9 new schools will be built soon in Calgary

The 55 new schools will be built in the following areas:

• Edmonton – 15 schools
• Calgary – 12 schools
• Grande Prairie – 3 schools
• Okotoks – 2 schools
• Airdrie – 2 schools
• Medicine Hat – 2 schools
• St. Albert – 2 schools
• Beaumont – 2 schools
• Fort McMurray – 2 schools

Calgary's new schools consist of:

• Skyview Ranch - K-9 (Separate)
• Saddle Ridge - Elementary (Public)
• Martindale - Elementary (Public)
• Sherwood - K-9 (Separate)
• Mahogany - Elementary (Separate)
• Southeast Calgary High School (Public)
• Cranston - Middle school (Public)
• Silverado - Elementary (Public)
• West Springs/Cougar Ridge - Middle school (Public)
• Aspen Woods - Elementary (Public)
• Springbank Hill/Discovery Ridge - Elementary/Middle school (Public)

Phase 3 includes $43.2 million in funding to school boards throughout the province to facilitate the funding of the 55 new schools and 20 modernization projects.

The second phase of the project, announced in 2013, consisted of 50 new schools and 70 modernizations. The majority of Phase 2 schools are expected to accept students in 2016.
Five Phase 2 schools are not expected to open as initially scheduled.
31 of the 35 schools announced in 2011's Phase 1 are complete.

                                                                     from Ryan White, CTV Calgary