Catholic high schools aim to reduce overcrowding yyc
After collecting feedback over the past year, the board is analyzing several options, including capping registration at overcrowded high schools, moving alternative programs, or reducing defined attendance areas and redirecting students to feeder schools.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
CCSD’s high school restructuring comes a year after the Calgary Board of Education also made changes to balance crowding in suburban high schools with reduced capacity at inner-city high schools.alternative programs like Spanish bilingual, French immersion and fine arts. “We are definitely seeing continued growth, especially now after the pandemic and restrictions being lifted,” said Bryan Szumlas, chief superintendent for CCSD, adding that many new students are coming from overseas as refugees and new Canadians.“If that trend continues, we have to be careful in our way of thinking, and ensure we have enough high-school spaces for all of those students in the future,” Szumlas said.
But Li argues not all students have the luxury of driving to another school, and that the school board also needs to consider providing direct transit buses from catchment areas to inner-city schools. At the same time, CCSD is facing unpredictable funding for new schools after receiving only a sliver of capital grants in the UCP government’s Budget 2022.Article content
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