Wild Rose School Division contemplating future of schools in Drayton Valley
The Wild Rose School Division is looking to stay ahead of the curve in planning for the future of its facilities in Drayton Valley.
At its August 20 meeting, the school board passed a motion to inform Alberta Education of a number of options they see as potentially necessary in the years ahead with respect to the number of schools in the town.
The issues at hand are low utilization rates and declining enrollment coupled with aging infrastructure, according to Superintendent Brad Volkman.
“Alberta Education does provide us with their projections for future enrollment, but right now all over Alberta, it tends to be stagnant or reducing,” he says. “In Drayton Valley, if we can hold where we’re at right now, that would be fine, but we would still be underutilizing our buildings.”