Alberta Announces $215 Million Injection for School Boards, Modular Classrooms Amid Population Boom

Alberta’s government has announced an additional $215 million for school boards to hire more teachers and support staff as a record number of students are expected to fill provincial schools. Premier Danielle Smith said some of the funding will also go towards building 100 additional modular classrooms, expecting to add 2,500 more student spaces. “Alberta schools expect to welcome a historic number of additional students. We know that unprecedented enrolment growth, declines, rising operational costs are creating real challenges in our schools,” the premier said during a July 23 news conference at Ernest Manning High School in Calgary. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said $125 million would go directly to school boards around the province. Metropolitan areas experiencing the largest enrolment increases, Calgary and Edmonton, will see $9.7 million going to the Calgary Catholic School Board, $10.5 million to the Edmonton Catholic School Board, $22.4 million to the Edmonton Public School Board, and $31.6 million to the Calgary Board of Education....