Education

RDC says “person within its community” tests positive for COVID-19

Red Deer College says someone associated with RDC has tested positive for COVID-19."Yesterday we learned of a person within our College community who has tested positive for COVID-19. Given the size o...

Apr 06, 2020

Kentwood selected as site for new Catholic middle school

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS) have announced the location of its next capital project.Identified as the district's top capital priority, a new 6-9 Catholic middle school for Red Deer will...

Apr 06, 2020

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools announces phased plan for support staff layoffs

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools says its provincial funding for May and June is being cut by $1.3 million as a result of the Alberta government's move to direct $128 million in K-12 money to the CO...

Apr 02, 2020

Wolf Creek Public Schools layoffs take effect May 1

Wolf Creek Public Schools says it will be laying off educational assistants and bus drivers effective May 1. The move comes after the province's announcement on March 28 that $128 million is being dir...

Apr 02, 2020

RDC postpones Convocation Ceremonies

Red Deer College says that after much consideration it as decided to postpone Convocation Ceremonies that had been scheduled for June 5. College officials say in a release the decision is one of the l...

Apr 02, 2020

Chinook’s Edge keeping educational assistants until June 1

Chinook's Edge School Division says it is waiting until June 1 before laying off its educational assistants and hourly support staff following the temporary K-12 funding cut announced last weekend by ...

Apr 02, 2020

Wild Rose School Division avoids support staff layoffs

Wild Rose School Division (WRSD) says it has managed to avoid layoffs or work reductions for more than 200 school based support staff at this time despite newly announced provincial funding cuts. The ...

Apr 02, 2020

Red Deer Public Schools defers educational assistant layoffs until June

Red Deer Public Schools says it won't be laying off its 258 educational assistants until June 1, a month later than first planned.The district says there will also be no more assignments for substitut...

Apr 01, 2020

Lacombe parents given choice to help ease space crunch at Terrace Ridge School

Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) has come up with what it hopes are solutions to help ease capacity issues at Terrace Ridge School in Lacombe. Parents of current Grade 6 students can now choose whethe...

Apr 01, 2020

Education minister will not reverse decision on layoffs amid COVID-19 pandemic

Alberta's education minister, in her first public comments since laying off more than 20,000 people in an email on the weekend, resisted Opposition calls to reverse her decision.Adriana LaGrange also ...

Apr 01, 2020