake and the surrounding area."
Chinook’s Edge and Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools appealed to MLAs to make the new shared high school in Sylvan Lake a top priority during a joint meeting held in the fall.
"We are pleased to receive this funding with Red Deer Catholic," says Holly Bilton, Chinook's Edge Board Chair. "We value our partnership and the shared vision for the facility. We are eager to create a hub for the Central Alberta Collegiate Institute (CACI), where students throughout Central Alberta will gain increased access to career exploration and post-secondary programming."
The new school would provide a total of 1,475 learning spaces in the Sylvan Lake community.
The new Grade 10-12 school for Chinook’s Edge would have an opening capacity of 975 student spaces, and the new high school for Red Deer Catholic would have an opening capacity of 500 students.
Both schools are the top items on the school divisions’ capital plans.
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