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Alberta Education has set November 1, 2019 as the deadline for the annual submission of requests for new modular classrooms. A school is deemed fully utilized and in need of additional space once enrolment reaches 85 per cent of capacity.
In his presentation to the Board, Deputy Superintendent Darren Young outlined the need for 10 modular classrooms to address growing student enrolment and utilization at three schools. The Board approved the following requests for the 2020-2021 school year, for submission to Alberta Education before the November deadline.
Whispering Ridge Community School: Four modular classrooms
This school year, WRCS saw an enrolment increase of 50 students, placing the school at 83 per cent utilized for the current school year. With the ongoing construction of new homes in the area, conservative estimates saw enrolment increasing steadily by at least seven per cent each year. This year, the school actually experienced 12 per cent enrolment growth, with projections for the upcoming 2020-2021 year estimated at 8.8 per cent, bringing the school to 90 per cent utilized.
Peace Wapiti Academy: Two modular classrooms
PWA is currently 81 per cent utilized. Conservative projections estimated a 2.5 per cent enrolment increase for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year, pushing the utilization rate to 83 per cent. Based on current enrolments at PWA’s junior high feeder schools in Bezanson, Clairmont, Grande Prairie, Grovedale and Whispering Ridge, the upcoming 2021-2022 school year will actually see PWA's enrolment increase by seven per cent, with utilization reaching 90 per cent. Long-term enrolment growth projections will see PWA reach a 100 per cent utilization rate by 2022.
Beaverlodge Elementary School: Four modular classrooms
PWPSD will request replacement of four aging modular units that were constructed on site at BES 39 years ago, well past their projected 30-year lifespan.
