EDMONTON — In its first year, Alberta’s Schools Now launched 45 school projects and fast-tracked funding approvals for over 30 more, the province is touting.
Some projects advanced by up to nine-and-a-half months including Bishop McNally High School in Calgary, which moved forward by more than one year. Nine projects opened for students during the first year of the program, creating or upgrading almost 6,000 student spaces.
The $8.6 billion Schools Now accelerator was launched in September 2024.
Five more projects have recently been sped up, with four approved for construction funding. Three of the five projects jumped forward by a total of nine months each. This latest group of accelerations includes three projects in Edmonton, one project in Calgary and one in Plamondon, the release adds.
This means there have now been 38 accelerations of 34 school projects. Four projects have been accelerated twice, with more than 120 school projects in total currently underway across Alberta.
Schools Now will deliver about 200,000 new and updated student spaces by 2031-32.
This includes:
- Building up to 90 new schools.
- Renovating or replacing up to 24 schools.
- Building or expanding up to 15 public charter schools.
- Completing more than 80 school projects underway at program launch.
- 109 modular classrooms were approved in 2025-26 to create 2,725 new spaces and relocate 575 to areas of highest need.
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