Saskatoon Construction II

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Originally Posted by frenchy

I was reading an article in the Leader Post which talks about another school division not mentioned in here which actually had a higher growth rate than any of the school divisions in the province. One of the schools, Ecole Canadienne-française, is in Saskatoon. At one point, it was a k-12 school, but it began bursting at the seems, and about 5 years ago, they purchased an elementary school on Louise for the high school. At that point, there were 40 kids (grades 8-12), but had around 30-40 kids per grade in the elementary, guaranteeing a large number in the future. The government only allocated money for a high school with 40 kids, but with 140-150 kids today and 400ish in the elementary, they're now trying to figure things out (like all other Saskatoon schools). You have to wonder if the government will ever start thinking of the future instead of always building for the present to do patchwork.

Here's the article in the Leader Post: (no wonder it's an "Unknown school division" when it never comes up in the Ministry of Education's stats).

http://www.leaderpost.com/life/unknown+school+division/8814312/story.html

Fransaskois schools. French all day, everyday! French has to be your first language to be a teacher there. I would imagine that it would have to be your first language to go there too. Honestly, that school division bursting doesn't surprise me. We have a lot more people from Quebec and other French speaking countries calling Saskatoon/Saskatchewan home because of our current boom. They probably weren't built to handle any significant raise in student numbers.