Calgary’s schools are overflowing with students, with more than 97,000 K-12 students moving to the province since 2021.

In recent years, we’ve realized it isn’t possible to build new schools at the speed of a U-Haul travelling the Trans-Canada Highway, much less a 747 bound for YYC. And while education is typically a provincial responsibility, cities can play a role in addressing school challenges, too. Calgary city council just enacted such a change last week.

From a cursory view, it’s not always easy to tell if the school nearest to you is a Francophone, public, charter, independent, or Catholic. The day-to-day use is pretty much the same regardless of the type of school. Alberta Education thinks that, too, which is why it recognizes, accredits, and funds all of these types of schools.

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Previously, if an independent school wanted to lease a surplus school building, it would need either a change-of-use development permit, which........

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