It’s hard to believe that we are at the end of summer already. As many of us gear up for the start of a new school year, I wanted to share some exciting news about our school system.
Alberta’s population is booming and causing unprecedented growth in our education system, adding a historic number of new students across the province for the 2024-25 school year. Alberta’s government recognizes and sympathizes with the challenges school authorities face with increasing enrolment, rising operational costs, and inflation. That is why it is investing an additional $215 million to help alleviate these pressures, beginning in the 2024-25 school year. This will help alleviate these pressures, and ensure students have a comfortable place to learn with the support they need to succeed in the classroom.
Through this investment, up to 2,500 new spaces for students will be created in the 2024-25 school year, by building and installing up to 100 new modular classrooms. In addition to new modulars, the government is relocating up to 50 modular classrooms to some of Alberta’s fastest growing communities in the Calgary Metropolitan Region and Edmonton, which will support up to 1,250 students. Calgary Board of Education will receive up to 31 new modular classrooms and have up to 14 relocated; Calgary Catholic School Division will receive up to 14 new modular classrooms and have up to six relocated.
School authorities can also use this additional funding to hire up to 1,000 additional teachers and classroom support staff which will help them manage class sizes, and tackle rising cost pressures without taking away from student learning.
The 2024-25 fiscal year is also promoting student success by providing a record $9.3 billion into Alberta’s education system, which is equal to $47 million every day students are in school.
If you have any questions or input, please feel free to reach out to my office at [email protected].
MLA – Calgary Fishcreek Myles McDougall
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