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Alberta’s government is investing $50 million to add 62 pre-made classrooms this fall.
Through previous Budget 2025 commitments, a total $100 million will deliver 109 new modular classrooms, creating space for 2,725 students and relocating 575 more.
“Alberta’s government is moving quickly to build new schools and create more classroom spaces, so our students continue to have room to grow and thrive,” said Demetrios Nicolaides, Minister of Education and Childcare.
“This additional funding for modular classrooms will help us get much-needed spaces to some of our busiest schools, while we work as quickly as possible to open the doors to more than 130 school projects underway in the province.”
$1 million is also being made available in planning funding to advance four new charter school projects.
The funds are being provided to New Horizons Charter Academy, New Humble Community School, Suzuki Charter School and Thrive Charter School to finalize planning details such as programming needs and the size and type of classrooms needed in each school.
When completed, these new charter schools will contribute more than 2,400 new or updated student spaces.
$610,000 in pre-planning funding is also being made available for 13 potential future school projects to assist school boards in planning for school projects they believe will become priorities within the next three to five years.
Examples of pre-planning activities include project scoping and community engagement and outreach.
An in-depth look at where changes are being made can be found here.
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