By Dan Hermanutz

long time coming

Blackfalds celebrates provincial funding for new high school

Mar 10, 2020 | 7:07 PM

It was smiles all around Tuesday in Blackfalds as dignitaries gathered to celebrate the provincial government’s formal announcement of full construction funding for a long sought after high school for the town.

The public school will have capacity for up to 850 students.

“It was so overdue for Blackfalds to have a high school, so it’s just so exciting for them to have the students stay in their community and not have to be bussed into other communities for school,” said Pam Hansen, Board Chair for Wolf Creek Public Schools.

Blackfalds does not currently have a high school. The new project will take some remove some of the pressure on Lacombe Composite High School, where Blackfalds students have been bused to for decades.

The new high school promises to be a state-of-the-art facility featuring Career and Technology Studies (CTS) programs, performing arts, and recreational activities open to local residents.

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“Trades-based programs are really important in our smaller communities, for sure,” shared Jayson Lovell, WCPS Superintendent. “Fine arts would be another area like that. The town has indicated that they are interested in fine arts, a wide range of extracurricular activities as well. The town of Blackfalds has been anticipating this project for years.”

“Today is an important milestone for the Town of Blackfalds,” said Blackfalds Mayor Richard Poole. “We appreciate the continued support that has been provided by Wolf Creek Public Schools in making this need a reality. We also acknowledge and appreciate the foresight our Ministry of Education has provided by investing, not only in infrastructure but more importantly, in the positive and progressive future for new generations of Albertans.”

There’s no official timeline for construction but it’s expected that things will get rolling soon.

“I think everything is ready to go so I don’t foresee it taking long to get it started and get it going,” Hansen said. “Town council in Blackfalds is huge as far as pushing forward and making sure things are getting done.”