New schools, modular classrooms and modernization projects are in the works across Central Alberta as part of a provincewide push to meet growing student demand.
Across Alberta, the province is investing $50 million this fall to deliver 62 modular classrooms, with a total of $100 million earmarked for 109 modular units in Budget 2025.
These classrooms will create space for 2,725 students and allow the relocation of 575 more.
Chinook’s Edge School Division is set to receive two new modular classrooms this fall.
Construction is also underway on a new replacement school in Penhold that will initially accommodate 525 students, with room to expand to 735.
In Blackfalds, work continues on a new K–5 school under the Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division, located on Vista Trail, the school will have space for 495 students once completed.
Red Deer Public Schools has several projects in motion, including modernization work at Hunting Hills High School.
Planning is also underway for a new middle school in northeast Red Deer, along with a proposed Grades 6–8 school in the Timber Ridge area.
Pre-planning funding has been allocated to Wolf Creek Public Schools in Lacombe, as well as Red Deer Public Schools, as part of a $610,000 provincial investment.
In Wetaskiwin, a proposed project would see Norwood School replaced with a new K–8 facility.
The new school, part of the Wetaskiwin School Division, would accommodate up to 420 students.
All of these projects fall under Alberta’s "Schools Now" initiative, a seven-year, $8.6-billion investment to build and modernize more than 100 schools and create more than 200,000 student spaces across the province.
For more information on school projects and planning by the Province of Alberta visit the School Construction Accelerator Program website.
**With information from the Government of Alberta
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