Alberta gives design funding to 3 Edmonton school projects [Video]

Three Edmonton school projects have been approved for design funding as part of the province’s school accelerator program.

They’re among 11 projects that Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta’s education minister, said Wednesday are moving forward.

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One of the Edmonton projects is for a new west-end Grade 7-12 school by the francophone Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord.

Étienne Alary, the school division’s board chair, said in a statement to CTV News Edmonton the Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord is “thrilled” to receive the funding, which is for a campus of two schools – one public and one Catholic – in Edmonton’s Callingwood neighbourhood.

“This project will mean that Francophone Edmontonians will, for the first time, be able to access Francophone junior and senior high school programming in the west end of the city,” Alary said.

Currently, Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord offers junior and …